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New York Times, Monday, March 9, 1970

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 27.0
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,513
Across
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Ordered : BADE
5
Opinion : VIEW
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U.S. family of painters : PEALE
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Himalayan monkshood : ATIS
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Po tributary : ADDA
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Mischievous : ELFIN
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17th-century sea menace : BUCCANEER
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Item for Sunday dinner : ROAST
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Brightest star in Scorpio : ANTARES
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Louisiana freebooter : LAFITTE
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Down-to-earth one : REALIST
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Burden : ONUS
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Balaam's mount : ASS
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Like Longfellow's forest : PRIMEVAL
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Enjoyed an afternoon snack : HADTEA
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Unfounded : IDLE
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Anger: Lat. : IRA
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Parisian's girl friend : AMIE
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Egyptian god of pleasure : BES
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Ship part : PROW
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Pirate's beverage : RUM
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Viking : ERIC
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Titled British sea raider : MORGAN
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Privateer's spoils : TREASURE
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Prior, to poets : ERE
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Glacé : ICED
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Early merchantman : GALLEON
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Pirate's weapon : CUTLASS
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___ of prevention : ANOUNCE
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Have ___ on one's shoulder : ACHIP
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Criminals : OFFENDERS
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Object of some modern pirating : PLANE
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Ship-shaped clocks : NEFS
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He was: Lat. : ERAT
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Flavors : TANGS
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Exploit : GEST
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London flophouse room : DOSS
Down
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Fictional elephant : BABAR
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In harmony : ATUNE
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Obiter ___ : DICTA
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Step up : ESCALATE
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One of the Redgraves : VANESSA
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That is: Lat. : IDEST
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Gelderland town : EDE
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Chinese bandit leaders : WARLORDS
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Bouquet : PERFUME
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Juvenile heroine : ELOISE
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" ... to buy ___ pig" : AFAT
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Repertoire : LIST
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Grafted, in heraldry : ENTE
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Spring up : ARISE
22
Indigo plant : ANIL
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Short composition : PIECE
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Lee's home state: Abbr. : VIRG
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Venezuelan river : AROA
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Sheer cotton fabric : LAWN
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Kaufman collaborator : HART
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Manchurian border river : AMUR
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Thin coin : DIME
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Nightingale's serenade : BIRDSONG
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Furnished an introduction : PRELUDED
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Houdini feats : ESCAPES
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Deplores : RUES
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Most contemptible : MEANEST
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Dress goods : ORLON
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Indisposed : AILING
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Barbed spears : GAFFS
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Spanish month : ENERO
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Gumbo plants: Var. : OCRAS
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Aeries : NESTS
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Ship officer: Abbr. : CAPT
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Calif. campus : UCLA
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Other ___ : THAN
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Retainer : FEE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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