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New York Times, Tuesday, June 2, 1970

43-Down : Atlantic fish

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { H J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,598
Across
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Egyptian goddess : SATI
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Medical prefix : OMENT
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French fetes : BALS
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Take it like ___ : AMAN
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Spanish town : BEDAR
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Aleutian island : ADAK
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Burns's "Luve" : LIKEAREDREDROSE
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Vigorous : ENERGETIC
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Went wrong : ERRED
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Lover's family name : MONTAGUE
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Mystery writer : SAYERS
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Diamond-cutter's cup : DOP
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Old MacDonald's asset : FARM
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Musician André : PREVIN
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Work unit : ERG
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Sharif : OMAR
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Detection gear : SONAR
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Nose : PRY
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Where lovers toss coins : TREVI
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Biblical brother : ABEL
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Feature of Lake Mead : DAM
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Assaulted : SIEGED
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Eggs in Essen : EIER
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Vessel : TUN
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Rancho or Rio : GRANDE
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Likened : COMPARED
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Income in Paris : RENTE
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One-star officer : COMMODORE
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Motto for a Roman hippie : OMNIAVINCITAMOR
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O'Casey : SEAN
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Pittsburgh output : INGOT
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Dole out : METE
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Norman town : STLO
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Orchestra sections : REEDS
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Cow-caller's cry : SOOK
Down
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Western capital : SALEM
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Kind of acid : AMINO
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Occupied : TAKEN
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Sluggish : INERT
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Former Mexican president : OBREGON
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Join, with "with" : MEETUP
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Arcaro : EDDIE
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Stupor: Prefix : NARC
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Italian numeral : TRE
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Theater name : BARRYMORE
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Love : ADORE
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Beam : LASER
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Timetables, for short : SKEDS
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Moroccan port : AGADIR
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"___ John" : DEAR
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Decline : SAG
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Small ___ : FRY
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Bible book: Abbr. : PSA
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Roy : ROB
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Nautical reading : ENE
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Lover of silent screen : VALENTINO
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Fine fur: Abbr. : ERM
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Girl's nickname : MEG
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Harriman, to friends : AVE
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Clear : RID
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Stock word : PAR
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Beggar's equipment : TINPOT
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Scottish river : DEE
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Tops : SUMMITS
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Plan : IDEA
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Atlantic fish : TOMCOD
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Net's partner : GROSS
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Sat again : REMET
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Record, old style : ANNAL
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Dismissal : CONGE
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White House name : ADAMS
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Famous lover : ROMEO
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Love: Prefix : EROTO
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Man's name : DEREK
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Motion picture : CINE
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Man of old Rome : VIR

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 9 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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