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New York Times, Tuesday, December 1, 1970

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { B J Q X }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 32.2
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,780
Across
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Bay : HOWL
5
Gambling games : KENOS
10
___ a laugh! : WHAT
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Drug-yielding plant : ALOE
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Turkish decree : IRADE
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"Othello" character : IAGO
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Special greeting : SINGINGTELEGRAM
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Blow ___ cold : HOTAND
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Beer : SUDS
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Grundy, for one : MRS
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Attachments : TIES
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"God bless our home," e.g. : MOTTO
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Girl of a song : SWEETSUE
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More insignificant : MEANER
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Exclamation : AHA
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Rouses : STIRS
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Moldings at base of a column : SPIRA
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Kingfisher's home : NEST
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___ la : TRA
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Arm of Black Sea : AZOV
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___ dust : DRYAS
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Creator of Gerald McBoing-Boing : SEUSS
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Netherlands town : EDE
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Toadies : YESMEN
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Restrained : DETERRED
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Plaza de ___ : TOROS
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Laugh, in Paris : RIRE
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Timetable abbr. : ARR
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Peculiar: Prefix : IDIO
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Manias : FURORS
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Moneymaking film : THESOUNDOFMUSIC
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Onion's cousin : LEEK
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Girl's name : LEILA
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Verne's captain : NEMO
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Companion of bitty : ITTY
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Laborers of old England : ESNES
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Destroyed : SLEW
Down
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Corned-beef dish : HASH
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Medley : OLIO
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Habit : WONT
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Envoy : LEGATE
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Kind of regards : KINDEST
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Energy unit : ERG
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King Cole and others : NATS
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Old Greek theater : ODEUM
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Rarely : SELDOM
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Head décor : WIG
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Barbershop quartet man : HARMONIZER
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Seaweed product : AGAR
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Turkeys : TOMS
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Monograms: Abbr. : INITS
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Western park : ESTES
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Satisfies : SUITS
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Pacific bark cloth : TAPA
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Like some spinach : SANDY
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Reporter's query : WHERE
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Nice place to live : EASYSTREET
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Wandered : ERRED
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Destroy slowly : ERODE
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Talked extravagantly : RAVED
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Braten or kraut : SAUER
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Wood of Japanese ash : TAMO
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Earnest: Prefix : SERIO
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___ a board : STIFFAS
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Fluid : SERUM
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Small lump : NODULE
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TV movies : RERUNS
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Trig ratios : SINES
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Legendary Scandanavian : ATLI
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Art of speech: Abbr. : RHET
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Valhalla host : ODIN
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Island off Estonia : OSEL
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White frost : RIME
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Tug's tow : SCOW
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Telescope's field : SKY
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Bravo: Sp. : OLE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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