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New York Times, Thursday, July 8, 1971

9-Down : Follows secretly

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Min Word Len: 4, Missing: { J Q V Y Z }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 81, 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. 7,999
Across
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Edge of a cliff : BROW
5
Search widely : COMB
9
Strikes : SLAPS
14
Western ridge : LOMA
15
Jewish month : ADAR
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Ancient serf : HELOT
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Discharge : EMIT
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Russian river : LENA
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In harmony : ATONE
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Crushing defeats : WATERLOOS
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Numbskull : DUNCE
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Control : REIN
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Makeshift : STOPGAP
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Sewing-machine part : BOBBIN
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Grub : CHOW
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Mean ones : OGRES
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Places for admirals : FLAGSHIPS
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Direct : LEAD
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Deer tracks : SLOTS
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Of a verse : ODIC
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Haberdasheries : MENSSHOPS
41
___ jure : PLENO
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Courts : WOOS
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First-born : ELDEST
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Deliberate : STUDIED
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Kind of poke : SLOW
49
Ecclesiastical law : CANON
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Way to spend money : LIKEWATER
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Irritating : APING
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Slip ___ : ACOG
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Vehicle : TAXI
58
Climbing vine : LIANE
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Middle: Prefix : MEDI
60
"Idylls" heroine : ENID
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" ... ye who ___ here" : ENTER
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Map : PLAT
63
Scold : RATE
Down
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Scrammed : BLEW
2
City on Italian map : ROMA
3
Fail to do : OMIT
4
Liquid assets of a sort : WATERBEDS
5
Collect : CALLIN
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Keats's "___ Insolence" : ODEON
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___ War : MANO
8
Military wheels : BRASSHATS
9
Follows secretly : SHADOWS
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Slacken : LETUP
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"It's been ___ time" : ALONG
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Nebraskan Indian : PONCA
13
Exorbitant : STEEP
21
Old Portuguese money : REIS
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Clothes : TOGS
26
Swedish lake : BOLM
27
Curved molding : OGEE
28
Wheat by-product : BRAN
29
Horse sounds : CLOPS
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Large-area illuminator : FLOODLAMP
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Be logical : HOLDWATER
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___ fixe : IDEE
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Fasteners : PINS
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Britisher : SCOT
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Loafer : SHOE
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Good-time Charlie : SWINGER
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Farm implement : PLOW
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Legal writ : ELEGIT
44
Ascend : SCALE
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Basketball maneuver : TAPIN
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Eastern Christian : UNIAT
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English poet : DONNE
48
Czech arms name : SKODA
51
Reykjavik's country: Abbr. : ICEL
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Ethiopian lake : TANA
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Theater sign : EXIT
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Revere's thing : RIDE

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

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