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New York Times, Friday, May 28, 1971

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J K Q U Z }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 4, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 33.9
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 7,958
Across
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Picnic gear : COOLER
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Cape May ___ : WARBLER
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Put together : COMPILE
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___ d'honneur (duel) : AFFAIRE
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"___ told me" : ALITTLEBIRDTOLD
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Change the knot : RETIE
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Swan, for one : DIVE
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Snick's partner : SNEE
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Opposite of debits: Abbr. : CRS
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Kind of cure : REST
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"A" and others on Election Day : ROWS
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Laird's H. Q.: Abbr. : OSD
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German sky : HIMMEL
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Egg cells : OVA
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___ back (reinvests) : PLOWS
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"A White House ___" : DIARY
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7 Across and 25 Down : BIRDSOFAFEATHER
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Kind of paper or ink : INDIA
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Whatever : ATALL
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Goodman or Jane : ACE
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Press close : NESTLE
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Roman 140 : CXL
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Industrialists of a sort : ANTS
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School subject : MATH
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Book supplement: Abbr. : ADD
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Expectant : AGOG
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Appear : SEEM
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La Scala highlights : ARIAS
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39 Across, in a way : DETROITREDWINGS
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Word in a theater ad : MATINEE
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Americans, in Key's words : THEFREE
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Laundry workers : IRONERS
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Berlin bonnet : EASTER
Down
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Irving's contemporary : COLE
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Leave out : OMIT
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Branch of physics : OPTICS
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Metrical unit : LITER
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House wing : ELL
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Knick name : REED
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Give up : WAIVE
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Once more : AFRESH
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Postal abbreviation : RFD
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Night flyers : BATS
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British symbol : LION
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Dashiell's contemporary : ERLE
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Advise, old style : REDE
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Flint product : CAR
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Follower of 39 Across : BIRDWATCHER
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Recital piece : SOLO
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Ebbing and flowing : TIDAL
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Relative of 7 Across : ROBIN
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Sheeplike : OVINE
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Artemas and Artemus : WARDS
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Parlor piece : SOFA
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Mass. school : MIT
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Alfred Thayer ___ : MAHAN
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Shoulders squared : ERECT
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Odists' instruments : LYRES
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King David opus : PSALM
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Tunisian port : SFAX
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Surnamed: Fr. : DIT
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Miss Cinders : ELLA
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More indulgent : EASIER
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Like flotsam and jetsam : ADRIFT
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Old hair-dos : TETES
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Coolidge's Vice President : DAWES
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African gazelle : ADMI
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Equipment : GEAR
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Kerner of Illinois : OTTO
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Imitate the Cheshire cat : GRIN
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Give out : METE
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Regarding : INRE
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Dyeing apparatus : AGER
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Wind direction : SSE
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Likeminded : ONE
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Rangoon measure : DHA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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