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New York Times, Friday, January 16, 1970

29-Down : Kind of auto race

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.25, Min Word Len: 4, Missing: { Q V }, Scrabble score: 309 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,461
Across
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Hines, for one : BASS
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Factions : BLOCS
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Transparent item : PANE
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Peking nanny : AMAH
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Hybrid citrus fruit : LIMON
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"___ and away" : UPUP
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Well-known theme song : NOLA
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Formerly Ismet Paza : INONU
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Kind of baseball drive : LINE
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Starting mark : JUMPINGOFFPLACE
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Get one's bearings : ORIENT
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Semiaquatic lizards : EFTS
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Powerful ones : CZARS
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Recapitulate : ADDUP
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Art lovers : AESTHETES
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Lena : HORNE
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Prefix for syncracy : IDIO
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Narrow furrow : STRIA
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Ford : WADE
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___ the world : MANOF
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Persevering : HANGINGON
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Preserve in a way : SMOKE
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Professional man: Abbr. : ENGIN
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Touch : PALP
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Small cup, in Scotland : TASSIE
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Social activity : BALLROOMDANCING
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Vicinity : AREA
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___ up with : MIXIT
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Sleep like ___ : ALOG
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Judge's seat : BANC
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Lively, in music : ANIME
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Likely place for a strike : LANE
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Vaulted recess : APSE
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Farm sights : STIES
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River to North Sea : YSER
Down
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Instrument for a pick : BANJO
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Story theme : AMOUR
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Ragout : SALMI
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Condition : SHAPE
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Pancakes in Tel Aviv : BLINTZES
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Suffix used with duck or prince : LING
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Melville opus : OMOO
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Owning up : CONFESSING
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Extinguish : SNUFF
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Dismantles : PULLSDOWN
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Upolu port : APIA
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___ Dimittis : NUNC
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Rapier : EPEE
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Creep : INCH
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Egyptian god : PTAH
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___ of (near) : ATTHEPOINT
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Showed again : RERAN
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Kind of auto race : DRAG
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Open : UNDO
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Flatten by hammering : PEEN
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Directs : AIMS
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Gouda's relative : EDAM
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Prefix for Asian land : SINO
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Occurred : TOOKPLACE
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Disturbs : AGITATES
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Smith Island cape : FEAR
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___ instant : INAN
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Hills of Southwest : LOMAS
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Like fish : SCALY
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Marner : SILAS
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Hole ___ : INONE
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Moth : EGGER
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Well-known Ali : BABA
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Don't care ___ : ARAP
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Eye part : LENS
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Eleventh century year : MXII
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Coin : DIME

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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