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New York Times, Thursday, November 25, 1971

62-Across : Edgar and family

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 22.5
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 8,139
Across
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Feast feature : FOOD
5
Kind of pipe : PEACE
10
Mod apartments : PADS
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Sorrowful expression : AHME
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Eastern deity : ALLAH
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Grass genus : AIRA
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Time for reflection : THANKSGIVINGDAY
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Eternity : EON
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Political unit: Fr. : ETAT
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Kilns : OASTS
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Ibsen's Gynt : PEER
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Theban deity : AMON
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Memory : RECALL
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Embroidery materials : FLOSSES
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Kind of band : IMAN
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Fencing sword : SABRE
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Town on Huon Gulf : LAE
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Participants in a feast : PILGRIMSINDIANS
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Building wing : ELL
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10-point type : ELITE
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Word on a proof : STET
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Certain fledglings : EAGLETS
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Steichen's gear : CAMERA
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___ majesty : LESE
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Baba and others : ALIS
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Estate item : ASSET
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Hebrew month : ADAR
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Motorists' org. : AAA
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Where an early feast was held : INMASSACHUSETTS
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Space: Ger. : RAUM
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Family of Japanese diplomat : SATOS
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Edgar and family : POES
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Recipe items : EGGS
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Clerical vestment : AMICE
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___ dixit : IPSE
Down
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Clotho, for one : FATE
2
Exclamation : OHHO
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Muscat locale : OMAN
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Thieves' milieu : DEN
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Soft shade : PASTEL
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"Pomp" composer : ELGAR
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Settled : ALIT
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Military branch: Abbr. : CAV
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Hallo! in Italy : EHI
10
Heathens : PAGANS
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Succors : AIDS
12
Mild oath : DRAT
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Simon ___ : SAYS
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Mayflower part : KEEL
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Ensnared : NOOSED
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Spasm : PANG
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Booth of Yale : ALBIE
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Poetic time of day : MORN
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Mellow : RIPE
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Boxer Griffith : EMILE
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Lily : CALLA
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Goes hungry : FASTS
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Excite : ELATE
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More sound : SANER
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Strike : SMITE
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This, in Ponce : ESTA
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Gives a new lease : RELETS
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Corse and Comores : ILES
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Doctrines : ISMS
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Faint traces : GLEAMS
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Sentence part : CLAUSE
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Makes known : AIRS
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Kind of committee : ADHOC
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Yorkshire river : AIRE
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Broken tooth : SNAG
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Complacent : SMUG
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Play part : ACTI
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Spin like ___ : ATOP
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Roscoe ___, late comedian : ATES
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Caama : ASSE
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Agency for retirees: Abbr. : SSA
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Dutch measure : AAM
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Finial : EPI

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

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