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New York Times, Friday, May 29, 1970

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 298 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 87, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 8.6
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,594
Across
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Fusses : ADOS
5
Bitter medicine : ALOES
10
Kind of battle : SHAM
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Dote on : LOVE
15
Sign of the zodiac : VIRGO
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Señor's coin : PESO
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Over : ANEW
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Ending : OMEGA
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Preposition : UNTO
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Municipal div. : BOR
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Wister : OWEN
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Kind of military movement : PINCER
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Adjusts : ATTUNES
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Firemen : STOKERS
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Reacted to a so-so joke : SMILED
28
Word for some jokes : CORNY
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Library items : TOMES
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Veers : SLUES
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Impertinence : LIP
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Arden and others : EVES
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Do a fish-cleaning job : SCALE
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Vigorous denial : NONO
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Skelton : RED
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Graceful birds : SWANS
39
Sailors : HANDS
40
React to sunlight : BLINK
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Ligature : CATGUT
42
Ship lounges : SALOONS
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Mother's evening command : GOTOBED
46
Had a yen : CRAVED
47
Capitol Hill output : LAWS
48
Greek letter : ETA
49
Pro ___ : RATA
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Furlough : LEAVE
52
Street-crossing sign : WAIT
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Genus of maples : ACER
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Gantry : ELMER
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Peak : ACME
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Contrary girl : MARY
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Certain faces : DIALS
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Molt : SHED
Down
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Whitish shade : ALABASTER
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Photographer's warning : DONOTMOVE
3
Exposed negatives too much : OVERTIMED
4
Stitch : SEW
5
Sworn : AVOWED
6
Bar fruits : LIMES
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Biblical name : OREN
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Kind of head : EGG
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Saponaceous plant : SOAPTREE
10
Courageous : SPUNKY
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Ergo : HENCE
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Flower : ASTER
13
Othello and others : MOORS
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Numbers : ONES
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Particles : IONS
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Rubber trees : ULES
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Spirits : SOULS
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Ringing sound : CLANK
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Tests for rhythm : SCANS
31
L.I. city on Atlantic : LONGBEACH
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Eventually : INDUETIME
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Like some checks : POSTDATED
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Cheated : SWINDLED
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Alliance : NATO
38
Wild plum : SLOE
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Millinery : HATS
40
Flaubert heroine : BOVARY
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Shrinks : COWERS
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Beat it! : SCRAM
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Brazilian timber tree : ARACA
44
Afterward : LATER
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Judicial gear : GAVEL
47
Certain Tibetan : LAMA
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Wallach or Whitney : ELI
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Common verb : WAS

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

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