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New York Times, Thursday, April 16, 1970

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { J Q V X Y }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 17.2 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,551
Across
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Noted cook : BEARD
6
Sins : ERRS
10
Portray : ACT
13
Kind of reaches : UPPER
14
Plunder : LOOT
15
Display : SHOW
17
Relative : NIECE
18
Lanchester : ELSA
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Hue : TONE
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Noted cook : CRAIGCLAIBORNE
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Map addition : INSET
24
Bearing a stigma : BRANDED
25
Regard : ESTEEM
27
Suit material : SERGE
28
Bake eggs : SHIRR
29
Goes it alone : SOLOS
30
Metric measure: Abbr. : KLM
33
Upon, In Germany : AUF
34
Noted cook : CHILD
35
Thai language : LAO
36
Us, in Bonn : UNS
37
John or Scarlett : OHARA
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Noted cook : FIELD
40
Cabinet member : STANS
41
Aspens : ALAMOS
42
Coursing the slope: Var. : SKEEING
45
Jazz : STOMP
46
Pot for quick preparation : PRESSURECOOKER
49
Civil wrong : TORT
50
Cattle in poetry : KINE
51
Old name for Greek range : ZIRIA
53
Peau de ___ : SOIE
54
Robert or Alan : ALDA
55
Clumsy : INEPT
56
Profit : NET
57
Biblical word : HAST
58
Bird : EGRET
Down
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Bread item : BUN
2
Heroic : EPIC
3
Drinks before dinner : APERITIFS
4
Chair renovator : RECANER
5
American author : DREISER
6
Choose : ELECT
7
Egg or Parker House : ROLL
8
Most Happy Fella's girl : ROSABELLA
9
Carpet-holder for steps : STAIRROD
10
"___ for Danny Fisher" : ASTONE
11
What Sullivan lost : CHORD
12
French weight : TONNE
16
Lawn plague : WEED
21
Jewel : GEM
22
Accessories for women : BAGS
25
Jacob's brother : ESAU
26
Sidestep : SHUN
27
Evenings in Paris : SOIRS
29
Hilton's paradise : SHANGRILA
30
Otto or Werner : KLEMPERER
31
French composer : LALO
32
In-people : MODS
34
Jewish festival : CHANUKAH
37
Skinner : OTIS
38
Slovenly woman : FLOOZIE
39
"When ___, Dilly Dilly" : IAMKING
40
Sonnet division : SESTET
41
Bontok political division : ATO
42
Maritime cities: Abbr. : SPTS
43
Estonian coin : KROON
44
Unearthly : EERIE
45
Anglo-Saxon coin : SCEAT
47
Finishes : ENDS
48
Mature : RIPE
52
Lawyer: Abbr : ATT

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

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