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New York Times, Thursday, March 18, 1971

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 26.6
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 7,887
Across
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Tilting : ALIST
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Paid in a way : ANTED
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Statue suppport: Abbr. : PED
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___ voce : SOTTO
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Lady of song : LAURA
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Word in Salinger title : RYE
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Mouths : ORA
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African country: Abbr. : ETH
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Very, in Rouen : TRES
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Man or bed : BIPED
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___ majesty : LESE
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Poplar : ABELE
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Compelling effect : IMPACT
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Abridge : CONDENSE
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Highest points : NOONS
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"___ Bulba" : TARAS
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Freuchen subject : SEA
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Classmen: Abbr. : SNRS
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Off-base dress : MUFTI
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Spill the beans : SING
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Summer clock reading : EDT
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Judith Anderson role : MEDEA
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Dull finish : MATTE
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Twisters : TORNADOS
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Hungarian : MAGYAR
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Capp creation : ABNER
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English gallery : TATE
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Seaport of Chile : ARICA
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Chaplin spouse : OONA
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Angle : DAP
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Plant science: Abbr. : BOT
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One kind of story : COCKANDBULL
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Old card game : LOO
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Ghastly : LURID
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Be indebted : OWETO
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Valid: Abbr. : EFF
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Indians : ERIES
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Hoosier poet : RILEY
Down
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Court champ : ASHE
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Bumpkin : LOUT
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Desire : ITCH
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Wall St. purchase: Abbr. : STK
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Nahuatlans : TOLTECS
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U.S. playwright : ALBEE
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Scottish negatives : NAES
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Asian goat : TUR
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Stray : ERR
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Living-room pieces : DAYBEDS
11
Leaning : PROPENSITY
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Jane of fiction : EYRE
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Gogol's "___ Souls" : DEAD
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Formerly, of old : ERST
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___ de France : ILE
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Swedish districts : LANS
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Artery : AORTA
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___ Brith : BNAI
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Part of a map : INSET
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World, in Italy : MONDO
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Part of a Joyce title : PORTRAITOF
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Eating places : CAFES
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Actress Berger : SENTA
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Avid : EAGER
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Royal house : TUDOR
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Early Asian : MEDE
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U.S. desert sight : SAGE
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Restraint : MANACLE
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Man with a cape : MATADOR
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Initials on a TV screen : NBC
44
Buddenbrooks' creator : MANN
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Insect eaters : TOADS
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Competent : ABLE
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Word in a Williams title : ROOF
49
Migrant worker : OKIE
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Fight : DUEL
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Der ___ : ALTE
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Maneuver : PLOY
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"___ Town" : OUR
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Dernier ___ : CRI
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Caribbean islands: Abbr. : BWI

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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