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New York Times, Tuesday, December 7, 1971

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { F J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 22.5
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 8,151
Across
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Fix popcorn butter : MELT
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Mountain ridge : ARETE
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White or yellow : PINE
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Ladd : ALAN
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Carrier for a prospector : BURRO
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Cross or horse : HAIR
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Makers of chartreuse : CARTHUSIANMONKS
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Last word in film : END
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Words over a crystal ball : ISEE
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Map part : INSET
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Tavern orders : ALES
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Golfers' suffix : SOME
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Era : PERIOD
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Eager : ATHIRST
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Angry : IRED
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Destroyed : SLAIN
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Gold in Granada : ORO
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Of fossil lore : PALEONTOLOGICAL
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Spanish that : ESA
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Stir : ROUSE
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Runner : SKID
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Swells : EXPANDS
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Water and winter : MELONS
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Areas in the Seine : ILES
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Particle : MOTE
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Fiber crop : SISAL
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Emporium : MART
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Operative: Abbr. : AGT
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Roman author : PLINYTHEYOUNGER
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Choir voice : ALTO
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Moths : LUNAS
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Wine: Prefix : OENO
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Bishoprics : SEES
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Hag : CRONE
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Exude water : WEEP
Down
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Medieval weapon : MACE
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Verve : ELAN
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Shortening : LARD
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Blaster's need : TNT
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Wronged : ABUSED
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Tricks : RUSES
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County in Penna. : ERIE
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___ la : TRA
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Time period : EON
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Caller : PHONER
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Smith and Fleming : IANS
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Goddess of victory : NIKE
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Formerly, in verse : ERST
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City of Hawaii : HILO
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Marceau forte : MIMING
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Helper : AIDE
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Flat : STALE
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Comedians spell it O-aitch-ten : OHIO
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Meerschaum : PIPE
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Remove : ERASE
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Unwind : RELAX
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Throw for ___ : ALOSS
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Word in a rave review : SOCKO
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Retinue : TRAIN
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Lonigan : STUDS
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Auto-man Irving : OLDS
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Aloud : ORALLY
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Canonical hour : NONE
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___ Royale : ISLE
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Musical instruments : PIANOS
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Dejected : MOROSE
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"___, Brute" : ETTU
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Pyramid-building culture : MAYAN
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Vichy and Bath : SPAS
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Latin pronoun : ILLE
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Locus : SITE
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"Ask ___ questions ... " : MENO
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Met outfielder : AGEE
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Tunney : GENE
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Overmuch: Fr. : TROP
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Homespun Rx. : TLC
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Ben : HUR
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"___ hear this!" : NOW

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

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