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New York Times, Wednesday, January 6, 1971

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { K X Z }, Scrabble score: 304 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 29.0
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 7,816
Across
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Tease : DEVIL
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Poker moves : BETS
10
Fastener : HASP
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Landscape : SCENE
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Lily plant : ALOE
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Latin 1201 : MCCI
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" ... a most susceptible ___ " : CHANCELLOR
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Kind of rug : SHAG
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Musical note : SOL
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Sturdy plant : TREE
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Venomous snakes : VIPERS
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Partner of quo : QUID
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Dress length : MIDI
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Cleans : SCOURS
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Formally permitted : LICENSED
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"___ little maids from school" : THREE
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Fred Astaire prop : CANE
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Height : ACME
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Tease repeatedly : RIDE
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Jokes : JAPES
38
Central points : FOCI
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Sobeit : AMEN
40
Raw materials : ORES
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Fruit parts : CORES
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Notation on an envelope : PERSONAL
44
Deep red : GARNET
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Tidy : NEAT
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Lasted : WORE
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What captains and kings do : DEPART
50
Fruit : PEAR
51
Full of: Suffix : OSE
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Norwegian king : OLAV
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When Captain Corcoran got seasick : HARDLYEVER
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Kind of seamen : ABLE
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Excited : AGOG
60
Musical work : OPERA
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___-day service : SAME
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Alaskan town : NOME
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Cubs and Cards : NINES
Down
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Army decorations : DSCS
2
Nature's replay : ECHO
3
Entrée order : VEAL
4
Tavern : INN
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Have on the carpet : LECTURE
6
Packaged : BALED
7
French pronoun : ELLE
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___ late : TOO
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Gross national product component : SERVICES
10
Well-known ship : HMSPINAFORE
11
Hurt : ACHE
12
Certain tissue : SCAR
13
Greedy ones : PIGS
18
Goddess of discord : ERIS
23
Food fish : IDE
24
" ... ruler of the ___" : QUEENSNAVEE
25
Siberian sights : MINES
26
Word with black and boot : STRAP
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Steeple sound : CHIME
28
System : ORDER
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Coat part : LAPEL
30
Contempt : SCORN
31
Entertainment man : EMCEE
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Certain believer : DEIST
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Jeweler's weight : CARAT
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David's friend : JONATHAN
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Behave foolishly : CARRYON
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Poetic contraction : OER
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Kicker's objective : GOAL
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Pie cut : WEDGE
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"___ I do" : DOAS
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Medit. island : ELBA
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Where the heart line is : PALM
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College event : PROM
51
Baking equipment : OVEN
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Withered : SERE
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Ages : ERAS
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Since : AGO
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Roof ornament : EPI

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