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New York Times, Friday, April 9, 1971

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 25.2
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 7,909
Across
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Alms box : ARCA
5
Familiar palindrome : MADAM
10
Fiddler : CRAB
14
Stringed instrument : VIOL
15
Fragrance : AROMA
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System of exercises : YOGA
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Corrupt : EVIL
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Painter famed for pastels : DEGAS
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Friars, for one : CLUB
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Home of the anoa : CELEBES
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"Prometheus Unbound" author : SHELLEY
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Guildhall sight : GOG
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Wheys : SERA
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Jan. 1 mecca : ROSEBOWL
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Artful Dickens character : DODGER
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Mulberry : AAL
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Stains : SOILS
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Suiting : SERGE
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Disease: Suffix : ITIS
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Ibsen output : DRAMA
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Marsh bird : SORA
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African waterbuck : LECHE
46
Sends forth : EMITS
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Finished, in verse : OER
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Nothing to ___ at : SNEEZE
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Range of Africa : ATLASMTS
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Kind of door : TRAP
55
Metric measure : ARE
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Art form : COLLAGE
59
Smothered laugh : SNICKER
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Cruising : ASEA
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Moroccan port : RABAT
66
Edible root : TARO
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Marshall ___ : PLAN
68
Fragrant resin : ELEMI
69
Stew : OLIO
70
Water lily's milieu : POND
71
Oozes : SEEPS
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Feature of N.E. Australia : REEF
Down
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With: Fr. : AVEC
2
Split : RIVE
3
Twist : COIL
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Maintain : ALLEGE
5
Succeeded : MADEGOOD
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Greek god : ARES
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Follow closely : DOG
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Pile up : AMASS
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Certain potatoes : MASHED
10
Aegean islands : CYCLADES
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Parker House, for one : ROLL
12
Sassafras tree : AGUE
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Coddle : BABY
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Curtsies : BOBS
23
Cupid : EROS
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Stock-list group : RAILS
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Made of a grain : OATEN
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Cut : SLICE
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Telegram : WIRE
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S.A. ruminant : LLAMA
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Curry : GROOM
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Plume : EGRET
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Rises up : REARS
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Enamored, old style : SMIT
40
Pony or wool : SHETLAND
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Mythical island : ATLANTIS
45
Pound : EZRA
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Hindu garment : SARI
50
Tidal floods : EAGRES
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Military area : SECTOR
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Norman Vincent ___ : PEALE
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Famed cartoonist : CAPP
57
Northern capital : OSLO
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Tilt : LEAN
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Porridge : SAMP
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Cabbage : KALE
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Canal : ERIE
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Kind of garden : ROOF
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Drone : BEE

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

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