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New York Times, Saturday, January 16, 1971

51-Across : Threw a coin

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 5, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9, Grid flow: 35.8
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 7,826
Across
1
Police operation : RAID
5
Arrayed : CLAD
9
Gambling casino word : BANCO
14
Baxter : ANNE
15
Angel's I.D. : HALO
16
Eastern nurses : AMAHS
17
With 25, 39, 53 and 63 Across, quote by Alfred de Musset : HOWGLORIOUSITIS
20
Annoying roommate : SNORER
21
Kind of talk : IDLE
22
Consumed : ATE
23
Word on a bill, with "please" : REMIT
25
See 17 Across : ANDALSO
27
Marry : MAKEONE
29
Philippine trees : DAOS
30
Baba : ALI
31
Eur. country : NETH
33
Woman's age, for one : ENIGMA
37
Bobby Orr's milieu : RINK
39
See 17 Across : HOW
41
"My Name Is ___" : ARAM
42
Strike-and-spare man : KEGLER
45
Boy's pistol fodder : CAPS
48
Uris protagonist : ARI
49
Buffalo's relative : ANOA
51
Threw a coin : FLIPPED
53
See 17 Across : PAINFUL
56
Atlantic island group : FAROE
57
French pronoun : ILS
58
Castor's mother : LEDA
60
Graphs : CURVES
63
See 17 Across : TOBEANEXCEPTION
66
Gorge : CHASM
67
Kind of guard : REAR
68
Sicilian city : ENNA
69
Nothing to marry in : HASTE
70
Controversial planes : SSTS
71
Breathing: Abbr. : RESP
Down
1
Cheers : RAHS
2
Familiar author: Abbr. : ANON
3
___ order (usable) : INWORKING
4
B.A. or Ph.D. : DEGREE
5
Showgirl : CHORINE
6
Roman household god : LAR
7
Et ___ : ALII
8
Thingumajig : DOODAD
9
Established : BASEDON
10
French friend : AMI
11
Brazilian port : NATAL
12
Vouchers : CHITS
13
Bone: Prefix : OSSEO
18
Flop : LEMON
19
Arm bones : ULNAE
24
Hebrew letter : TETH
26
Large land mass : ASIA
27
Twain : MARK
28
"I cannot tell ___" : ALIE
32
Ad ___ : HOC
34
One source of info : GRAPEVINE
35
Horse : MARE
36
Surrounded by : AMID
38
Secret order : KLAN
40
Wave: Scot. : WAFF
43
Kindle: Var. : ENFLAME
44
City on the Seine : ROUEN
46
Deposits containing gold : PLACERS
47
Sweetener : SIRUP
50
Northern trees : ALDERS
52
Cole : PORTER
53
Slider : PITCH
54
Relative of adieu : ALOHA
55
Russian huts : ISBAS
59
Campers' aids : AXES
61
Long times : EONS
62
Cinch : SNAP
64
Superlative ending : EST
65
Siamese, for one : CAT

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 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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