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New York Times, Wednesday, March 25, 1970

15-Across : Island off Norway

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,529
Across
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English literary historian : BOAS
5
Immorality : VICE
9
Comb in a way : CARD
13
Everything : ALLTHATIS
15
Island off Norway : SOROY
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Disapprove : DEPRECATE
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Famed Cleveland surgeon : CRILE
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Cousin of Aurora : EOS
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French composer : LALO
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Deliberate : PONDER
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Rabbit : CONY
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Stunt pilot's maneuver : LOOP
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Dred : SCOTT
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Follower : PARTISAN
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Shrub genus : MALUS
30
Force : DINT
31
Doves' home : COTE
32
Mediterranean port : ORAN
33
Monaco name : GRACE
34
Sheepshank : KNOT
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Access : ADIT
36
Kind of review : RAVE
37
Resources : MEANS
38
Junior, for one : NAMESAKE
40
Wretched : SORRY
41
Magic incantation : RUNE
42
Striplings : LADS
43
Joe Namath fans : JETSET
46
Dull : TAME
47
Roman seven : VII
50
Sidestep : AVOID
51
Haphazard : HITORMISS
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Dismissal : CONGE
54
Everybody : ONEANDALL
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Splendid: Colloq. : KEEN
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Three-masted schooner : TERN
57
Weaver's reed : SLEY
Down
1
Invited : BADE
2
Spread : OLEO
3
Switzerland's pride : ALPS
4
Ocean vessel: Abbr. : STR
5
Empty : VACANT
6
Home of espresso : ITALY
7
Quickly: Lat. : CITO
8
Wind direction : ESE
9
Certain farm workers : CORNPICKERS
10
Barren : ARID
11
Part : ROLE
12
Colorist : DYER
14
Spartan serfs : HELOTS
15
Dart : SCOOT
20
Parisian's door : PORTE
21
Sentry's demand : COUNTERSIGN
22
Cavalry weapon : LANCE
23
Common bonito genus : SARDA
24
Miner's stakeout : CLAIM
25
Italian river : PIAVE
26
Submarine device : SONAR
27
Muscular weakness : ATONY
28
Clears : NETS
29
Eerie sound : MOAN
30
English admiral and explorer : DRAKE
33
U.S., for one : GRANT
37
Contemporary : MODERN
39
Shoe leather : SUEDE
40
Native of Upolu : SAMOAN
42
Subsequently : LATER
43
Man of all trades : JACK
44
Bacchanalian cry : EVOE
45
Pitch : TONE
46
Prong : TINE
47
Container : VIAL
48
Man or Capri : ISLE
49
Site of Moorish defeat, 1884 : ISLY
51
___ off the press : HOT
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Doctors' degrees: Abbr. : MDS

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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