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New York Times, Wednesday, March 31, 1971

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 24.3
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 7,900
Across
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Irreligious one : HEATHEN
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Two of a kind : BRACE
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Cattle owner, in Southwest : RANCHERO
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Romantic hero of old : ROLAND
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Fleeing : ONTHERUN
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Exact satisfaction : AVENGE
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Harmonize : AGREE
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Spring up and down : DANCE
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Racetrack item : TIP
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Rank, as contestants : SEED
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Intolerant one : BIGOT
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First name in movies : GINA
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Italian numeral : TRE
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Upbraided : RATED
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Vegetable cutter : DICER
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Marquette : PERE
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Hollywood hopeful : STARLET
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Large snail : WHELK
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Play direction : ENTER
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"___ and Fall ... " : THERISE
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Son of Adam : SETH
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Answer to a stimulus : REACT
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River to the Rhone : SAONE
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Ninny : SAP
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Prefix with date or cede : ANTE
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In a sufficient way : AMPLY
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French relative : MERE
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Moisture : DEW
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Pillar of stone : STELA
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Port of Iraq : BASRA
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Gives the slip to : EVADES
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Indian, for one : ORIENTAL
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Contraption : DEVICE
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Visual recollection : MINDSEYE
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Vaquero's rope : REATA
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Hunting dogs : BASSETS
Down
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Clothes-closet item : HANGER
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Access : ENTREE
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Was sore : ACHED
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Quaker pronoun : THEE
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Possessive : HER
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Up on book learning : ERUDITE
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Period of youth : NONAGE
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Modified leaf : BRACT
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Divagate : ROVE
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Brew : ALE
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Hymn : CANTICLE
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Contrive : ENGINEER
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Menu item : ROAST
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Deviate : DEPART
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Shows boredom : NODS
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Speaks explosively : BARKS
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Dimensions : GIRTH
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Started up a dead fire : RELIT
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"Inferno" man : DANTE
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Nez ___ : PERCE
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Relative of itty-bitty : TEENY
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No matter the time : WHENEVER
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Summer occurrence : HEATWAVE
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Sent to another club : TRADED
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Girl's name : ESME
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Sun parlors : SOLARIA
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Sang-froid : APLOMB
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Stanza : SESTET
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Attires splendidly : ARRAYS
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U.S. portrait painter : PEALE
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In a tizzy : ATSEA
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Clergyman's house : MANSE
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Cut: Suffix : SECT
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Resting places : BEDS
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Prefix for gram or meter : DIA
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Officeholders : INS

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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