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New York Times, Tuesday, February 24, 1970

53-Across : Ohio, for one

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.68, Missing: { J K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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C
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R
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,500
Across
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Find fault : CARP
5
Mean-spirited : BASE
9
Kind of wind : TRADE
14
Unoriginal one : APER
15
Up to : ABLE
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Less available : RARER
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Talker of a sort : RACONTEUR
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Weasel's relative : OTTER
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Overworked : TRITE
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Ocean current : DRIFT
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Graduating classmen: Abbr. : SRS
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Chemical compounds : ESTERS
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Does ushering duty : SEATS
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Cote sounds : COOS
30
Limit of one's resources : TETHER
34
___ in the dark : FOOTSTEPS
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Continuous stretch : REACH
40
Tot : ADD
41
Nymph : OREAD
43
Army man: Abbr. : NCO
44
Yields : CEDES
47
Flings : ESCAPADES
50
Jewish ascetic : ESSENE
52
Museum works: Abbr. : STAT
53
Ohio, for one : RIVER
56
Studio occupant : ARTIST
60
Common abbreviation : ETC
63
Turns up a card : FACES
65
Anglo-Saxon lawsuit : SECTA
66
Character in "Hamlet" : GHOST
68
Scholarly centers : ACADEMIES
70
Style : GENRE
71
Great dog : DANE
72
Sassy : PERT
73
Gentleman of Ponce : SENOR
74
Gush forth : SPEW
75
Kind of toad : TREE
Down
1
D'Oyly ___ : CARTE
2
Armadillos : APARS
3
Singsong delivery: Abbr. : RECIT
4
Shield : PROTECT
5
Ash product : BAT
6
Retired : ABED
7
Disparages : SLURS
8
Uncanny : EERIE
9
Pig's foot : TROTTER
10
Informer : RAT
11
Wiles : ARTS
12
Fleet animal : DEER
13
Misses the mark : ERRS
18
Peter and Wolfe : NEROS
22
Thick : FAT
25
"And ___ bed" : SOTO
27
Marie, for one : STE
29
Shrivelled : SERE
31
Cluster of bananas : HAND
32
Lo, to Caesar : ECCE
33
Greek letters : RHOS
34
Clock part : FACE
35
Literary works : ODES
36
Probabilities : ODDS
37
Footlike part : PES
38
U.S. Indians : SACS
42
Information : DATA
45
Noun suffix : EER
46
Brandy glass : SNIFTER
48
Break down a sentence : PARSE
49
Undertake : ATTEMPT
51
Tanguay : EVA
54
Modified organisms : ECADS
55
Sum up, for short : RECAP
57
More frigid : ICIER
58
Metric measure : STERE
59
Sample : TASTE
60
Incites, with "on" : EGGS
61
Biblical pronoun : THEE
62
State: Abbr. : CONN
64
Sound : SANE
67
Broadway sign : SRO
69
Mountain ___ : DEW

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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