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Alan Arbesfeld
Alan Arbesfeld

New York Times, Monday, October 26, 1970

69-Across : Power source

Author:
Alan Arbesfeld
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 29.3
Alan Arbesfeld has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 123 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,744
Across
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Stroll : AMBLE
6
Comedian : LAHR
10
Rascals : IMPS
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Marner : SILAS
15
Understanding reply : ISEE
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___ contendere : NOLO
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River source : HEADSTREAM
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Yesterday: Fr. : HIER
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Researcher's aid: Abbr. : ENC
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In front : AHEAD
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Unit of weight : CARAT
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Star of "Two by Two" : KAYE
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Gasoline Alley family : WALLETS
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Pacific island : OAHU
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Leading : AHEADOF
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Exhausted : SPENT
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Indians : ERIES
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Possessive : HER
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Disinclined : LOATH
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Pharaoh, for one : ANT
40
Varnish ingredient : ELEMI
42
Kind of lot : ODD
43
Jockey Arcaro : EDDIE
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Fives, nines or elevens : TEAMS
46
Owls : HOOTERS
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Aleutian island : ADAK
49
Place of torment : INFERNO
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Western hero : EARP
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Type of race : RELAY
55
Numbers : FOURS
58
European fish : IDE
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Mild oath : EGAD
62
Shape of a chess piece : HORSESHEAD
64
Verne character : NEMO
65
Tops : AONE
66
City in Peru : TACNA
67
Uniform : EVEN
68
Mary and Catherine: Abbr. : STES
69
Power source : STEAM
Down
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Tennis ace : ASHE
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Appearance : MIEN
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Blemish : BLACKHEAD
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Boy : LAD
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Attempt : ESSAY
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Money in Milan : LIRE
7
Sailing : ASEA
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Restaurant V.I.P. : HEADWAITER
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Radiation unit : REM
10
Divided : INHALF
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Fabric : MOIRE
12
Fold : PLEAT
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Manners : SORTS
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Evergreen genus : THEA
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Catchall home area : CLOSET
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Relative : AUNT
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Drink : ADE
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European capital : OSLO
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Like peas in ___ : APOD
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All over : HEADTOFOOT
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Ford : ERNIE
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Speculation : THEORY
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Hat : HEADPIECE
36
Lazarus : EMMA
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Chance : RISK
41
Shakespearean character : LEAR
44
Assume : DON
46
Kind of collision : HEADON
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Withered : SERE
49
Dunne : IRENE
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Region of Israel : NEGEV
51
Sweetheart : FLAME
53
Staff members: Abbr. : ASSTS
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River of France : ORNE
57
Functions : USES
59
Famous U. S. editor : DANA
60
Kind of cheese : EDAM
62
Possesses : HAS
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Covering : HAT

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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