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New York Times, Thursday, April 29, 1971

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.59, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 315 (avg 1.66)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11, Grid flow: 79.5 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 7,929
Across
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Plods heavily : SLOGS
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Name for a meatman's boy : BUTCH
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Gushing out : SPEWING
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Patronizing : HIGHHAT
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"More ___" (gumshoe's observation) : THANMEETSTHEEYE
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Give it the gun : REV
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Evades : PARRIES
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Hockey players: Abbr. : RWS
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Period before a Jewish holiday : EREB
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Seniors in a group : DEANS
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Burns, for one : SCOT
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Creepy : WEIRD
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Sea distances: Abbr. : NMS
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Macedonian mountain : ATHOS
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Complicate : SNARLUP
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Hasten : SPEED
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Stupid : THICK
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N.L. infielder Tony : PEREZ
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Shah of Persia : AHMED
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Thug : GORILLA
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Quit a habit, with "off" : SWEAR
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Luau dish : POI
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Tilts : LEANS
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Dutch painter : HALS
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Turkish province : BURSA
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Modern insecticide : DFDT
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Hawaiian bonito : AKU
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___ in mind of (recalls) : PUTSONE
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Christian, for one : ERA
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Story going around : PERSISTENTRUMOR
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Musicians' delights : ENCORES
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Cold cuts : SALAMIS
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Chases away : SHOOS
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___ up (prearranged) : SEWED
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Fields of activity : SPHERES
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Possess : OWN
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Hobbling walk : GIMP
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Golfing great : SNEAD
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Morsels : BITES
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Expressions of disgust : UGHS
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Article : THE
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Gumshoe's task : CHERCHEZLAFEMME
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Labor leader and I.W.W. founder : HAYWOOD
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Scatter : STREW
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African antelope : GERENUK
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Confucian cardinal virtues : HSINS
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Students' concerns : TESTS
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Hike : TRAMP
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Certain bulls : BRAHMAS
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Hardened : STEELED
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Beauty-parlor gear : DRIER
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Spring month : APRIL
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Math abbreviation : LCD
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Indian weight : SER
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Arsenic and strychnine : POISONS
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Stirs : AWAKENS
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Furze : GORSE
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Human automaton : ANDROID
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___ up (develop) : SHAPE
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Golf strokes : PUTTS
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Castor and Pollux : STARS
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Public vehicles : BUSES
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Tapirs : ANTAS
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Pueblo Indian : PIRO
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Writer Gardner : ERLE
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___ Canals : SOO
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Detroit-based org. : UAW

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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