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New York Times, Saturday, July 24, 1971

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 8,015
Across
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Repasts : BREAKFASTS
11
Quixote et al. : DONS
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Habitual thieves : RESTEALERS
16
Blue-pencil : EDIT
17
Reporter's stint : ASSIGNMENT
18
Candidate's quest : VOTE
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Kind of gun : STEN
20
Move about : GAD
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"The ___ is yet to come" : WORST
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Roadside sign : GAS
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Marina tenant : YACHT
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Indian state : ASSAM
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Three-part teams : TROIKAS
34
Soap ingredient : LYE
35
Botch : BUMBLE
39
Words of approximation : ORSO
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Evangelist Roberts : ORAL
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Wanderer : NOMAD
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Hardware item : NAIL
44
Southern sea : SULU
45
Svelte : LISSOM
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Momentous words : IDO
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Nightclub V.I.P. : SPENDER
50
___ perditae : ARTES
52
Like computer cards : CODED
54
Bird sound : COO
55
Ways : PATHS
58
___ carte : ALA
60
Parisian husband : MARI
64
Indian : ERIE
65
Man of derring-do : ADVENTURER
68
Metric unit, for short : KILO
69
Ready the house for a new winter : REINSULATE
70
Garden : EDEN
71
Pepys words : ANDSOTOBED
Down
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Bathing-suit parts : BRAS
2
Coffee break : REST
3
Common Latin verb : ESSE
4
Burfish : ATINGA
5
Beer container : KEG
6
Asp's weapons : FANGS
7
Silk fabric : ALMA
8
Unkempt : SEEDY
9
Rotation: Abbr. : TRN
10
Superjet : SST
11
Allegiance to a cause : DEVOTION
12
Sweet ___ of success : ODOR
13
Insect eggs : NITS
14
Galley notation : STET
21
"___ can it be?" : WHO
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Diplomat: Abbr. : AMB
25
African range : ATLAS
26
Belief : CREDO
27
Sold at ___ : ALOSS
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Waffle's friend : SYRUP
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Panther Bobby : SEALE
31
Cobra's cousin : KRAIT
32
Stage remark : ASIDE
33
Arias : SOLOS
36
Without direction : UNLED
37
Textile fabric : MOIRE
38
Music degrees : BMS
41
Break between coffee breaks : LUNCHEON
46
Asian leader : MAO
49
Two, in Mexico : DOS
51
P. I. statesman : ROMULO
53
Giant killer : DAVID
54
"I ___" (child's boast) : CANSO
55
Dog, for short : PEKE
56
Unproductive : ARID
57
Roof material : TILE
59
Eye part : LENS
61
Valuable horse : ARAB
62
Plexus : RETE
63
Angered : IRED
65
Macaw : ARA
66
Thieves' place : DEN
67
Pyramid name : TUT

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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