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New York Times, Friday, January 29, 1971

42-Across : Respite

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 24.3 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 7,839
Across
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Semitic deity : BAAL
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Lazar : LEPER
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Shakespeare : BARD
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Singer Eames : EMMA
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Remove : ERASE
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Gov't. agency : USIA
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Give off : EMIT
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Something for the mill : GRIST
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Face : DIAL
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Merlin, for one : SORCERER
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Delight : REGALE
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Listen : HEED
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Cork locale : EIRE
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Give the speaker a hard time : HECKLE
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One of seven in Rome : AVENTINE
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Bitter drug : ALOES
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Alla ___ : BREVE
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Zodiac animal : RAM
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Calla or tiger : LILY
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Sierra ___ : LEONE
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Bathe : LAVE
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Exclamation : OHO
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Kind of common denominator : LEAST
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Approach midnight : LATEN
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Respite : SURCEASE
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Go ___ (deteriorate) : TOSEED
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Engrossed : RAPT
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Sometimes it's dim : PAST
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Diet food : CELERY
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1971 : THISYEAR
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Melody : ARIA
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Frome : ETHAN
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Patron saint of sailors : ELMO
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Mail : POST
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Nautical call : AVAST
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Where 59 Across is heard : ASEA
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Italian town : ESTE
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Classifies : RATES
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Tear : REND
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Busy creatures : BEES
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Munitions : AMMO
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Moslem prince : AMIR
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Door-opener : LATCHKEY
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Stowe's villain : LEGREE
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Strayed : ERRED
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Set : PAIR
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Letter : ESS
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Do a hunting dog's job : RETRIEVE
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It's tight lately : BUDGET
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Home for two billion or so : ASIA
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Coin of Iran : RIAL
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Carnegie : DALE
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They're slippery : EELS
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Sea bird : ERNE
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Happening : EVENT
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Moon phenomena : HALOS
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Root : ELIHU
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Red or green : COLOR
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Came up : AROSE
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Incensed : IRATE
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"The Queen's ___" : NAVEE
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Edit : EMEND
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Jungle dweller : BEAST
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1968 : LEAPYEAR
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1970 : LASTYEAR
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King of Elizabethan drama : LEAR
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Deductible item : LOSS
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Invent : CREATE
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Defiles : TAINTS
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Aspect : PHASE
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Superman's garb : CAPE
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Cupid : EROS
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Shopper's guide : LIST
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What Dick Martin always drinks to : THAT
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Otherwise : ELSE
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___ corner : AMEN
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Highway : ROAD
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Power-project initials : TVA

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

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