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New York Times, Tuesday, January 5, 1971

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 47.3
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 7,815
Across
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TV comic Wilson : FLIP
5
Women's ___ : LIB
8
Chapter of Koran : SURA
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Aspect : AURA
13
Crapshooter's gear : BONES
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Son of Seth : ENOS
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Certain timepiece : SPIROAGNEWWATCH
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Having a will : TESTATE
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Share : PARTAKE
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Alibi man : IKE
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Principles : TENETS
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City on the Rhone : ARLES
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Invitation : BID
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Name in journalism : ALSOP
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Pairs : DUOS
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Victory : WIN
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Stow in a ship's hold : STEEVE
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Member of U.S.N. : ENS
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Narcotic : HASHISH
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Pasture : LEA
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"A ___ grass is no less ... " : LEAFOF
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"Drink of Englishmen" : ALE
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Current water pollutant: Abbr. : MERC
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Like ___ : ASNOT
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Consumed : ATE
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Fullness : WIDTH
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Minute amounts : GRAINS
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Bristle : AWN
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Apparent : SEEMING
49
Baseball pitches : SLIDERS
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Rec room fixture : COLORTELEVISION
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Feminine suffixes : INES
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Ritual ceremony: Var. : ORGIA
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Approximately : ORSO
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Greek peak : OSSA
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Main and others: Abbr. : STS
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Hay and oats : FEED
Down
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"Spartacus" author : FAST
2
Mexican Spitfire of films : LUPE
3
Flag : IRIS
4
Litigants : PARTIES
5
Partitioned-off area : LOGE
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One of nine: Abbr. : INN
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Honked : BEEPED
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City on Puget Sound : SEATTLE
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Like young corn : UNTASSELED
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Name for Alcatraz : ROCK
11
Big man on the court : ASHE
13
Moderate : BATE
14
Dive or song : SWAN
17
Trees : OAKS
18
Flower arrangement : WREATH
22
Military headgear : TINHATS
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Writer St. Johns : ADELA
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Spells : RUNES
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Sprawly city : LOSANGELES
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Encore! : BIS
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Manifest : OVERT
29
Clingstone, for one : PEACH
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Member of U.S.A.F. : WAF
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Compass reading : SSE
34
Some oratory : HOTAIR
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French land area : ILE
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West Pacific island : FORMOSA
40
" ... wars begin in the ___ men" : MINDSOF
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Infuriates : ANGERS
43
Event of the '40's : WWII
45
Division word : INTO
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Edison's middle name : ALVA
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Shadow: Prefix : SCIO
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Periods of time : EONS
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Spanish half dozen : SEIS
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Cork's land : EIRE
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___ of Sharon : ROSE
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Tidy, in Edinburgh : SNOD
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Opposite of hvy. : LGT

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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