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New York Times, Thursday, February 18, 1971

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 46, Avg Word Len: 4.59, Missing: { C F K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 313 (avg 1.75)
Open Squares: 57, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 8.1
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 7,859
Across
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Army off. : MAJ
4
African tribesman : BANTU
9
Discordant : AJAR
13
Marco : POLO
14
French passion : AMOUR
15
Fictional gumshoe : MOTO
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Greenland settlement : ETAH
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Granite center : BARRE
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Attention-getter : AHEM
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"___ comes marching ... " : WHENJOHNNY
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Genetic initials : DNA
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Follower of boo : HOO
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Mauna ___ : LOA
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Lamech's wife : ADAH
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Britishers : JOHNBULLS
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Deck : ADORN
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Herb genus : AVENS
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___ volente : DEO
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"The ___ thickens" : PLOT
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Soap substitute : AMOLE
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Card round : DEAL
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Express : AIR
39
Anoint : ANELE
40
Feather : PENNA
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Texas rancher : LBJOHNSON
43
Global area : EAST
44
Harem chamber : ODA
45
Timetable abbr. : ARR
46
Pronoun : SHE
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Sherwood Forest man : LITTLEJOHN
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Succeeds : WINS
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Worship : ADORE
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Obsolescent wedding word : OBEY
57
Public houses : INNS
58
Dawdler : MOPER
59
Flaw : HOLE
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Duchess of Alva painter : GOYA
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Glorified : BLEST
62
Man's nickname : NED
Down
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___ eaten : MOTH
2
Wings : ALAE
3
Declaration signer : JOHNHART
4
Hindu mister : BABOO
5
Eastern nurse : AMAH
6
Norse goddess of fate : NORN
7
Vaudeville act : TURN
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Nobel chemist : UREY
9
Tinder : AMADOU
10
Priscilla and spouse : JOHNALDENS
11
___ hearty meal : ATEA
12
Gypsy man : ROM
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Right church, wrong ___ : PEW
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Saint or Prester : JOHN
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Wts. : LBS
24
Unrehearsed : ADLIB
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Stage ___ : DOORJOHNNY
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Bandit brothers : JAMES
27
Convex molding : OVOLO
28
Hokinson or Hayes : HELEN
29
Wind direction : NNE
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Inclined, in London : LEANT
31
East Indian herb : SOLA
32
Be ___ to a boy : APAL
36
Harding of films : ANN
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Certain kind of letter : DEARJOHN
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Triumphant cry : AHA
40
Marquette : PERE
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Black Sea port : ODESSA
45
Brisk : ALERT
46
Of an Asian race: Prefix : SINO
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Dear one : LAMB
48
Joss : IDOL
49
Drink heavily : TOPE
50
Very, in Versailles : TRES
51
Musical instrument : OBOE
52
Arrested : HELD
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American humorist : NYE
54
British court wear : WIG

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

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