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New York Times, Thursday, March 19, 1970

28-Down : Merry

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { G H J K Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 232 (avg 1.23)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 0, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 28.5
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,523
Across
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Windy City people : CUBS
5
Neighbors of Gateway Arch : CARDS
10
Ems or Nauheir : BAD
13
Turkish regiment : ALAI
14
Like a good base-runner : ALERT
15
Clare : LUCE
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Neighbors of La Guardia : METS
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Certain kind of activity : RADIO
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Concerning : INRE
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Property : ESTATE
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Track athlete : SPRINTER
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Strange : ALIEN
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Withered : SERE
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Kind of beer : PILSENER
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More heedless : DEAFER
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Ivy Leaguer : ELI
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Leeward island : NEVIS
36
Trite : STALE
37
Tumult : RIOT
39
Started a card game : DEALT
41
Name on an essay : ELIA
42
Hermit : LONER
44
Make a certain sound : SNORE
46
British version of inc. : LTD
47
Follows : ENSUES
49
Flowers : TEAROSES
51
London gallery : TATE
53
Because : SINCE
54
Silly talkers : DROOLERS
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Firecracker : PETARD
61
Reddish brown : ROAN
62
Buckets : PAILS
64
On the deep : ASEA
65
Hearing devices : EARS
66
Fiber : ISTLE
67
Blank suit, in bridge : VOID
68
Salk and Spock: Abbr. : DRS
69
Deficiencies : NEEDS
70
Goals : ENDS
Down
1
Fared : CAME
2
Rubber trees : ULES
3
Military groups : BATTALIONS
4
Cordage fibers : SISALS
5
Heeled over : CAREENED
6
Wing : ALA
7
Cincinnati boys : REDS
8
Relatives of jerks : DRIPS
9
Laid away : STORED
10
Baseball maneuver : BUNT
11
Farm unit : ACRE
12
Ruminant : DEER
15
Marked with stripes : LINEATE
20
Chinese sky : TIEN
22
Annoys : IRES
24
Granular snows : NEVES
26
Mesta : PERLE
27
Ancient troy : ILION
28
Merry : RIANT
30
World Series time : FALLSEASON
31
Superior class : ELITE
32
Does a tea-leaf job : READS
35
Blackthorns : SLOES
38
Early Germans : TEUTONS
40
Gads about : TRAIPSES
43
Unfeigned : REAL
45
Sea eagle : ERNE
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Undergarment : STEPIN
50
C through C : OCTAVE
52
Delete : ERASE
54
Scott : DRED
55
Make like a lion : ROAR
56
Boat propellers : OARS
57
Location : SITE
59
Publisher Whitelaw : REID
60
Family members : DADS
63
Legal degree: Abbr. : LLD

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

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