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New York Times, Wednesday, February 25, 1970

41-Across : Scorpion's comblike appendage

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 20.8
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,501
Across
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Addams : CHAS
5
Wits : WAGS
9
Baserunning feat : STEAL
14
Overwhelm : ROUT
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Key : ISLE
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Vine : LIANA
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Essential : INTRINSIC
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Merits : EARNS
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Trailing : BEHIND
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South African village : STAD
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Gift for a man : TIE
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Ref. work : ENC
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Lying over : ATOP
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Frenchman's dear : CHER
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New kind of corporation : CONGLOMERATE
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Sculpture, for one : ART
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Well informed : UPON
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Certain candies : CREAMS
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Roman numeral : MLI
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Algerian title : DEY
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Exclamation of triumph : AHA
40
Scottish river : DEE
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Scorpion's comblike appendage : PECTEN
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Arden and others : EVES
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Moving vehicle : VAN
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Surprise : ASTONISHMENT
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Kind of muffin : BRAN
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Leavings : ORTS
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Put up, as peas : CAN
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Poetic contraction : OER
54
Sky animal : BEAR
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Hesitate : FALTER
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Locating device : RADAR
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Insect popular in horror tales : TARANTULA
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French school : ECOLE
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Long-lived patriarch : ENOS
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___ go bragh : ERIN
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Scrap : SHRED
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Printing term : STET
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Office equipment : DESK
Down
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Corn container : CRIB
2
Sharpen : HONE
3
Valid : AUTHENTIC
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Twine : STRING
5
Sirocco : WIND
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Fool : ASS
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Shine : GLISTEN
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Quarter : SECTOR
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Pung : SLED
10
Spanish relative : TIA
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Loam : EARTH
12
Oakley : ANNIE
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Powerful beam : LASER
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Comprises : INCLUDES
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Geronimo and cohorts : APACHES
25
Island off China : AMOY
26
Letter : CEE
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Vacation spot : CAMP
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Heraldic wreath : ORLE
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Kind of shoe : OPENTOE
30
Morning sidewalk sight : TRASHCAN
34
Kind of film : ADVENTURE
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Average : MEAN
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Dispatched : SENT
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Girl's name : AVIS
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Color : TAN
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Contestant : ENTRANT
46
Harangues : ORATES
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Fountain drink : MALTED
48
Uninteresting persons : BORES
49
Attain : REACH
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Passion : ARDOR
54
Raised : BRED
55
Fleet : FAST
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Ancient Greek area : ELIS
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Station : RANK
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Beverage : ALE
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Eggs : ROE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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