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New York Times, Friday, October 1, 1971

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 26.9
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 8,084
Across
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Part of the drug scene : ACID
5
Men of figures : CPAS
9
Informed : AWARE
14
Arm bone : ULNA
15
Venture : RISK
16
West Pointer : CADET
17
Kate Smith standby : GODBLESSAMERICA
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Certain beginner : DEBUTANTE
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Usher in : SEAT
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Allot : METE
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Printer's measures : ENS
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Raises : UPS
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Script with heavy strokes : RONDE
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Roberts or Wonderful : MISTER
31
News service : UPI
32
O'Hara's Joey : PAL
33
Castle and others : IRENES
37
"If music ___, play on" : BETHEFOODOFLOVE
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Nobody special : ANYONE
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Part of Hindenburg's name : VON
43
Indian weight : SER
44
Shell-game artists : CONMEN
46
Four: Prefix : TETRA
48
U. S. humorist : ADE
51
Scottish winter cover : SNA
52
Roman goddess : LUNA
53
Lean and supple : WIRY
55
"___ Spanish town ... " : INALITTLE
59
Musical of the 1940's : ANNIEGETYOURGUN
62
Controls : REINS
63
Like Hitchcock's curtain : TORN
64
Delicate : AIRY
65
Last rehearsal : DRESS
66
Notes : SEES
67
Satisfies the piper : PAYS
Down
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Month: Abbr. : AUG
2
Blockhead : CLOD
3
Payoff, sometimes double : INDEMNITY
4
Made ink spots : DABBED
5
Medit. island : CRETE
6
City on the Arno : PISA
7
Group: Abbr. : ASSN
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Fleming or Button props : SKATES
9
Playing card : ACE
10
Korean and Crimean : WARS
11
A last word : ADIEU
12
Summarize : RECAP
13
States: Fr. : ETATS
18
Stringed instrument : LUTE
19
Short review : MENTION
24
Slave : SERF
26
___-dub : RUBA
27
Make it to Broadway : OPEN
28
Chinese name : MAO
29
Two of "Three Little Words" : ILOVE
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Pop or mom: Abbr. : REL
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Berlin coin : PFENNIG
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Longing of a kind : NOSTALGIA
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At all : EVER
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Evening in Naples : SERA
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Ad ___ : HOC
39
Genesis name : ENOS
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Put on : DON
45
French paintings : MANETS
46
Ballet skirt : TUTU
47
Snare : ENTRAP
48
Emmy, e.g. : AWARD
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Monty Woolley role : DINER
50
Ford : ERNIE
52
"Born Free" actors : LIONS
54
Counterparts of yangs : YINS
56
Stub ___ : ATOE
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Musical instrument : LYRE
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Wide: Prefix : EURY
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Letter : ESS
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Lincoln Center theater: Abbr. : NYS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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