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New York Times, Monday, November 22, 1971

49-Across : Mineral-finding devices

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { K Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 27.5
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 8,136
Across
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Clan : SEPT
5
Adjust : ADAPT
10
Author's concern : PLOT
14
Jack of TV : PAAR
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Lips: Prefix : LABIO
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Money in Istanbul : LIRA
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Color : ECRU
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Maine town : ORONO
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Article : ITEM
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Field pests : CHINCHBUGS
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Whoa! : STOP
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Pipe material : CLAY
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Fraulein's name : ILSE
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Out of harmony : AJAR
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Weapons of 15th century : HALBERDS
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Skims along : FLITS
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Common funds : POOLS
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Social affair : BEE
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Network : RETE
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Garden flower : PEONY
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Russian council : DUMA
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Carney : ART
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Grass unit : BLADE
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Potter's clay : ARGIL
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Family members : STEPSONS
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Tilt : LIST
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Way to Mandalay : ROAD
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Bard's foot : IAMB
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Bench occupants : SUBS
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Mineral-finding devices : DOODLEBUGS
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Advantage : PLUS
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Zola : EMILE
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Spare : LEAN
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Heavenly being, in Paris : ANGE
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Ascended : RISEN
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Raines or Fitzgerald : ELLA
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Originator of political animals : NAST
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Metric measure : STERE
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Ooze : SEEP
Down
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Surmise, for short : SPEC
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___ other : EACH
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Prefix for mutuel : PARI
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Shorten : TRUNCATE
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Goodbye to Oahu : ALOHA
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___ and Joan : DARBY
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Name at top of a list : ABOU
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Engine knock : PING
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___ for words! : TOOSILLY
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Puckered textile finish : PLISSE
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Urban pests : LITTERBUGS
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Mountain: Prefix : OREO
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Pack down : TAMP
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Red and blue: Abbr. : CLRS
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Relatives of ozs. : LBS
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Warn : ALERT
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Vigorous dancers : JITTERBUGS
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Gangsters : HOODS
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First-class : AONE
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Resign : DEMIT
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Ball-balancer : SEAL
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Religious men : FRAS
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Heraldic fur : PEAN
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Inept workers : PLODDERS
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Advances the basketball : DRIBBLES
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Youth org. : BSA
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Egyptian danseuse : ALME
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Hot spiced drink : POSSET
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Lazy one : IDLER
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Coeur d'___ : ALENE
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Pair : SPAN
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Arm bone : ULNA
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Leave out : OMIT
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River to the Seine : OISE
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African river : UELE
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Miss Storm : GALE
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Cinch : SNAP

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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