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New York Times, Monday, April 19, 1971

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J K Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 28.9
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 7,919
Across
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Slip up : GOOF
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Umpire's call : SAFE
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Out of range : AFAR
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Prefix for bus or potent : OMNI
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Cat, in old Rome : FELIS
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Ridged area in Balkans : BILO
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Stare in a way : LEER
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Roman roads : ITERS
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Spanish ladies: Abbr. : SRAS
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House warmer : FIREPLACE
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Verse : POESY
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Toward shelter : ALEE
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Pinnacle : SPIRE
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Arabic demon: Var. : AFRIT
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Human dynamo : FIREBALL
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Marsh feature : SLIME
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Loses color : FADES
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___ Juana : TIA
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Compacts, e.g. : CARS
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Chemical suffixes : EINES
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Follow orders : HEED
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Paris pal : AMI
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God's Little and others : ACRES
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Transport for Cleo : BARGE
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Autumn sights : BONFIRES
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Sixth ___ : SENSE
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Entire range : GAMUT
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Harmonized : SANG
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Golf-club parts : SOLES
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In quick succession : RAPIDFIRE
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Arabian noble : EMIR
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Drawing room : SALON
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Favorite : IDOL
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Hindu queen : RANI
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Separated : APART
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Buttons and others : REDS
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Word with hand or boot : FREE
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Old domestic slave : ESNE
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Common Latin verb : ESSE
Down
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Drivers' game : GOLF
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Sacred Buddhist mountain : OMEI
3
Unique person : ONER
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Pistols, etc. : FIREARMS
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Bristles : SETAE
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Herring : ALEC
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Homes : FIRESIDES
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Curve : ESS
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Take in : ABSORB
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Certain circus performers : FIREEATERS
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"___, poor Yorick" : ALAS
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Incarnadine : ROSY
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___ mignon : FILET
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Ballet bend : PLIE
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Simple Simon's quest : PIES
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V.I.P. : PRES
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Poplar : ALAMO
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Target area : FIRINGLINE
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Churches, in poetry : FANES
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Feudal figure : LIEGE
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Burden : LADE
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Tomboy's knee décor : SCAB
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Certain buildings : FIRETRAPS
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Light color : ECRU
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Pend : HANGFIRE
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Directs : AIMS
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River feature : BEND
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Spenser's Queene : FAERIE
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Lo or Louis : SAINT
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Germ cell : SPORE
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Helot : SERF
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Khayyam : OMAR
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Ladd : ALAN
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___ of March : IDES
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Reels' companions : RODS
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Other : ELSE
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So, old style : SAE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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