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New York Times, Monday, September 6, 1971

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Z }, Scrabble score: 322 (avg 1.72)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 23.3
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 8,059
Across
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Diminish bit by bit : PARE
5
Heaps : PILES
10
Not quite a quint : QUAD
14
Wall St. market, for short : AMEX
15
Sheiks' home : ARABY
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Yen : URGE
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Remark of a jilted one : LOVESLABORLOSES
20
Warns : ALERTS
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Burden : ONUS
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"If you don't know, ___" : ASK
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Documents: Abbr. : CERTS
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Subterranean vaults : CRYPTS
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Time zone : EST
27
Ship overseer: Abbr. : OOD
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Praise : LAUD
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Shinbone : TIBIA
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Thinly scattered : SPARSE
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"You labor by the ___" : SWEATOFYOURBROW
40
Whodunit V.I.P. : CORPSE
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___ over (ponders) : PORES
42
Drill : BORE
43
Mimic : APE
44
Cheer : RAH
47
Becomes temperate : SOBERS
51
Over : ABOVE
53
Cow's chew : CUD
56
Flaring star : NOVA
57
One who slips away : ELUDER
58
Fruit of investor's labor : ANEXTRADIVIDEND
61
Pert girl : MINX
62
Fred's dance partner : ADELE
63
Big shot of Venice : DOGE
64
Charon's ferry route : STYX
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Wading bird : HERON
66
River to North Sea : YSER
Down
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Mecca of old vaudeville : PALACE
2
Soap plants : AMOLES
3
Return to type : REVERT
4
Labor with vigor : EXERT
5
Friends : PALS
6
Gershwin : IRA
7
Certain marcher : LABORDAYPARADER
8
Hard wood : EBONY
9
Flapjack blanket : SYRUP
10
Quid pro ___ : QUO
11
Major or Minor : URSA
12
Iron and ice : AGES
13
City or editorial : DESK
18
Matthew and Mark: Abbr. : STS
19
Vessel of W. W. II : LST
24
Close-fitting cap : COIF
25
Thick slices : SLABS
27
Wind instrument : OBOE
29
Timetable abbr. : ARR
30
G.I. org. : USO
31
Condensate : DEW
32
Records : TAPES
33
"___ about time!" : ITS
34
Kind of thing : SURE
35
Beforehand: Prefix : PRE
36
College degree : SCB
37
Work at romancing : WOO
38
Work incorrectly : ERR
39
Word of surprise : OOPS
44
Western events : RODEOS
45
Get even : AVENGE
46
Ranch worker : HERDER
48
Can. prov. : ONT
49
Late Idaho Senator : BORAH
50
Duck : EVADE
51
Eastern name : ALI
52
Chum : BUDDY
53
Machine parts : CAMS
54
Body of troops : UNIT
55
Disown : DENY
57
Unruffled : EVEN
59
Written kisses : XXX
60
World labor group: Abbr. : ILO

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

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