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New York Times, Wednesday, April 29, 1970

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { Q W X }, Scrabble score: 301 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 24.0
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,564
Across
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Pilgrimage to Mecca : HADJ
5
Tulip or light : BULB
9
Electrical units : OHMS
13
Amazon dolphin : INIA
14
West Indian rodent : HUTIA
15
Meat : VEAL
16
Rosy : PINK
17
Give ___! : ADAMN
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Strange : EERY
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Shoddy : SLEAZY
21
Mother of Ishmael : HAGAR
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Bakery item : ROLL
25
Common shrubs : SUMACS
28
Like some sailors : TATTOOED
32
Airmen : PILOTS
34
Wife of Zeus : HERA
35
Dance : FRUG
37
U. S. painter : SLOAN
38
Land measure : ARE
39
Accounts : STORIES
41
British title: Abbr. : KBE
42
Mountain land : TIBET
44
Tissue : TELA
45
Globule : BEAD
46
Not often : SELDOM
48
Changes route plans : RECHARTS
50
Able ___ : SEAMAN
52
Avoid : SHUN
53
Having windows : PANED
55
Wild festivities : ORGIES
59
Leftover item : HASH
62
Airstrip area : APRON
64
City in Japan : KOBE
65
Mixture : OLIO
66
Knotted loop : NOOSE
67
___ about : ONOR
68
Williams, to friends : TENN
69
Serpents : ASPS
70
"Citizen ___" : KANE
Down
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The 34 in 35-24-34 : HIPS
2
Indigo : ANIL
3
Wine's partner : DINE
4
Indonesian port : JAKARTA
5
Nipped in the ___ : BUD
6
Bonneville flats area : UTAH
7
Beans : LIMAS
8
Damage, as an auto : BANGUP
9
Comprehensive : OVERALL
10
Half of a TV show : HEE
11
Deface : MAR
12
Wily : SLY
14
Barn area : HAYLOFT
20
Menagerie : ZOO
22
Wrong : AMISS
24
Dormouse : LEROT
26
Pressure or fireless : COOKER
27
Make a ___ (try) : STABAT
28
___ all there is : THATS
29
Eagles' homes : AERIES
30
Soprano part : TREBLE
31
German pioneer in etching : DURER
33
Lops off: Scot. : SNEDS
36
National League's Warren : GILES
39
Leaf opening : STOMA
40
Everybody : EACHONE
43
Plant life in soils : EDAPHON
45
Asian metropolis : BANGKOK
47
Procrastinating word : MANANA
49
Chariot man : HUR
51
Roman historian : NEPOS
54
Minute quantity : DROP
56
Westchester college : IONA
57
Black : EBON
58
Withered : SERE
59
Kind of time : HOT
60
Drink : ALE
61
Offense : SIN
63
Wartime Gov't agency : OSS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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