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New York Times, Friday, October 30, 1970

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 245 (avg 1.32)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 24.9
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,748
Across
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Phone : CALL
5
Anita and Barbara : SANTAS
11
Erode : EAT
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Busy as ___ : ABEE
15
Waken : AROUSE
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Asian deer : ROE
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Dylan song : BLOWININTHEWIND
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His: Fr. : SES
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Ancient Asian : MEDE
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Rub out : ERASE
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Often-lent thing : EAR
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Aide: Abbr. : ASST
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Argot : SLANG
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Spring riser : SAP
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Sea birds : ERNS
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Service charges : PORTERAGES
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Kind of beer : ROOT
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Space : AREA
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Red-yellow color : ALOMA
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Dame Rumor : FAMA
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One opposed : ANTI
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Chorine's benefactor : SUGARDADDY
44
Singer Howard : KEEL
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Weight : TON
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" ... in someone ___ arms" : ELSES
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Legal term : INRE
50
Chum : PAL
51
Light craft : CANOE
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Burn : SEAR
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Commercial degree : MBA
58
Gene Kelly Film : SINGININTHERAIN
61
Lodging place : INN
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"It's all the ___ me" : SAMETO
63
Preposition : INTO
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Cha : TEA
65
Escapes : ELUDES
66
Hammer part : PEEN
Down
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Hacks : CABS
2
Skilled : ABLE
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Certain people, zodiacally : LEOS
4
Ayres : LEW
5
More stable : SANER
6
Dry : ARID
7
"___ but the brave ... " : NONE
8
Word of contempt : TUT
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Remains : ASHES
10
Prognosticators : SEERS
11
Greek goddess : ERIS
12
Tops : AONE
13
Kennedy : TED
18
Reflection : IMAGE
19
Victoria or Yosemite : WATERFALL
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Requiring : ENTAILING
24
Tarzan : APEMAN
25
Former Belgian Premier : SPAAK
26
Actor Greene : LORNE
27
Sharp ridge : ARETE
28
Honor : SALUTE
29
Name for a discothèque : AGOGO
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Anchorage areas : ROADS
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___ guerre : NOMDE
33
Props : STAYS
35
Ethiopian title : RAS
36
Medit. island: Abbr. : SAR
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"The Wreck of the Mary ___" : DEARE
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Clamor : NOISE
49
Of the kidneys : RENAL
50
Hopi prayer sticks : PAHOS
51
Movies in Roma : CINE
52
Held : ANNA
53
Prune: Scot : SNED
54
Feminine suffix : ETTE
55
Thick hair : MANE
56
Mailman's hazard : BITE
57
In a while : ANON
58
Meet : SIT
59
Baking pit, in Hawaii : IMU
60
Irving character : RIP

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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