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New York Times, Saturday, February 20, 1971

12-Down : Diving bird

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { G J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 34.3
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 7,861
Across
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Simple : DAFT
5
Not ruddy : PALE
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Union general at Shiloh : BUELL
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Paris' field : ORLY
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Terrible or Great : IVAN
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Final stanza of a ballade : ENVOI
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Mythomaniac : LIAR
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Attend to : TAKECAREOF
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Take, as a plea : COP
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Apple section : CORE
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Everlasting, long ago : ETERNE
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Minstrel performer : ENDMAN
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Teasdale and others : SARAS
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Wild ___ : OATS
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Big W. W. I guns : BERTHAS
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Tropical Asian tree : ASOKA
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Selected : CHOSE
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___ way : ONE
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Mineral deposits : LODES
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Secreted : HID
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Alloy of lead and tin : TERNE
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Follower of fa : SOL
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Instant : TRICE
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More unusual : RARER
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Dreamy : ONEIRIC
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Desertlike : SERE
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Informal taboos : NONOS
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Showy plants : CANNAS
53
Noisy-eating sounds : CHOMPS
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Unit of illumination : PHOT
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House part : DEN
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Six-sided solid : HEXAHEDRON
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Metalware : TOLE
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Mountain ridge : ARETE
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Palm product : DATE
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Ump's concern : RULE
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Flat sides : PANES
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Hurricane areas : EYES
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Danube tributary : ISAR
Down
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Music direction : DOLCE
2
Talking horse of Greek myth : ARION
3
Nonsense : FLAPDOODLE
4
Norse war god : TYR
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Mountain-climbing gear : PITONS
6
Caucasian language : AVAR
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Finger and Great : LAKES
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Direction : ENE
9
Scram : BEATARETREAT
10
Disquiet : UNREST
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"Thanks ___ so much" : EVER
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Diving bird : LOON
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Prison sentence : LIFE
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Roman goddess : CERES
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Utter disasters : CATASTROPHES
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Render : MAKE
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Habitation : ABODE
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Dreadful : HORRENDOUS
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___ of Cleves : ANNE
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Al Capp's Old Man Mose : SEER
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___-ran : ALSO
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Quickly : SOON
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Marx brother : CHICO
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This: Lat. : HIC
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___ a reputation : EARN
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Henna, for one : RINSE
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Prisoner : INMATE
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Tea cakes : SCONES
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Cut-flower display : SPRAY
51
Amazon slain by Hercules : AELLA
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Insulting expression : SNEER
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Fellow : CHAP
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Wife of Zeus : HERA
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Bovines : OXEN
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French innkeeper : HOTE
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D-Day leader : DDE
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Prefix for angle : TRI

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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