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New York Times, Saturday, October 31, 1970

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 316 (avg 1.73)
Open Squares: 61, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 49.8
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,749
Across
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City of Texas : WACO
5
U. S. research org. : NBS
8
Droplets : DEW
11
City of Spain : AVILA
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___ gras : FOIE
14
Star in Cetus : MIRA
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Some platitudes : GENERALIZATIONS
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Title: Abbr. : ESQ
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Holly : ILEX
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Of yore : OLDEN
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Negri of the silents : POLA
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Livingston's part of Africa : DARKEST
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Constellation : ARIES
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Beldames : CRONES
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Musical instrument : BANJO
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Central state : IOWA
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Leg up : HELP
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Within: Prefix : ENTO
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Principal force : BRUNT
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Popular color : AQUA
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Famed couturier : DIOR
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Impersonates : ACTS
40
Kind of practice : SKULL
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Set right : ADJUST
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"Mack the Knife" creator : WEILL
44
___ a sheet : WHITEAS
47
Honor cards : ACES
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Ancient Greek dialect : IONIC
50
Found a line : SIRE
51
Twice : BIS
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Part of a Keep Out sign : PRIVATEPROPERTY
58
Advantage : EDGE
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Pronoun : OURS
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Smutch : STAIN
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Part of D. V. : DEO
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Snoop : PRY
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Latin "to be" : ESSE
Down
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Carry on : WAGE
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Class comprising the birds : AVES
3
French numeral : CINQ
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Corrida kudos : OLE
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Nut: Fr. : NOIX
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Show ___ : BIZ
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Red or Black : SEA
8
Rectifier : DIODE
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Sea eagles : ERNES
10
Common contraction : WASNT
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Musical direction : ARIOSO
13
Sideshow attraction : FLEACIRCUS
14
Fountain items : MILKSHAKES
16
The works : ALL
17
Sped : TORE
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Disparaging : PEJORATIVE
22
Below : DOWNSTAIRS
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Art course: Abbr. : ANAT
24
Not up : ABED
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Rajah's spouse : RANI
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Preposition : INTO
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One-sided wins : ROUTS
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Prefix with valent : EQUI
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Quiet spell : LULL
34
Cloy : PALL
36
___ California : BAJA
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Cleans up : SWEEPS
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Numerical prefix : DECA
44
Towelled : WIPED
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Multitude : HORDE
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___ Jones, English architect : INIGO
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___-Magnon : CRO
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Nimble : SPRY
51
Arm, in France : BRAS
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"How sweet ___!" : ITIS
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Auld lang ___ : SYNE
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Summit : TOP
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Land mass: Abbr. : EUR
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Juin, juillet et août : ETE

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

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