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New York Times, Wednesday, May 27, 1970

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F J K V X }, Scrabble score: 298 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 33.3
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,592
Across
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College in Michigan : ALMA
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Shrine : ALAMO
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Farmers' reward : CROP
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Scope : ROOM
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Like some steak : RARER
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___ sapiens : HOMO
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Sir Thomas : MORE
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Deposed champions of reducers : CYCLAMATES
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Potatoes, beans, etc. : STARCHES
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Linen : NAPERY
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Fraternal doorkeeper : TILER
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Ailment : AGUE
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Fixed the fruit : STONED
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Defeats decisively: Colloq. : SHELLACS
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Word for invading Mongols : HORDE
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Garden workers : HOERS
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___ Paulo : SAO
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Much: Prefix : ERI
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Team race : RELAY
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Nose : PRY
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Large bird : EMU
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Daunted : COWED
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Farewell : ADIEU
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Certain feelings : REMORSES
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Jasper or agate : QUARTZ
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Clarinet, for one : REED
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Country on Bay of Bengal : BURMA
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Love of cruelty : SADISM
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Secluded place : CLOISTER
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One of the upper crust : ARISTOCRAT
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Like some Calif. shores : OILY
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Novice: Var. : TIRO
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Be generous : SHARE
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Margin of victory : NOSE
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Pleasant place : EDEN
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Wise ones : SAGES
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Scottish weather items : SNAS
Down
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Word in a Hemingway title : ARMS
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Plunder : LOOT
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Period of delay : MORATORIUM
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New World aboriginal : AMERIND
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Like an angry cat's back : ARCHED
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Cake unit : LAYER
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Lines made by compasses : ARCS
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See 26 Down : MEL
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Citrus greenhouse : ORANGERY
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Place of worship : CHAPEL
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Kyle : ROTE
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Hebrew measure : OMER
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Nosegay : POSY
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Wooden-headed hammers : MAULS
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Old world bird : CLEE
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___ of steam : AHEAD
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Precipitous : SHEER
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Singer : TORME
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Shoe parts : SOLES
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Ambition : ASPIRATION
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Proofreading mark : CARET
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Soviet space vehicle : SOYUZ
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Chopped : HEWED
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Garden plant : ROSEMOSS
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Flood stage : CREST
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Ear: Prefix : AURI
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Plums : DAMSONS
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Prayer : ORISON
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Repeated passages : QUOTES
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Flamboyance : BLARE
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Appease : SATE
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Excessively dry : ARID
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Desperate : DIRE
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Steep cliff : CRAG
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Girl's name : ELSA
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Grains : RYES
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Chinese tea : CHA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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