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New York Times, Saturday, February 21, 1970

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.63, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 21.5
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,497
Across
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Cum grano ___ : SALIS
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Irish name : SEAN
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Cylinder : TUBE
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Old word of sorrow : ALACK
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Small: Suffix : ETTE
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Asian tree : UPAS
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State : WASHINGTON
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Joust : TILT
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Relative of bro. : SIS
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With 17 Across, a landmark : MONUMENT
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___ facto : IPSO
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River to the Humber : OUSE
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Ravine : VALLEY
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Get wind of, familiarly : HEARTELL
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Put on ___ front : ABOLD
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With 27 Across, a landmark : FORGE
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Peak in Nepal : API
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Durocher and others : LEOS
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Grayish blue : PERSE
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Sweet-singing poet : SWAN
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Leather : ELK
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Horse : MOUNT
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___ porridge hot : PEASE
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Small can for certain leaves : TEACADDY
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With 41 Across, a landmark : VERNON
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Covered walk : STOA
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Center : SEAT
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One of the big leagues : AMERICAN
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Routing word : VIA
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Yellow-breasted bird : CHAT
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With 48 Across, a historic event : REVOLUTION
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Rodent : HARE
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Instigate : ABET
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Helen of radio soap opera : TRENT
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Noun ending : ENCE
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Omega : LAST
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Mediterranean sailing vessel : SETEE
Down
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Maxims : SAWS
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Asian mountains : ALAI
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Girl : LASS
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German pronoun : ICH
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Economized : SKIMPED
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Repeat-mark in music : SEGNO
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Well-known Latin words : ETTU
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Jot : ATOM
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Hawaiian goose : NENE
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For shame! : TUTTUT
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News-distributing agcy. : UPI
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French party : BAL
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N. Y. time zone abbr. : EST
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Prying : NOSY
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Part of Thames estuary : NORE
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Adversities : ILLS
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Indian beads: Var. : SEAWAN
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Texas city : ELPASO
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Dresser : VALET
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Poplars : ABELES
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Observe : LOOKAT
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Callous : HORNY
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Formerly, old style : ERST
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Period : AGE
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Household articles : LINEN
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Bitter quarrel : FEUD
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Jet-engine housing : POD
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Spanish painter : SERT
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Term of address : MAAM
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Schulz creation : PEANUTS
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Short garment : COATEE
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Meat : VEAL
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Author of "Quentin Durward" : SCOTT
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Of an epoch : ERAL
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Midianite king : REBA
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"As I was going to St. ___" : IVES
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Saigon resident : VIET
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City near Sacramento : IONE
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Stake : ANTE
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Guevara : CHE
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Chinese dynasty : HAN
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Bow : ARC
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Italian numeral : TRE

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

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