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New York Times, Wednesday, October 21, 1970

63-Down : Inter-office machine: Abbr.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { B J Q U X Z }, Scrabble score: 301 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,739
Across
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Hindu goddess : SRI
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Hardwood trees : TEAKS
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All: Lat. : OMNIS
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Haw's partner : HEM
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Book of the Bible : HOSEA
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Marine hazards : REEFS
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Itinerant Johnny : APPLESEED
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"What's It All About, ___?" : ALFIE
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Movie maker's light : KLIEG
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Moderately slow, in music : ANDANTE
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Spat : OYSTER
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Police officer: Abbr. : SERG
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Abbreviation in a rental ad : RMS
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Chose : TOOK
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Wedding-notice word : NEE
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Digit : TOE
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Manhattan garnishes : CHERRIES
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Game ___ and seek : OFHIDE
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"You're pulling ___" : MYLEG
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Civil War initials : GAR
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Was "in" : RATED
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"Easy ___" : DOESIT
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Happily : CHEERILY
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Watercourse: Abbr. : RIV
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Buchwald : ART
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Used credit : OWED
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Religious group: Abbr. : SDA
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Tarts : PIES
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Bible book : ESTHER
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Subjects of a discourse : THEMATA
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Linen : TOILE
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"___ far, far better thing ... " : ITISA
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Hand grenade : PINEAPPLE
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Impassive : STOIC
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Illusory paintings : OPART
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Footlike part : PES
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Talking bird : MYNAH
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Home of sorts : TEPEE
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Person : ONE
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Military cap : SHAKO
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Answer : REPLY
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Bands of Kaffir warriors : IMPIS
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Ty Cobb : THEGEORGIAPEACH
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Dawn goddess : EOS
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Cruising : ASEA
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Wails : KEENS
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Darken : SADDEN
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South African province : ORANGEFREESTATE
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Relent : MELT
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Egyptian queen : NEFERTITI
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"___ Were King" : IFI
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Direction : SSE
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Belles-___ : LETTRES
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Mars: Prefix : AREO
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Early Tuileries resident : ROI
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Seventh Ave. figure : MODEL
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Unkempt : SEEDY
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Barrel : KEG
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Naval officers: Abbr. : CMDRS
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Head bone : HYOID
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Height : ELEVATION
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U. S. Indian : SAC
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Style of car : HARDTOP
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Greek letter : RHO
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Clip : TRIM
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Ram's mate : EWE
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Dome of note : TEAPOT
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Stalk : STIPE
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Congo sight : HIPPO
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Actress Terry : ELLEN
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Della or Pee Wee : REESE
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Chinese dynasty : HSIA
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"I never take ___ after dinner" : ANAP
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Doctrine : ISM
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Inter-office machine: Abbr. : TTY
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Before, poetically : ERE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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