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New York Times, Thursday, April 2, 1970

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 38.4 Grid has supersymmetry.
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,537
Across
1
Wagnerian heroine : SENTA
6
Annul : QUASH
11
Takes to a higher court : APPEALS
13
Bennett Cerf, for one : PUNSTER
15
Sign on an office wall : DOITNOW
16
Spare time : LEISURE
17
Period : DOT
18
Predecessor of "This Means You" : KEEPOUT
20
French pronoun : MOI
21
Biblical character : ENOS
23
Aesop's early status : SLAVE
24
Whirl : SPIN
25
Storied Uncle : REMUS
27
Caustic : LYE
28
Glasses, for short : SPECS
29
Directs : REFERS
31
Hazard for river boats : RAPIDS
33
Proper : FIT
34
Its soul is brevity : WIT
35
Tea cakes : SCONES
38
Unwelcome road sign : DETOUR
41
Wrap : STOLE
42
Copy : APE
44
More self-possessed : SURER
46
Pedestrian sign : WALK
47
Dries in a way : BLOTS
49
Kind of measure : TAPE
50
___ aboard : ALL
51
Neptune's scepter : TRIDENT
53
Formerly, in bridal talk : NEE
54
Biscayne Bay resident : MIAMIAN
56
Sugar-rich fruit : RAISINS
58
Ardent : INTENSE
59
Locate : SITUATE
60
Men: Slang : GENTS
61
Delineates : LIMNS
Down
1
Name linked to "This pie is occupewed" etc. : SPOONER
2
Summary : EPITOME
3
Snare : NET
4
Cistern : TANK
5
Medicinal plants : ALOES
6
Line : QUEUE
7
Army group : UNIT
8
Nincompoop : ASS
9
Electioneered : STUMPED
10
Errol Flynn doings : HEROICS
11
Snake : ADDER
12
Fancy people : SWELLS
13
Killdeer : PLOVER
14
Checks : REINS
19
Wages : PAY
22
Eastern part of L. I. : SUFFOLK
24
Refuse food, baby style : SPITOUT
26
Notre Dame's river : SEINE
28
Roasting pins : SPITS
30
Way: Abbr. : RTE
32
Wonder : AWE
35
Becoming monotonous : STALING
36
Arrange manuscripts : COLLATE
37
Like sea water : SALINE
38
Hinders : DETERS
39
Relative of a Venusian : URANIAN
40
Feels sorry : REPENTS
41
Hindu pundit : SWAMI
43
Carob : POD
45
Della of TV : REESE
47
V.I.P.'s : BRASS
48
French delicacy : SNAIL
51
Hair job : TINT
52
Small monkey : TITI
55
Certain people : MEN
57
Aggregate : SUM

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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