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New York Times, Friday, February 20, 1970

57-Across : Info

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 315 (avg 1.65)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,496
Across
1
Touch : ABUT
5
Police action : RAID
9
Hidden drawback : CATCH
14
Gloomy Gus : MOPE
15
Church section : APSE
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Verdi work : OPERA
17
Bit : IOTA
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Fusee holders : MATCHBOXES
20
Man of shares : STOCKBROKER
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Fuss : ADO
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Handle : HILT
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Haircut recipient : SAMSON
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Assent : ACCEDE
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Prepare : GETSET
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Zoo sounds : ROARS
32
Canine cry : YIPE
33
Fictional sleuth : MOTO
36
Ball team : CUBS
37
Good will : FAVOR
38
Had debts : OWED
39
Pile : HEAP
40
Corrida cheers : OLES
41
Delivered : FREED
42
___ ultra : NEPLUS
44
Wee laddies : BAIRNS
45
Lessened : ABATED
47
Paycheck stub initials : FICA
48
Wall Street regulator: Abbr. : SEC
49
Athlete's ailment : TENNISELBOW
55
One way to Tokyo : POLARROUTE
57
Info : DOPE
58
Habituate : ENURE
59
Of verse : ODIC
60
Soviet sea : ARAL
61
Uprise : REBEL
62
English county : KENT
63
War whoop : YELL
Down
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Mes ___ : AMIS
2
Chukka : BOOT
3
Until : UPTO
4
Classroom pariah : TEACHERSPET
5
Roam : RAMBLE
6
At one side : APART
7
Math-ratio term : ISTO
8
Sunning area : DECK
9
Snakes : COBRAS
10
G.I. address : APO
11
Offshore structure : TEXASTOWER
12
Belief : CREDO
13
Wears : HASON
19
Hawthorne character : HESTER
21
Ribs : KIDS
25
U.S. holiday : MEMORIALDAY
26
Sly : ARCH
27
French psychotherapist : COUE
28
Resort-hotel feature : CABANACLUB
29
Donates : GIVES
30
Some poetry : EPOS
32
Manchurian river : YALU
34
Suffix with six or seven : TEEN
35
Percentage : ODDS
37
Filing item : FOLDER
41
Confront : FACE
43
Sea bird : PETREL
44
Cut in two : BISECT
45
Old Turkish coin : ASPER
46
"I'd rather see than ___" : BEONE
47
Be suitable : FITIN
50
Recess : NOOK
51
Gallery hanging : NUDE
52
Perforate : BORE
53
Milky gem : OPAL
54
Healthy : WELL
56
Common verb : ARE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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