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New York Times, Wednesday, November 24, 1971

26-Across : Arrow poison

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { Q V W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 27.6 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 8,138
Across
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Pacific : CALM
5
Israeli port : HAIFA
10
Flop, as a play : BOMB
14
Woodwind : OBOE
15
Award : OSCAR
16
Partly open : AJAR
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Some lionesses : DENMOTHERS
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Deserve : RATE
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Pub fare : ALE
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Sweetsop : ATES
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More spooky : EERIER
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Formalities : RITES
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Arrow poison : INEE
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Cocktail or salt container : SHAKER
29
Becoming tangled : SNARLING
33
Sticks : CANES
34
Well-known Indian : TONTO
35
Frenchman's denial : NON
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Cake ingredients : EGGS
37
Oriental queen : RANEE
38
Place for Zeno : STOA
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Never: Ger. : NIE
40
Fictional elephant : BABAR
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Treasure box : CHEST
42
Carmen's boyfriend : TOREADOR
44
Wall St. units : SHARES
45
Ado : STIR
46
Pompous fat person : BLIMP
47
Famous Darrow client : SCOPES
50
Biblical fratricide : CAIN
51
Zodiac animal : RAM
54
Ear: Prefix : AURI
55
Western : HORSEOPERA
58
On the house : FREE
59
Revises : EDITS
60
Kind of silver: Abbr. : STER
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Fish : EELS
62
Cumbersome shoe : SABOT
63
Author Dinesen : ISAK
Down
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Music passage : CODA
2
Actor Walter : ABEL
3
Silver holder : LONERANGER
4
Hebrew letter : MEM
5
More summery : HOTTER
6
Remains : ASHES
7
Decorates a cake : ICES
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Kind of cry : FAR
9
Salt of a poison : ARSENATE
10
Companion of lock and stock : BARREL
11
California city : OJAI
12
Partner : MATE
13
___ Rabbit : BRER
18
English imposter : OATES
23
Saarinen : EERO
25
Mamie's husband et al. : IKES
26
Word with ear and sanctum : INNER
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Odor : SCENT
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Holy: Prefix : HAGIO
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Anti-sub device : SONAR
30
Does a U.N. job : INTERPRETS
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Western necktie : NOOSE
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Summer nuisances : GNATS
34
Drum : TABOR
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Salad vegetables : RADISHES
38
Fake : SHAM
40
Restrain : BATE
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Trouser material : CHINO
43
Spots : ESPIES
44
Most crafty : SLIEST
46
Coarse: Sp. : BASTO
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Bank feature : SAFE
48
Kill or ___ : CURE
49
Russian city : OREL
50
Corn or baby holder : CRIB
52
Vicinity : AREA
53
Follower of Matthew : MARK
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Harem room : ODA
57
Greek letter : PSI

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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