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New York Times, Thursday, February 19, 1970

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { B F J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 257 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 59, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 33.9
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,495
Across
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Mark : GRADE
6
Word of comparison : THAN
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Salvador : DALI
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Kind of race : RELAY
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Israeli dance : HORA
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Impetuosity : ELAN
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Newspaper section : AMUSEMENTS
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Blanc and others : ALPS
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Faulty pants-maker : SAM
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College sessions : SEMESTERS
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Soft wood : PINE
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His: Fr. : SES
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Settle up : REPAY
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Neck parts : NAPES
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___ de la Cité : ILE
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Chemical suffix : IDE
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Southern sweet : PRALINE
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Desserts : ICES
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Ivy and some girls : CLINGINGVINES
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Wings : ALAE
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Looks up to : ESTEEMS
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Record : LOG
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Attention-getting sound : PST
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Sorry ones : RUERS
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In harmony : ATONE
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Depot: Abbr. : STA
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Mets or Jets : TEAM
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Doorkeeper, in France : CONCIERGE
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Workers' group: Abbr. : ILO
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Las Vegas machine : SLOT
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Understandings : AGREEMENTS
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Subject of Payne song : HOME
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French dream : REVE
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French thoughts : IDEES
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Biblical name : ENOS
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DeGaulle's summers : ETES
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McDowall : RODDY
Down
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Comprehend : GRASP
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Stay : REMAIN
3
Smith graduate : ALUMNA
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German article : DAS
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Ogles : EYES
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Underlying motif : THEME
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Sharpens : HONES
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The theater, dance, etc. : ARTS
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Cartoonist : NAST
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"Wreck of the Mary ___" : DEARE
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Food flavoring : ALLSPICE
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Fold : LAP
13
Elected ones : INS
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Communications : MESSAGES
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Poetic word : ERE
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Silas Marner's ward : EPPIE
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Summer drinks : ADES
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Word to a proposer : YES
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Sea bird : ERN
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U.S. playwright : INGE
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Influence : LEVERAGE
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Lean, as a ship : LIST
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Savings-book abbreviation : INT
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Part of a map : INSET
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Lump : CLOT
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Words on Italian map : LAGOCOMO
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Hawaiian baking pit : IMU
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___ carte : ALA
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Sty : PEN
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Held in restraint : REINED
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Kind of peanuts : SALTED
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Observes : NOTES
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Wait on : SERVE
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Elms and oaks : TREES
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Antiquated : MOSSY
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Show concern : CARE
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"___ a kick out of ... " : IGET
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Turkish title : EMIR
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Pronoun : SHE
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Chaney : LON
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African tribesman : EDO

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

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