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New York Times, Saturday, July 31, 1971

65-Down : Congress unit: Abbr.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 8,022
Across
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Japanese adieu : SAYONARA
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Bathhouse : CABANA
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Border plant : AGERATUM
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Titania's husband : OBERON
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Scrap : FRAGMENT
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Spongelike : POROUS
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Corn unit : EAR
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Thrusting swords : ESTOCS
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Sandwich staple : TUNA
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Varnish base : LAC
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Unsymmetrical: Abbr. : IRREG
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One of the leagues: Abbr. : NAT
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Anatomical column : SPINA
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Self-esteem : EGO
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Confound : ADDLE
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Scottish vagabond : TINKLER
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Hawaiian cliff : PALI
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Entertain : REGALE
38
Shows displeasure : GLARES
42
Upset : RILE
44
Steam generators : BOILERS
45
Certain Latvian : RIGAN
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Hair fabric : ABA
50
Approaches : NEARS
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Babylonian god : ANU
52
Generous one : GIVER
54
Military manual: Abbr. : IDR
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St. Pierre et Miquelon : ILES
57
Abscond : DECAMP
59
Cascades or Rockies: Abbr. : MTS
62
Scatter : DISPEL
64
Word repetition : ANAPHORA
66
Not partial : ENTIRE
67
Pennsylvania city : MONESSEN
68
Refreshed : RESTED
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U.S. orator and family : EVERETTS
Down
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Unhurt : SAFE
2
Mausoleum city : AGRA
3
Young colt : YEARLING
4
Group: Abbr. : ORG
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Prelude to fisticuffs : NAMECALLING
6
Sweetsop : ATES
7
More dwarfish : RUNTIER
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Soviet trade unit : AMTORG
9
Thicket : COPSE
10
Australian native : ABO
11
Lahr : BERT
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About : AROUND
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Of a certain word : NOUNAL
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Having a handle : ANSATE
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Trim a photo : CROP
24
Turkish city : ANKARA
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Large mosquito : GALLINIPPER
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Ship: Abbr. : STR
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Dessert : PIE
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Phoned : DIALED
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Fish : EEL
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Past : AGO
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Last : REARMOST
40
Slip : ERR
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Draft initials : SSS
43
Roof edge : EAVE
44
First governor of Russian America : BARANOV
45
Policeman, at times : RAIDER
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Queued up : INLINE
47
Callers : GUESTS
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Changed into : BECAME
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Dawdled : IDLED
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___ and image : SPIT
58
Outgrowth of hair : MANE
60
Waste allowance : TRET
61
Without, in France : SANS
63
Before : ERE
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Congress unit: Abbr. : HSE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 5 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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