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New York Times, Saturday, May 29, 1971

67-Across : Hang on, in poker

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 39.8
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 7,959
Across
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French port : BREST
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Baden and Ems : SPAS
10
Loot : SWAG
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Philosopher John : LOCKE
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Catch in a slip : TRIP
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Lighten : EASE
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Stinging : ACRID
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Radamès's love : AIDA
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Cognate : AKIN
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John Silver's forte : SKULDUGGERY
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Attention : EAR
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Holiday : FETE
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City in Italia : TORINO
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Encourage : ASSURE
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Military caps : SHAKOS
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Christmas or Easter item : SEAL
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London quarter : SOHO
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Havelock : ELLIS
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Political backer of McKinley : HANNA
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Lace : VAL
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S. A. plain : LLANO
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Record : ENTER
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Wagnerian heroine : ERDA
45
Internal: Prefix : ENTO
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Nordic abode of the gods : ASGARD
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Convict's hope : PARDON
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"___ Agonistes" : SAMSON
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Scottish alders : ARNS
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Nabokov title : ADA
54
Pencil game : TICKTACKTOE
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"___ my words" : MARK
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Drudge : MOIL
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Visit frequently : HAUNT
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English painter : OPIE
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Arm bone : ULNA
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Fur : OTTER
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Hang on, in poker : STAY
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Declines, as in price : SAGS
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Ecologist's word of advice : REUSE
Down
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Gil ___ : BLAS
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Contemporary sound : ROCK
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Color : ECRU
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Expertise : SKILFULNESS
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Farm implement : TEDDER
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Exhibit : STAGE
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Stuffy person : PRIG
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Adjutant : AIDE
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Helot's home : SPARTA
10
Black or White : SEA
11
Pacific battle site : WAKEISLAND
12
Thai : ASIAN
13
Japanese elder statesman : GENRO
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Early Coloradans : UTES
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Rustic : YOKEL
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Summer porch hazard : ROLLERSKATE
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U. S. Davis Cupper : ASHE
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John in Cork : SEAN
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Famed flagship : SANTAMARIA
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Fragment : SHARD
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Freighter area : HOLD
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In preference to : OVER
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Preposition : INTO
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Promptly : SOON
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Slang : ARGOT
44
Harbor of Guam : APRA
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Hostility : ANIMUS
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Item to be weighed : ANCHOR
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Aesop's home : SAMOS
51
Adjust : ADAPT
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African range : ATLAS
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Soft drink : COLA
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Lear or Kong : KING
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Ballerina's garb : TUTU
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Certain bills : ONES
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French verb : ETRE
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Islet : KEY

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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