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New York Times, Wednesday, September 8, 1971

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { F J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 20.4
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 8,061
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Greyhound-like dog : SALUKI
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Anglo-Indian troop : RISALA
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African animals : OKAPIS
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Small falcon : KESTREL
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Medieval play : MIRACLE
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___ illusion : OPTICAL
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Football player : END
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Actor McCarthy : KEVIN
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Comedian Lew et al. : LEHRS
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Empty-seat people : ABSENTEES
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Snake : ABOMA
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Prepares a batter : STIRS
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Month: Abbr. : APR
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Wizardry : MAGIC
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Trappist cheese : OKA
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Pinker : EPEE
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Dressed up : PRINKED
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Shoddy : ILLMADE
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Eros : LOVE
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Tennessee player : VOL
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Eskimo craft : UMIAK
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Direction : ENE
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Cockpit man : PILOT
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Sandberg and others : CARLS
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Shea and Candlestick : BALLPARKS
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Cobra's relative : KRAIT
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Analyze : ASSAY
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Sphere : ORB
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More impulsive : HASTIER
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Fink : STOOLIE
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Heeds : ATTENDS
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Vegetable : ENDIVE
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"Stay as ___ possible" : NEARAS
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Heavy : LEADEN
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Unspecified amount : SOME
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Related : AKIN
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Fat : LARD
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___ tree : UPA
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Recoil : KICKBACK
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British ___ : ISLES
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Tough cloth : REP
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Tampico fibers : ISTLES
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Pens : STIES
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Kind of fiend : ARCH
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King of drama : LEAR
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"___ well!" : ALLS
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Well-known raft : KONTIKI
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Arden and others : EVES
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Preposition : INTO
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Chemical compound : AMINE
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Of an age : ERAL
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Full : AMPLE
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Nobleman : BARON
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Pointed arch : OGIVE
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___ of shoes : APAIR
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Piano part : PEDAL
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___ to high heaven : REEKS
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Bovary and Goldman : EMMAS
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Kind of eye : EVIL
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Money : DOLLARS
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Lottery winner, e.g. : LUCKYONE
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Cuts off : LOPS
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Verdigris : PATINA
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Russian agency : TASS
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Dog, at times : BITER
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Badger of India : RATEL
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Mideast inn : KHAN
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Value : RATE
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Fictional dog : ASTA
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Fetid : OLID
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Split : RIVE
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"Where have you ___?" : BEEN
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Wynn and Sullivan : EDS
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Part of a harem : ODA

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

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