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New York Times, Wednesday, February 18, 1970

14-Across : Frenzied

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 34.9
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,494
Across
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Rembrandt contemporary : HALS
5
Kind of watcher : CLOCK
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___ Bator : ULAN
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Frenzied : AMOK
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High nest : AERIE
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Somewhat: Music : POCO
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Roman annalist : LIVY
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Aromatic : BALMY
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Japanese Premier : SATO
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Become refreshed : FEELLIKEANEWMAN
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Apollo's son : ION
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Yes, in Paris : OUI
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Word for Jezebel : PAINTED
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Substitute : STANDIN
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Relative of the crawl : SIDESTROKE
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Auctioneer's word : GONE
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Simple sugar : OSE
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Anger : IRE
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___ whoop : WAR
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Moreover : ALSO
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Siren's specialty : ENTICEMENT
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Defeat : SETBACK
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Arizona border city : NOGALES
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Sellout placard : SRO
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Composer Rorem : NED
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Admits readily : MAKESNOSECRETOF
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Mime : APER
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Like Nero Wolfe : OBESE
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Where Waterloo is : IOWA
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Defense acronym : MIRV
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Drive : MOTOR
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Reddish brown : RUST
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Top-notch : AONE
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Baker's aid : YEAST
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Mars : ARES
Down
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Bisection : HALF
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Parisian friend : AMIE
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Zero in a game : LOVE
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New York attraction : SKYLINE
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Advisory council : CABINET
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Security defection : LEAK
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Heraldic fillet : ORLE
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Mountain peak: It. : CIMA
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Convention speech : KEYNOTE
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Increased activity : UPSWING
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Topsoil : LOAM
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Recorded proceedings : ACTA
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Culmination : NOON
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Plenty : LOTS
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Tonga island : EUA
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Loin muscle : PSOAS
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Theater location : AISLE
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That is: Lat. : IDEST
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Pub fare : DRINK
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Yarn coil : SKEIN
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Pintle : DOWEL
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Nonsensical : INANE
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Slangy word of disgust : NERTS
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Leftover : ORT
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Commemorate : OBSERVE
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Fiscal management : ECONOMY
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Accord : CONCERT
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European river : EGER
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Dessert wine : MADEIRA
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"___ Amatoria" : ARS
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One of three bears : MAMA
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Puerto Rican celery : APIO
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Composer Jerome : KERN
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Woodwind : OBOE
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Caterpillar hair : SETA
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Those: Spanish : ESOS
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___ de force : TOUR
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Ox: Scot. : OWSE
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Weight-watcher's taboo : FATS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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