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New York Times, Saturday, January 10, 1970

30-Across : More pale

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { Q U X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,455
Across
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Scads : SLEW
5
Outer space: Prefix : ASTRO
10
Fruit refuse : MARC
14
Son of Jacob : LEVI
15
"___ to Be You" : ITHAD
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Notion: Fr. : IDEE
17
West Indian shrub : ANIL
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Unmanned plane : DRONE
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Buddhist priest : LAMA
20
Five or nine : BALLTEAM
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Ragout : SALMIS
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Through: Prefix : DIA
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Hook in secretly, as a phone : TAP
27
Moisten while cooking : BASTE
28
Ermine : STOAT
30
More pale : ASHIER
32
West German port : BREMEN
34
Swindle : JOB
35
M.D.'s : DRS
38
Invertebrate : WORM
39
Girl's name : ELENA
41
Entertain : FETE
43
Decoration: Abbr. : DSC
44
Her Majesty's fliers : RAF
45
Poker player, at times : RAISER
47
Mountain passes in Africa : KLOOFS
50
Astronaut from Ohio : GLENN
51
Secure again : RETIE
54
New-math unit : SET
55
Shade tree : ELM
56
Sea holly : ERYNGO
58
Bear in mind : REMEMBER
62
Vex : GALL
63
Part of a church : AISLE
65
Slavic girl's name : OLGA
66
To ___ : ATEE
67
Toast : SKOAL
68
Military group: Abbr. : REGT
69
Parrot : LORY
70
Opinion : TENET
71
Existence: Lat. : ESSE
Down
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Pitching rubber : SLAB
2
Arm of Laptev Sea : LENA
3
Sinners : EVILDOERS
4
President : WILLIAMMCKINLEY
5
Ziegler, to Nixon : AIDE
6
Layers : STRATA
7
President : THOMASJEFFERSON
8
Sea goddess : RAN
9
Horatian and Pindaric : ODES
10
President : MILLARDFILLMORE
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President : ADAMS
12
Pardon : REMIT
13
Discontinue : CEASE
21
London gallery : TATE
23
Presidential nickname : ABE
26
Study of speech sounds: Abbr. : PHON
28
Direction: Abbr. : SBW
29
Walked : TROD
31
Building beam : IBAR
33
First-century V.I.P. : NERO
36
Takes after : RESEMBLES
37
Type of gun : STEN
40
Vientiane's country : LAOS
42
Sea bird : ERN
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Met : AGEE
48
Trouser part : LEG
49
Tablets of stone : STELAE
51
Kingly : REGAL
52
Muse : ERATO
53
President : TYLER
57
Kiln for hops : OAST
59
Soften : MELT
60
People: Slang : EGGS
61
Deserve : RATE
64
Presidential nickname : IKE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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