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New York Times, Tuesday, October 6, 1970

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.39, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 36.7 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,724
Across
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Economize : SCRIMP
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After this, twilight : SUNSET
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Eternally : FOREVER
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Boone was one : TRAPPER
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Rival : EMULATE
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King Arthur's mother : IGRAINE
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In medias ___ : RES
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Cuddled up : NESTLED
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Open a barrel : TAP
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Spatiate : ROAM
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Rumbullions : RIOTS
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___ Raton : BOCA
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Be philanthropic : ENDOW
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"___ Rheingold" : DAS
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Handles, as a shrew : TAMES
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Jiggled : TEETERED
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Up-to-the-minute : LATEST
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Skedaddled : HIED
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Indian of Colombia : TAMA
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Declare : ASSERT
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Withers : SHRIVELS
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Baseball's hot corner : THIRD
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Companion of cry : HUE
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Last straw : LIMIT
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Participants in 24 Across : MOBS
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Met basso : SIEPI
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Eldest: Fr. : AINE
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Be beholden to : OWE
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Tossed to and fro : BANDIED
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Educ. group : NEA
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Domestic : SERVANT
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Giants or Jets : PROTEAM
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Territory on Adriatic : TRIESTE
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Surrounds : ENRINGS
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Pulled quickly : YANKED
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Out-of-studio TV show : REMOTE
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Unidentified person : SOMEONE
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Zealot's enterprise : CRUSADE
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Electrical unit : REL
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Abdul the Bulbul's rival : IVAN
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Gasman's reading matter : METER
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Was chairman : PRESIDED
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Long-legged birds : STILTS
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Yens : URGES
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Aromatic ointment : NARD
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Saint-Tropez is one : SPA
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Abstract : EPITOME
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A-Q and K-J : TENACES
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Polecat's cousin : FERRET
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Meal : REPAST
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Natterjack : TOAD
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Carey and Shipton : MOTHERS
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City in New York : BATAVIA
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Mysterious : WEIRD
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Language of Ceylon : TAMIL
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Steep : RET
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Small ape : LAR
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Tune-caller's creditor : THEPIPER
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Maximally : ATMOST
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Raining off and on : SHOWERY
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Asian area : SIBERIA
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Brought to court : SUED
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Noteworthy : EMINENT
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Ancestry : LINEAGE
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Gets hot under the collar : STEAMS
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Insinuated : HINTED
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French toast : SANTE
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Old name for Ireland : IERNE
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Soak up sunshine : BASK
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Campus building : DORM
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City on 118 Islands: Abbr. : VEN
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"___ Pepe," Lasswell novel : TIO

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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