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New York Times, Friday, May 14, 1971

18-Down : Biblical twin

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.78, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 301 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 4, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 39.3
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 7,944
Across
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Secret store : CACHE
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Wallflower's kinsman : STAG
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Bovine's booth : CRIB
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In a tangle : AFOUL
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Assam silkworm : ERIA
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Commandeer in a way : HIRE
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Ballcarriers of earlier era : SINGLEWINGBACKS
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Aching : URGE
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It hath 30 days: Abbr. : SEPT
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Aerie : ROOST
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Monsarrat's cruel domain : SEA
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Marx : KARL
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Gender: Abbr. : MASC
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Rumanian coin : LEU
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Fully paid : EVEN
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Popular tune : HIT
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" ... secure in ___ persons ... " : THEIR
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Water or gas carrier : MAIN
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Herb of West : SEGO
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Hearty roar : HOMERICLAUGHTER
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Sight from Finsteraarhorn : ALPS
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Moon site : RILL
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Some dispositions : NASTY
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Oath-taker's words : IDO
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Vehicle for Amos : TAXI
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Machine cylinder : CAM
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Knight's companion : ROOK
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Pre-med subject : ANAT
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See 13 Down : MAN
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"It's ___!" : AGIRL
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Nautical speed : KNOT
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N.H. river : SACO
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Components of a word game : DOUBLEACROSTICS
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Half: Prefix : DEMI
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Waste allowance : TRET
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"A votre ___" : SANTE
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R.N. to M.D. : ASST
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Barrelhead commodity : CASH
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Feminine suffix : TRESS
Down
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___ belli : CASUS
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Glowing : AFIRE
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Lesson from Madame La Zonga : CONGA
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Enormous : HUGE
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Hardly 'eaven : ELL
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I.L.G.W.U. member : SEWER
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Pacts of 1668 and 1795 : TRIPLEALLIANCES
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Familiar solecism : AINT
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Villain's muffler : GAG
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Disorder : CHAOS
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Bounces off : RICOCHETS
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Galls : IRKS
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Witness of a sort, with 50 Across : BEST
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Biblical twin : ESAU
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Chaff of grain : BRAN
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Deborah or Walter : KERR
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Gourmand's reading : MENU
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Taradiddler's tales : LIES
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Chemist's vessel : VIAL
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"___ a kick out of you" : IGET
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Royalist of '76 : TORY
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Thanat Khoman, for one : THAI
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Freighter area : HOLD
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Market places : EMPORIUMS
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Roman 1109 : MCIX
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Bogus : SHAM
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Date-producing country: Var. : IRAK
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Punky or midge : GNAT
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Sepulchral sound : TOLL
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Anti-Carthage Roman : CATO
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Path of Pluto : ORBIT
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Mariner's guide, with 56 Down : NORTH
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Quebec's neighbor : MAINE
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Madison Ave. clients: Abbr. : ACCTS
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Countable items : NOSES
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Po tributary : ADDA
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Functions : GOES
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Russian river : KARA
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See 49 Down : STAR
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Appendant abbreviation : ETC
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Newsworthy jet : SST

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

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