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New York Times, Wednesday, October 14, 1970

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 44.4 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,732
Across
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Kashmir people : BALTI
6
U. S. jurist : JAY
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Feigns : ACTS
13
On the other hand : AGAIN
14
Pronoun : OURS
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Sound of thunder : CLAP
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Sublease : RELET
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Hypocritical : INSINCERE
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Get new bearings : REORIENT
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Ventilate : AERATE
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Soot : SMUT
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Modified : ALTERED
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Dear ___ : SIR
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Certain felons : ARSONISTS
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Invent : CREATE
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Spanish hero : CID
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Printing style: Abbr. : ITAL
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Equivalent of a miss : AMILE
37
Divinity degrees : BTS
38
Money: Slang : MOOLA
39
Carry on : RANT
40
Ruby or Sandra : DEE
41
Author of "Almayer's Folly" : CONRAD
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Toothlike formation : SERRATION
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Affirmative : YES
46
New Netherland landholder : PATROON
48
Mine car : TRAM
50
African antelopes : ELANDS
51
Learned society of France : ACADEMIE
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Other than indicated : NOTASSUCH
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Numskull : IDIOT
58
Huntley : CHET
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Maneuverable, as a ship : YARE
60
Tuscan city : SIENA
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Assuage : EASE
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" ... ring I thee ___" : WED
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Rational faculty in Buddhism : MANAS
Down
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English lawyer: Abbr. : BARR
2
American author : AGEE
3
French composer : LALO
4
Stadium sections : TIERS
5
Hint : INTIMATE
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Cheap dives : JOINTS
7
Polly, to Tom Sawyer : AUNT
8
Parts of cens. : YRS
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Process of growth : ACCRETION
10
High area of a cathedral: Var. : CLEARSTORY
11
Item in a Paris bakery : TARTE
12
Momentum : SPEED
15
Alderfly : SIALID
19
Meshed fabrics : NETS
21
River to the Seine : EURE
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Black cuckoos : ANIS
25
Cicatrix : SCAR
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Girl's name : IRMA
27
Puts back : REINSTATES
29
Music group : OCTET
31
Take turns : ALTERNATE
34
Wings : ALAE
35
Boys : LADS
37
Green or snap : BEAN
38
Doctrine expounded by Leibnitz : MONADISM
40
Full of impurities : DROSSY
41
Girl's name : CORA
43
McKuen and Serling : RODS
44
Suffered from mosquito bites : ITCHED
46
Shilling components : PENCE
47
Greeting : ALOHA
49
Press, radio, etc. : MEDIA
51
Farm unit : ACRE
52
Carriage : MIEN
53
Scottish island : IONA
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Greek letters : ETAS
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Detroit-based union: Abbr. : UAW

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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