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New York Times, Monday, January 5, 1970

54-Down : Arrow poison

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 21.7
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,450
Across
1
Dogie : CALF
5
Made a rooklike sound : CAWED
10
Future tulip : BULB
14
Slangy suffix : EROO
15
Texas mission : ALAMO
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Mountain: Prefix : OREO
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Goes for in a big way : EATSITUP
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Ambush site : BLIND
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Literary initials : RLS
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Comber : WAVE
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Irish city of song : TRALEE
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Arises : COMESUP
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Tops : AONE
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Take a spin : MOTOR
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Coal size : PEA
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Victors in Western brawls : FASTDRAWARTISTS
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Lao-___ : TSE
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Second-growth crop : ROWEN
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Oolong and oopak : TEAS
43
Cavalryman : TROOPER
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Poach, out West : RUSTLE
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Northern country: Abbr. : SWED
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Pronoun : HER
49
Academic gowns : TOGAS
52
Calming agent : SEDATIVE
57
Overland and Wells Fargo : STAGECOACHLINES
60
Salt tree : ATLE
61
Make a speech : ORATE
62
___-ce pas? : NEST
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Betsy : ROSS
64
Cattle ___ : BARON
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Head in Bayonne : TETE
Down
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Give up : CEDE
2
Really, in Cork : ARRA
3
Boor : LOUT
4
Pea soups : FOGS
5
Stampeders : CATTLE
6
Jesus, Filipe and Matty : ALOUS
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Distort : WARP
8
Scottish uncle : EME
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"Gunsmoke" character : DOC
10
Statesman from Connecticut : BOWLES
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___ et orbi : URBI
12
Uris : LEON
13
Hopalong Cassidy : BOYD
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Progenitor : SIRE
19
Turn over : OBVERT
23
"Rheingold" role : WOTAN
24
Cupid : AMOR
25
Former Chief Justice : TAFT
26
Marshmallow event : ROAST
27
Genus of goose : ANSER
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Tennis term : LET
29
Quail : COWER
30
Surprise victory : UPSET
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Bloom feature : PETAL
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Having a gullet, as a bird : MAWED
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African fox : ASSE
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Nod : DROWSE
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Roundup gear : ROPE
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___ no use : ITS
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U.S. Indians : OSAGES
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Fowl of children's story : REDHEN
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River to Caspian : URAL
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Hundred: Prefix : HECTO
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Nicholas : TSAR
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Holy Roman emperor : OTTO
51
Guys' friends : GALS
52
German basin : SAAR
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Shade : TINT
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Arrow poison : INEE
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Suit part : VEST
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Punta del ___ : ESTE
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Short horse : COB
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___ pro nobis : ORA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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