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New York Times, Saturday, March 20, 1971

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J Q U Z }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 27.0 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry. Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 7,889
Across
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Cicatrix : SCAR
5
Tennis stroke : SERVE
10
Beseech : PRAY
14
Player on dealer's right : PONE
15
Garment : CLOAK
16
Let up : EASE
17
Ending : AMEN
18
Greta Garbo word : ALONE
19
Nothing, in Paris : RIEN
20
Moon : SATELLITE
22
Reference book : ATLAS
23
Shows emotion : WEEPS
24
Silk maker : ERI
25
U.S. agency: Abbr. : REA
28
Craft : ART
29
Bee, for one : STINGER
33
Fitzgerald : ELLA
35
E.S.P. : SIXTHSENSE
37
Drink: Fr. : BOIRE
39
Vehicle : CAR
40
Growing out : ENATE
41
Gets under the skin : AGGRAVATES
44
Migration : TREK
45
___ Assembly : GENERAL
46
Legal man: Abbr. : ATT
48
Draft agency: Abbr. : SSS
49
Anne, for one : STE
50
Smudge : SMEAR
52
Half a fifth : TENTH
55
E.S.P. : TELEPATHY
59
Double curve : OGEE
60
Rhino's relative : TAPIR
61
Bakery items : PIES
62
One beyond belief : LIAR
63
Shallow : INANE
64
Concerning : INRE
65
Vipers : ASPS
66
Gave the eye to : OGLED
67
Ruminant : DEER
Down
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Hot and Warm Springs : SPAS
2
Part of comet's head : COMA
3
Dill herb : ANET
4
Resume : RENEW
5
Alpinists : SCALERS
6
Oval : ELLIPTICAL
7
Digs : ROOTS
8
Wind indicator : VANE
9
Make out : EKE
10
Apt : PERTINENT
11
Fence part : RAIL
12
Befuddled : ASEA
13
Hankerings : YENS
21
Meadow : LEA
22
Become active : ARISE
24
Biblical verb ending : ETH
25
Package again : REBAG
26
Funeral oration : ELOGE
27
Adjust : ALIGN
29
Teardrop contour : STREAMLINE
30
Growls : GNARS
31
Colorado park : ESTES
32
Gives off : REEKS
34
Lightning guards : ARRESTERS
36
Totem pole : XAT
38
Mother or Good : EARTH
42
___ victus (woe to the conquered) : VAE
43
Used a tiller : STEERED
47
Kind of dance : TAP
50
Flower part : SEPAL
51
Quick : RAPID
52
Weight of India : TOLA
53
Sponsorship : EGIS
54
Tide : NEAP
55
Strong flavor : TANG
56
Antler point : TINE
57
Roll-call response : HERE
58
River in Belgium : YSER
60
Spanish relative : TIO

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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