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New York Times, Tuesday, February 3, 1970

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { Q }, Scrabble score: 306 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 20.6
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Z
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O
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N
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E
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S
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L
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O
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F
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T
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T
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O
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U
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L
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A
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J
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P
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H
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O
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D
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L
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W
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G
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R
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B
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P
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P
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N
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A
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,479
Across
1
Torrid and Frigid : ZONES
6
Barn area : LOFT
10
Hardy character : TESS
14
Convex molding : OVOLO
15
Big shot : ONER
16
Asian river : URAL
17
Traffic divisions : LANES
18
Phoenician city : TYRE
19
"A Winter's ___" : TALE
20
Guinness : ALEC
21
Close together : JUXTAPOSED
23
Curling marks : TEES
25
Roman road : ITER
26
Short race : SPRINT
29
Careless : SLIPSHOD
33
Swarming : ALIVE
34
Tell, for one : SWISS
35
Hail! : AVE
36
Wash : LAVE
37
Mountains in New England : WHITE
38
Engaging smile : GRIN
39
French season : ETE
40
Capacious : ROOMY
41
Impact : BRUNT
42
"Green ___" : PASTURES
44
Starts a pump : PRIMES
45
Signs : INKS
46
Get set for an exam : CRAM
47
The whole work : LIONSSHARE
51
Footless animal : APOD
55
Seth's son : ENOS
56
Neighbor of Mauna Loa : HILO
57
Display of bad manners : SCENE
58
Curved tool : ADZE
59
Hep : ONTO
60
Recurrent topic in Geneva : PEACE
61
Carol : NOEL
62
Mexican laborer : PEON
63
Invited : ASKED
Down
1
Defender of Dreyfus : ZOLA
2
Type of face : OVAL
3
What's left of 47 Across : NONE
4
Kind of public office : ELECTIVE
5
Sea call : SOS
6
Tree in the Odyssey : LOTUS
7
Chalcedony : ONYX
8
Kind of tribal rite : FERTILITY
9
Tract : TREATISE
10
Dons : TUTORS
11
Time periods : ERAS
12
Display-ad subject : SALE
13
Toboggan : SLED
21
Spurt : JET
22
Livens, with "up" : PEPS
24
Compass point : ENE
26
Dried tubers : SALEP
27
South American river : PLATA
28
Splits : RIVES
29
Becomes flooded with : SWIMS
30
Horsetrader David : HARUM
31
Sheeplike : OVINE
32
Damages in a way : DENTS
34
Work of a Horatio Alger boy : SHOESHINE
37
Atelier : WORKSHOP
38
Makes faces : GRIMACES
40
Scores in a game : RUNS
41
Lingerie item : BRA
43
Showy pretense : TINSEL
44
Before: Prefix : PRE
46
Sing like Crosby : CROON
47
Jack Sprat's diet : LEAN
48
Prefix for an Asian nation : INDO
49
Seep : OOZE
50
Kind of horn : ALTO
52
Widow's ___ : PEAK
53
Fairy-tale word : ONCE
54
Legal document : DEED
57
Health place : SPA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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