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New York Times, Thursday, September 23, 1971

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 51, Avg Word Len: 4.83, Missing: { H Q W Y Z }, Scrabble score: 257 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 50, Cheaters: 18, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 32.2
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 8,076
Across
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Hideout : LAIR
5
Boats : CRAFT
10
Practical : VIABLE
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Kind of pitcher : RELIEF
14
Penny-arcade game : PINBALL
15
Nevertheless : EVENSO
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Bow : ARC
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Man of figures: Abbr. : AUD
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Ocean vessels: Abbr. : STRS
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Clock numeral : VII
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Flying object : BOXKITE
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Girl's name : IMA
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Map abbr. : ALT
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Warded off : AVERTED
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Plater : NAG
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Teased : NEEDLED
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Nestle : SNUGGLE
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Paddle : OAR
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Fiddler crab : UCA
36
Periodical : JOURNAL
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Kitchen item : TOASTER
44
Arabic prefix for son : IBN
45
Detach in a way : CLIPOUT
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Common verb : ARE
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Record : LOG
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Geometrical figure : ELLIPSE
50
Pique : IRE
51
Draws : TIES
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Pro ___ : TEM
54
French negative : PAS
55
Sandwich meat : SALAMI
58
Like some X-rated films : OBSCENE
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Missouri name : TRUMAN
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Cut that out! : STOPIT
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Bite : STING
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Fish : TUNA
Down
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Technician's place : LAB
2
Sports group: Abbr. : ABA
3
Kind of wind : ILL
4
Calm : RELAXED
5
Movie preliminaries : CREDITS
6
Church title: Abbr. : REV
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Beverage : ALE
8
Features of some cars : FINS
9
Experimentation : TESTING
10
Forceful : VIRILE
11
Goad : INCITE
13
Dress-up affair : FORMAL
14
Stately dance : PAVAN
18
Soviet region: Abbr. : UKR
20
Western shrub : SAGE
22
Remainder : BALANCE
23
Generally : OVERALL
24
Insubstantial : TENUOUS
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Enlighten : EDUCATE
31
"Le Coq ___" : DOR
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Kind of meter : GAS
36
Cast off, in romance : JILT
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Certain musician : OBOIST
38
Disengages, as a clutch : UNGEARS
39
Rhythmic : LILTING
40
Apical : TOPMOST
41
Taiwan capital : TAIPEI
42
Astray : ERRANT
43
Dodger name : REESE
46
Slapstick prop : PIE
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Slovenly one : SLUT
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"Where ___?" : AMI
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Adult : MAN
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Engineering unit : BTU
60
Descendant : SON
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Tax man: Abbr. : CPA

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

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