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New York Times, Saturday, July 24, 1971

31-Down : Cobra's cousin

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 8,015
Across
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Repasts : BREAKFASTS
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Quixote et al. : DONS
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Habitual thieves : RESTEALERS
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Blue-pencil : EDIT
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Reporter's stint : ASSIGNMENT
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Candidate's quest : VOTE
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Kind of gun : STEN
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Move about : GAD
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"The ___ is yet to come" : WORST
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Roadside sign : GAS
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Marina tenant : YACHT
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Indian state : ASSAM
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Three-part teams : TROIKAS
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Soap ingredient : LYE
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Botch : BUMBLE
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Words of approximation : ORSO
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Evangelist Roberts : ORAL
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Wanderer : NOMAD
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Hardware item : NAIL
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Southern sea : SULU
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Svelte : LISSOM
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Momentous words : IDO
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Nightclub V.I.P. : SPENDER
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___ perditae : ARTES
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Like computer cards : CODED
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Bird sound : COO
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Ways : PATHS
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___ carte : ALA
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Parisian husband : MARI
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Indian : ERIE
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Man of derring-do : ADVENTURER
68
Metric unit, for short : KILO
69
Ready the house for a new winter : REINSULATE
70
Garden : EDEN
71
Pepys words : ANDSOTOBED
Down
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Bathing-suit parts : BRAS
2
Coffee break : REST
3
Common Latin verb : ESSE
4
Burfish : ATINGA
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Beer container : KEG
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Asp's weapons : FANGS
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Silk fabric : ALMA
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Unkempt : SEEDY
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Rotation: Abbr. : TRN
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Superjet : SST
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Allegiance to a cause : DEVOTION
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Sweet ___ of success : ODOR
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Insect eggs : NITS
14
Galley notation : STET
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"___ can it be?" : WHO
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Diplomat: Abbr. : AMB
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African range : ATLAS
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Belief : CREDO
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Sold at ___ : ALOSS
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Waffle's friend : SYRUP
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Panther Bobby : SEALE
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Cobra's cousin : KRAIT
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Stage remark : ASIDE
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Arias : SOLOS
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Without direction : UNLED
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Textile fabric : MOIRE
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Music degrees : BMS
41
Break between coffee breaks : LUNCHEON
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Asian leader : MAO
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Two, in Mexico : DOS
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P. I. statesman : ROMULO
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Giant killer : DAVID
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"I ___" (child's boast) : CANSO
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Dog, for short : PEKE
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Unproductive : ARID
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Roof material : TILE
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Eye part : LENS
61
Valuable horse : ARAB
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Plexus : RETE
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Angered : IRED
65
Macaw : ARA
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Thieves' place : DEN
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Pyramid name : TUT

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 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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