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New York Times, Friday, November 5, 1971

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.70, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 328 (avg 1.74)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 13.3
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 8,119
Across
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Position : BERTH
6
Bluish color : AQUA
10
Spun : WOVE
14
Triple Crown winner : OMAHA
15
One-horse town : BURG
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Summit : APEX
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Response to a sneeze : GESUNDHEIT
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Man's nickname : NATE
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Exploited : USED
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Spoils : ROTS
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Kind of committee : ADHOC
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Blue : SAD
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German mountains : HARZ
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___ at a time : ONE
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Zodiac sign : LIBRA
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Termagant : VIRAGO
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Bucephalus : STEED
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French pronoun : ELLE
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Hollywood's Lee : LILA
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German painter : HOLBEIN
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Trailing plant : ARBUTUS
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Fever : AGUE
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Of the ear : OTIC
44
Caucasian : OSSET
45
Cabinet wood : WALNUT
47
Quit : DEMIT
49
Evian or Bath : SPA
50
Galena et al. : ORES
51
"___ in the stilly night" : OFT
54
Hits the stratosphere : SOARS
57
Map : PLAT
58
Silkworm : ERIA
59
Killer whale : ORCA
60
Hitlerian strategy : BLITZKRIEG
62
Speedster : JEHU
63
Bog : OOZE
64
Turkish statesman : INONU
65
P. I. fruit : ALEM
66
Letters : WYES
67
Awaits decision : PENDS
Down
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Spurious : BOGUS
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Spider bug : EMESA
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Leveled: Var. : RASED
4
Dull sound : THUD
5
Chinese dynasty : HAN
6
Repugnant : ABHORRENT
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Long-tailed bird : QUETZAL
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American author : URIS
9
T-man : AGT
10
Impulse of Odysseus : WANDERLUST
11
Fish : OPAH
12
Presidential power : VETO
13
Leader, for short : EXEC
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Unexciting : DRAB
22
Cuckoo : ANI
24
Cloak : HIDE
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Cricket term : OVER
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Expansionist's slogan : LEBENSRAUM
28
River isles : AITS
29
Part of a stamp : GLUE
30
Kiln : OAST
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Author of "Pygmalion" : SHAW
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Judicial robe : TOGA
33
Hebrew month : ELUL
35
Tears : LACERATES
38
Tittle : IOTA
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___ de Boulogne : BOIS
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Adore : IDOLIZE
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Raises : UPS
48
French battle ground : METZ
51
Constellation : ORION
52
Ardent buff : FIEND
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Lisbon's river : TAGUS
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Pea genus : SOJA
55
Russian city : OREL
56
Yearn : ACHE
57
Maneuver : PLOY
58
Sea eagle : ERNE
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Submit : BOW
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Undressed hide : KIP

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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