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Rae
Rae

New York Times, Monday, June 1, 1981

Author:
Rae
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 10, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 33.6
Rae has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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D
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E
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E
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P
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A
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L
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A
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W
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R
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T
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O
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R
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K
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A
G
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N
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L
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A
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O
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H
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E
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M
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V
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C
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S
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H
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R
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K
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A
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T
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V
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C
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L
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O
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A
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F
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C
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A
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T
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S
K
Y
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G
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S
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N
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K
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D
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S
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U
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A
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A
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M
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,528
Across
1
Abyssal : DEEP
5
"There ought to be ___" : ALAW
9
Old word before "while" : ERST
13
Heraldic shield border : ORLE
14
Writer Jong : ERICA
15
San ___, Italian resort : REMO
16
Fuel transports : OILTANKERS
18
Old Greek festival contest : AGON
19
Used-car transaction : RESALE
20
Hazards for dolphins : NETS
22
Island music maker, for short : UKE
23
Monetary unit of Turkey : LIRA
25
Locale for a maître : ECOLE
27
Haw's partner : HEM
30
Erupted pollution : VOLCANICASH
34
Have ___ (be wary) : ACARE
36
Nigerian city : KANO
37
"___ boy!" : ATTA
38
Eater: Comb. form : VORE
39
Slangy command to 61 Across? : CANIT
40
Bank business : LOAN
41
Chemical suffix : OLIC
42
"Thanks ___!" : ALOT
43
Exaggerated comedy : FARCE
44
Pollute : CONTAMINATE
47
What smog obscures : SKY
48
Crystal-lined rock : GEODE
49
Hindu god of destruction : SIVA
51
Nothing : NIL
52
Nevada cattle center : ELKO
55
Soprano Melba : NELLIE
59
Destructive rain : ACID
61
Trashy people : LITTERBUGS
63
Free from danger : SAFE
64
Epic involving Agamemnon : ILIAD
65
"Once ___ a midnight dreary ... " : UPON
66
Actor Clunes : ALEC
67
"The Sun ___ Rises" : ALSO
68
Adjective for a mite or mote : MERE
Down
1
French window : DOOR
2
Neighbor of Chautauqua Lake : ERIE
3
Extensions : ELLS
4
Flower part : PETAL
5
Noah's shelter : ARK
6
Property right : LIEN
7
Land measure : ACRE
8
"___, want not" : WASTENOT
9
Particular period : ERA
10
Thermostats, e.g. : REGULATORS
11
Urban polluter : SMOKESTACK
12
Timbre : TONE
14
Febrero's predecessor : ENERO
17
Animated : ALIVE
21
___-fi : SCI
24
Potash, e.g. : ALKALI
26
Florida city : OCALA
27
Destruction and ruin : HAVOC
28
Of our surroundings and us : ECOLOGICAL
29
Victims of oil spills : MARINELIFE
31
Established law : CANON
32
Loos and Bryant : ANITAS
33
Bill ___, singer who apes Presley : HANEY
35
Right-hand page : RECTO
39
Plant named for a Jesuit : CAMELLIA
43
Malady symptom : FEVER
45
Humorist George : ADE
46
Having prongs : TINED
50
Collector's item : ALBUM
51
Org. that launched the Columbia : NASA
53
What pollutants may do : KILL
54
Colonial rights defender : OTIS
56
Velez of old films : LUPE
57
Composer Stravinsky : IGOR
58
Serf of yore : ESNE
60
Nov. follower : DEC
62
The way, in China : TAO

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

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