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New York Times, Friday, April 17, 1970

45-Across : River in Siberia

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F J X }, Scrabble score: 312 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,552
Across
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Military abbreviation : CAPT
5
Partner of bananas : CREAM
10
Verdi opera : AIDA
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Caliph's name : OMAR
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Cowboy's domain : RANGE
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Gun : STEN
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Biblical wise men : MAGI
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Rich : INTHECHIPS
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Previous time : THEPAST
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City in the South : ATLANTA
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Preclusion in law : ESTOPPEL
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Indeterminate number : SOME
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Rich : LOADED
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Roost : PERCH
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Kind of gun : SQUIRT
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Came into : GOT
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Carnegie : DALE
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Early Asian : HUN
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Police weapon : TEARGAS
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Fordham mascot : RAM
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Gridiron play : PASS
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___ volente : DEO
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River in Siberia : KOLYMA
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Mongrels : TYKES
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Stick together : COHERE
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Burl : IVES
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Spanish Indians : MESTIZOS
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Separate : SPLITUP
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Supple : LISSOME
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Rich : WELLHEELED
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Platoon, to a company : UNIT
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Biblical brother : ABEL
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Bee : DRONE
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Pro ___ : RATA
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Directed : BADE
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Heating vessels : ETNAS
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Instead : ELSE
Down
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French title : COMTE
2
Certain oriental women : AMAHS
3
English surgeon, 1814-99 : PAGET
4
Land in Marine song : TRIPOLI
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Curled : CRISPATED
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Declaimed : RANTED
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Noun ending : ENT
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Relative of Khan : AGHA
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Athletic events : MEETS
10
Feeling guilty : ASHAMED
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Tourist's aid : ITINERARY
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Store division: Abbr. : DEPT
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Handle-like part : ANSA
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Horse's hoof sound : CLOP
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Nautical term : APORT
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Stretching space : LEGROOM
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Keeshond : DOG
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Quahog : CLAM
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Blood: Prefix : HEMA
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Trucking abbreviation : SHPT
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Wharf : QUAY
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Labor classification : UNSKILLED
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Support a faction : TAKESIDES
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Govt. agency : AEC
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Out of ___ : SORTS
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City in Spain : SEVILLE
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One kind of time : LEISURE
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Son of Adam : SETH
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City in the West : HELENA
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Leather : SUEDE
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Of an area : ZONAL
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Neglects : OMITS
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Slender spines : SETAE
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Mop : SWAB
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Armadillo : PEBA
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Disrespectful : PERT
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Chaney : LON

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

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