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New York Times, Tuesday, January 26, 1971

5-Down : Wander

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 7,836
Across
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Decides : OPTS
5
Port near Hong Kong : MACAO
10
Obscenity : SMUT
14
___-ran : ALSO
15
Get away from : ELUDE
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Attention : CARE
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Duck : TEAL
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Transform : ALTER
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Work units : ERGS
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Set : HARDEN
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Scents : ESSENCES
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Flowering shrub : ELDER
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Kind of dance : TOE
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Caused : SPARKED
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Cato and others : CENSORS
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Vetch : TARE
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Severe : RIGID
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Maid or butler part : BIT
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Wife of Geraint : ENID
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Obstruct : BAR
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Parisian's dream : REVE
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Poetic word : TIS
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Wrist motion : FLICK
44
Consumer : USER
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Polar hazard : ICEFLOE
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Reading stand : LECTERN
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Heed : EAR
51
Hanger-on : LEECH
52
Setback : REVERSAL
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Snitch : PILFER
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Native of Yemen : ARAB
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Reduce : ABATE
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Indian tribe : ERIE
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Fox's pride : TAIL
65
Tree mammal : LEMUR
66
Asian garment : SARI
67
Old-time slave : ESNE
68
Feelings of ardor : ELANS
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Petitioned : SUED
Down
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Swearing-in formality : OATH
2
Not guilty, for one : PLEA
3
Peter : TSAR
4
Repaired in a way : SOLDERED
5
Wander : MEANDER
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The works : ALL
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Like one's own baby : CUTER
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Drinks : ADES
9
Magnetic unit : OERSTED
10
Emotional outbursts : SCENES
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Connelly : MARC
12
Press : URGE
13
Girl's nickname : TESS
21
Leather : ELK
23
Age : EON
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Nonpoisonous : EDIBLE
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Czech town on Elbe : STETI
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Alarm : PANIC
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Revolt : ARISE
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Inner or dress : CIRCLE
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Plump : OBESE
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Hudson, for one : RIVER
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Grim : STERN
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Merry: Fr. : GAI
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Cruel : RUTHLESS
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Bargain sign : FORSALE
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Legal-size fish for anglers : KEEPERS
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Lacking force : FEEBLE
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Malay gibbon : LAR
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Third-century date : CCI
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Children's zoo favorite : LLAMA
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Price : RATE
53
Time periods : ERAS
54
Conceited : VAIN
55
Adam's son : ABEL
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German wife : FRAU
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Galway's land : EIRE
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Ogden of N.Y. : REID
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Cask : TUN

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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