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New York Times, Friday, August 7, 1970

62-Down : Arsenal item: Abbr.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F G J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 67, 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. 7,664
Across
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Place to watch a game : SHEA
5
Rogers's domain : STATE
10
Built : MADE
14
Cress: Dialect : KERS
15
One who strops : HONER
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Encompassed by : AMID
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Sports team : YANKEENINE
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Hub : NAVE
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Tangle of ravelings : SLEAVE
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Stifle : SMOTHER
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Musical and bank : NOTES
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___ at ease : ILL
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Herb collection : SPICESET
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Move unsteadily : TEETER
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Bowling area : LANE
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One of the media : RADIO
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Direction : ENE
38
Red or black insect : ANT
39
Certain writers : CRITICS
41
Mercator product : MAP
42
Moslem saint : PIR
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Officer: Abbr. : LIEUT
44
Humane org. : SPCA
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Scratched : SCORED
47
Week before Christmas, to a child : ETERNITY
50
California base : ORD
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Genoese admiral : DORIA
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Canadian's neighbor : ALASKAN
56
Summaries : RECAPS
60
Gossip : DIRT
61
Certain player : NEWYORKMET
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Grafted in heraldry : ENTE
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Garnish : CAPER
66
River of Spain : EBRO
67
___ at hand : NEAR
68
Heaters : ETNAS
69
Mine gas : DAMP
Down
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The ___ the limit : SKYS
2
Reconcile : HEAL
3
Sea bird : ERNE
4
Obliquely : ASKANCE
5
Parts of a pad : SHEETS
6
Large amount : TON
7
Blackbird : ANI
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Numbers : TENS
9
Of a recluse : EREMITIC
10
Former slugger : MANTLE
11
Eastern maid : AMAH
12
Gainer : DIVE
13
German river : EDER
18
Bacchanal's cry : EVOE
22
Vegetable oils : OLEOS
24
Unnatural : EERIE
25
Like some formal gardens : STATUED
27
Strikes : SLAPS
28
Kind of button : PANIC
29
Preamble, for short : INTRO
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Musical speeds : TEMPI
32
Ordain : ENACT
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Compensate : REPAY
36
As before : DITTO
39
Office worker : CLERK
40
Good ___ : RIDDANCE
44
Raided the icebox : SNACKED
46
Roll : ROSTER
48
Box-score entries : ERRORS
49
Whale-oil cask : RIER
52
Port in Yemen : ADEN
53
___ drive : LINE
54
Gulf of Ionian Sea : ARTA
55
Straight : NEAT
57
Uganda people : AMBA
58
Hair job : PERM
59
Organ part : STOP
62
Arsenal item: Abbr. : WPN
63
Vote : YEA

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 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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