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New York Times, Friday, December 3, 1971

40-Across : Mel

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 19.0
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 8,147
Across
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Sly look : LEER
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In a quandary : ASEA
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Hoisting crane : DAVIT
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TV's Johnson : ARTE
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Meet half-way : COMPROMISE
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Galvanize : ZINC
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Vanishing duties in a profession : HOUSECALLS
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Time period : YEAR
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Beginning : ONSET
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English court district : LEET
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One: Ger. : EIN
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Surrounds : GIRDS
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Runs around : STRANDS
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Money in Milan : LIRE
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Mine yield : IRONORE
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United : ONE
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Refreshment : ADE
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Kind of ulcer : GASTRIC
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Superimpose : OVERLAY
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American humorist : NYE
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Mel : OTT
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Localize : SITUATE
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Streets of Paris : RUES
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Women advisers : EGERIAS
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Generate : BEGET
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___ pro nobis : ORA
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Acidity : ACOR
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Miss by ___ : AHAIR
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Bind with a rope : LASH
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American port : NOMEALASKA
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Against : INTO
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Shopping place : FLEAMARKET
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White hair, to poets : SNOW
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Grofé : FERDE
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Common Latin verb : ESSE
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Measuring device : TAPE
Down
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Indolent : LAZY
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Canal : ERIE
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Heating vessel : ETNA
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Cowardly : RECREANT
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Stony meteorite : ACHONDRITE
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" ... are ___ forgotten" : SOON
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Ratite birds : EMUS
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Building projection : APSE
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Medico : DOC
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Charlotte ___ : AMALIE
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More obnoxious : VILER
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Set apart : ISLED
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Exams : TESTS
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Not working: Abbr. : RET
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Certain words of choice : INOROUT
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Host : GREETER
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Endorse : SIGN
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Waiter's need : TRAY
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American Beauty : ROSE
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Factions : SECTS
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Like some screws : LOOSE
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Give life to : INVIGORATE
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Kirghiz mountain range : ALAI
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Facts : DATA
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Ogles : EYES
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Farmer : RURALIST
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Study again : REREAD
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Canadian resort : BANFF
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French schoolhouse : ECOLE
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Pyle of TV : GOMER
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According to : ALA
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Tortoise's adversary : HARE
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Invites : ASKS
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Presidential namesakes : IKES
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Karenina : ANNA
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Telegram word : STOP
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"Battle Hymn" writer : HOWE
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French soul : AME

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

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