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New York Times, Wednesday, September 30, 1970

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { F J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 15.8
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,718
Across
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Large moth : LUNA
5
Owns : HAS
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Desert in northeast Sudan : NUBIAN
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Short saying : APOTHEGM
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Lack of muscle coordination : ATAXIA
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Hemingway's "The ___ Feast" : MOVEABLE
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Tedious : BORING
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Collection of items : ANA
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Park features : TREES
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Pieces of fuel turf : PEATS
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Hone : WHET
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What a Manx lacks : TAIL
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___ escape : NARROW
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Inhabitants of southern Asia : MALAYANS
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Willow : OSIER
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Couch : DIVAN
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Pol. party : GOP
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Draw : LIMN
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Member of the electorate : VOTER
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Comet's head : COMA
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Beverage : ADE
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Dotted patterns in heraldry : SEMES
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Weight unit : CARAT
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Chemical warfare weapon : NERVEGAS
44
Procession : PARADE
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Jai ___ : ALAI
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Chalcedony : SARD
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Lewis Carroll animal : SNARK
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Artless : NAIVE
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Dante's gal : BEA
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City of Crete : CANDIA
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Infant garments : CREEPERS
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William Waldorf and John Jacob : ASTORS
60
Civil War vessel : MERRIMAC
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Word of appreciation : THANKS
62
Feminine suffix : ESS
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Deep cut : GASH
Down
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Tibetan priest : LAMA
2
Atop : UPON
3
Kind of star : NOVA
4
Consumed : ATE
5
Mideast language : HEBREW
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Shoelace tip : AGLET
7
U.S. duck : SMEE
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Seize : NAB
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Visionary : UTOPIAN
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Just about : BARELY
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South African iris : IXIA
12
Common contraction of sorts : AINT
13
Some horses : NAGS
15
Egyptian goddess of mirth : HATHOR
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Verses : STAVES
23
Small bird : WREN
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Winged : ALAR
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Man without a country : NOLAN
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Sotto voce : ASIDE
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Versifier: Var. : RIMER
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Small sums : MITES
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Ancient assembly : AGORA
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Rover : NOMAD
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Sudden outburst : SPATE
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Sphere of activity : DOMAIN
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Bright star : VEGA
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Droll fellow, familiarly : CARD
40
Original Robinson Crusoe : SELKIRK
41
Course : CAREER
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Golf star of past : VARDON
44
Roadbuilders : PAVERS
46
Fathers : SIRES
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Go away! : SCAT
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Old auto : NASH
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Broadway group: Abbr. : ANTA
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Culmination : ACME
52
Part of an Eastern church : BEMA
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Epochs : ERAS
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Sholem ___, novelist : ASCH
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Blockhead : ASS
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Iron mold : PIG

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

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