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New York Times, Thursday, August 19, 1971

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 45, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 24.6
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 8,041
Across
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Sounds of a kind : HUMS
5
Compass point : ENE
8
Pros : ACES
12
Printer's mark : CARET
13
Long: Prefix : MACR
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Disintegrate : MELT
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Tree : ALDER
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Choler : BILE
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Exile isle : ELBA
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Menu items, musically punning : FLUTESALADS
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Fate : LOT
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Prophet : SEER
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"A rose ___ rose" : ISA
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Part of I.O.U. : OWE
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Ordinal suffix : ETH
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Children's game : TAG
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Stuff again : REPAD
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Intends : MEANSTO
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Poet Siegfried : SASSOON
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Regarding : INRE
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Girl's name : OLGA
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Second spar : TOPMAST
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Drinks : TIPPLES
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Kind of system : SOLAR
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Hagen : UTA
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Still : YET
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One of the networks : ABC
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Paris season : ETE
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Judge's bench : BANC
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___ Tse-tung : MAO
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Mother Goose character? : CYMBALSIMON
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Italian city : ASTI
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Source : ROOT
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Color : IVORY
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Haystack : RICK
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Dilatory : SLOW
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Inspiring fear : EERIE
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Name in tennis : ASHE
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Spanish gold : ORO
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Deer : STAG
Down
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Albert or Carnegie : HALL
2
Language of Pakistan : URDU
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Athletic events : MEETS
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Wall and Canal : STREETS
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Restriction : EMBARGO
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Seize : NAIL
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Bakery items : ECLAIRS
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French soul : AME
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Broadway hit, instrument-wise : CELLODOLLY
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Jostle : ELBOW
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Condition : STATE
12
Shipping abbr. : CAF
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Mideast waters : REDSEA
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Boxoffice quest : SEAT
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Boobs : SAPS
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Give out : EMIT
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"___clock scholar" : TENO
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Children's game? : HARPSCOTCH
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Dripping wet : ASOP
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Verne hero : NEMO
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Molding : OGEE
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Noted cartoonist : NAST
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Guinness : ALEC
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Butterflies : SATYRS
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Musical direction : TREMOLO
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Broadway hit? : TUBATWO
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Type of type: Abbr. : ITAL
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Flowers : PANSIES
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Diva Lucine : AMARA
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Foundation : BASIS
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Cat of Africa : CIVET
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Rude one : BOOR
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S. A. tree : MORA
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Not a copy: Abbr. : ORIG
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U. S. humorist : NYE
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Presidential nickname : IKE

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

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