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New York Times, Thursday, July 23, 1970

46-Down : Surfaces

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 304 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,649
Across
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Channel swimmer's wear : GREASE
7
There: Lat. : IBI
10
English poet : POPE
14
Type of scanners : REFLEX
15
Lucky one in a shipwreck : SURVIVOR
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In the secretary's drawer : ONFILE
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Gym shoes : SNEAKERS
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Actress Hagen : UTA
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Imposture : FRAUD
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Capacious : LARGE
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Giraffe's pride : NECK
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Quaver : TRILL
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Recoil : SHY
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Vain fancy : DREAM
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Virgil epic: Var. : ENEID
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Auricle : EAR
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In an early stage : YOUNG
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California's Stanford : LELAND
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Southern capital : ATLANTA
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Hoaxes : CANARDS
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Regard : LOOKAT
43
Interior artistry : DECOR
44
Halloween word : BOO
45
Put off : DEFER
47
Bring : FETCH
51
Initials on a sheet : KKK
53
Le Mans sight : RACER
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Sensitive : SORE
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___ share : LIONS
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Boxed : CASED
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Disfigure : MAR
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Disclosed : UNVEILED
63
Take turns : ROTATE
65
Star-shaped : STELLATE
66
Confederates : UNITES
67
Legal wrong : TORT
68
W. W. II initials : OSS
69
Actor's forte : MEMORY
Down
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Discipline, as a flier : GROUND
2
Tenant : RENTER
3
Obliterate : EFFACE
4
Caliph : ALI
5
Individual : SELF
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Strain : EXERT
7
Emerging : ISSUING
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Package : BUNDLE
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Exacerbate : IRE
10
Rabbitlike animals : PIKAS
11
Eavesdrop : OVERHEAR
12
"___ Bess" : PORGYAND
13
Gaelic : ERSE
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Lace : VAL
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Amphitheater : ARENA
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Boat : KAYAK
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Light purple : LILAC
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Indivisible entity : MONAD
31
___ iniquity : DENOF
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Cousins of sts. : RDS
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Absolute : UTTER
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Household gods : LARES
38
Vestment : ALB
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___ account (considered) : TOOKINTO
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Examine : LOOKOVER
41
Earth goddess : CERES
43
Time periods : DECADES
46
Surfaces : FACETS
48
Salad item : TOMATO
49
Volcano pit : CRATER
50
Variant belief : HERESY
52
Paid homage : KNELT
54
___ novarum : RERUM
56
Concupiscence : LUST
57
Part of R.S.V.P. : SIL
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Completed : DONE
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Thai language : LAO
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Dickens character : TIM

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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