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New York Times, Wednesday, December 16, 1970

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q X Y }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 29.3
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,795
Across
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Misfortunes : ILLS
5
Ocean-bottom covering : OOZE
9
Bake in cream : SHIRR
14
Glean : REAP
15
Eye section : UVEA
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Italian city : PADUA
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Creating : INVENTING
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Shoelace part : AGLET
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Sommelier : STEWARD
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Stays on : LINGERS
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Choler : IRE
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Cassia shrub : SENNA
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Crept : SLUNK
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Imperious : MASTERFUL
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Capitol Hill group: Abbr. : CONG
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Opening : GAP
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Pornography : ORDURE
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Away : OUT
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Ancient Greeks : DORIANS
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Self : EGO
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Social groups : TRIBES
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Dutch commune : EDE
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Narrow valley : GLEN
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Dial : TELEPHONE
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German state : HESSE
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Eskimo : ALEUT
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Rover or Spot : PET
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Sustenance : ALIMENT
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Overland hauling : PORTAGE
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Earn : MERIT
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Giver of a certain party : SURPRISER
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Vacant : INANE
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Bacchanalian cry : EVOE
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Foch : NINA
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Deep sounds : DONGS
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Headgear : TAMS
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Old area of Europe : GAUL
Down
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Flower : IRIS
2
Spring period : LENT
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Wash : LAVE
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Gushing out : SPEWING
5
Bizarre : OUTRE
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Roman poet : OVID
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Buddhist school : ZEN
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Two-under-par coups : EAGLES
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Wrenches in old Blighty : SPANNERS
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Wan : HAGGARD
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Groundless : IDLE
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Sorry person : RUER
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Hairpieces : RATS
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British stool pigeon : NARK
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Modulate : INTONE
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Sagacious : SAPIENT
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Dred or Walter : SCOTT
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Old French bagpipe : LOURE
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Up to : UNTIL
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Deface : MAR
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Gasses up : FUELS
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Impulses : URGES
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Sierra ___ : LEONE
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Old Hambletonian site : GOSHEN
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Exhausts : DEPLETES
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Summer drink : ADE
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Radiant : BEAMING
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Understanding : GETTING
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Beginning : OUTSET
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Frau's consort : HERR
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Leo and Paul : POPES
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Among : AMID
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Curtain material : LENO
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Abadan's country : IRAN
51
School dance : PROM
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World area : ASIA
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Knee: Lat. : GENU
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Of a time : ERAL
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Grape : UVA

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

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