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New York Times, Tuesday, July 20, 1971

21-Down : English novelist

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.40, Missing: { J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 6, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 8,011
Across
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Loud report : BANG
5
Vipers : ASPS
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Pickens : SLIM
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Drug plant : ALOE
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Peter and others : NEROS
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Geometric figure : CONE
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Membership : SEAT
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Swedish coin : KRONA
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___ over lightly : ONCE
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Opinion : SCHOOLOFTHOUGHT
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Nine, to Pablo : NUEVE
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Hill dweller : ANT
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"___ With Music" : SAYIT
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Can't miss : SUREFIRE
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"But as ___ by rocky ledge ... " : ITROD
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She, in Calabria : ESSA
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Hebrew measure : OMER
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Start of a G.I.'s cynicism : SITUATIONNORMAL
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Moslem title : EMIR
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Irish exclamation : ARRA
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African buffalo : NIARE
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Parts of a mask : EYEHOLES
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Separates : RENDS
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Lode yield : ORE
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Obscure : CLOUD
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Ruth, Louis and others : SPORTSCHAMPIONS
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Coin operation : TOSS
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U.S. novelist : OHARA
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"Thanks ___" : ALOT
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Besides : ELSE
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Pretend : FEIGN
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Defense arm : NAVY
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Minestrone ingredient : PEAS
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Weight system : TROY
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North African port : SFAX
Down
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Game fish : BASS
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Templeton : ALEC
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Biblical animal lover : NOAH
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Riding instructor's call : GETONYOURHORSES
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Sock : ANKLET
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Russian composer : SEROV
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Faculty member's ambition : PROFESSORSCHAIR
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French verb : SONT
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Order to Daniel Boone : SCOUTFORINDIANS
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Southern Senator : LONG
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Kind of worm : INCH
12
Sports event : MEET
15
Like a wasteland : SAHARAN
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English novelist : OUIDA
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Pronoun : ONE
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Thwart: Var. : STIMY
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Bandman Shaw : ARTIE
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Annapolis initials : USNA
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"___ about the Boy" : IMMAD
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Balks, equine style : REARS
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Name in detective fiction : ERLE
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Understanding response : ISEE
33
European republic : EIRE
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"___ the South Pacific" : TALESOF
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Golf-match standing : ONEUP
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Scrap : ORT
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Gypsy : ROMANY
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Handel work : LARGO
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Rung : STEP
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Item for a vault : POLE
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Mountain : OSSA
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Huntley : CHET
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Norse king : OLAF
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Flaring star : NOVA
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Charon's river : STYX

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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