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New York Times, Monday, May 3, 1971

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 9, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 30.7
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 7,933
Across
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Salad : SLAW
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Take the sun : BASK
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Chicken, for one : BIPED
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"Zhivago" girl : LARA
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___ the minute : UPTO
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Chou ___ : ENLAI
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Revolutionary figure : OTIS
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Get a result : REAP
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Then: Fr. : ALORS
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Elba to St. Helena : THEHUNDREDDAYS
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Moon goddess : SELENE
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Oast : KILN
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Date in the Forum : IDES
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More embarrassed : REDDER
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Prefix in chemistry : AMIDO
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"___, you're dead!" : BANG
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Location : SITE
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Crapshooter's cry : SEVENCOMEELEVEN
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Stravinsky : IGOR
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___ about : ONOR
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Lariat : LASSO
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Size AAAA : NARROW
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Pop : SODA
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Feminine suffixes : INES
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At a bargain, maybe : ONSALE
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Sensation : NINEDAYSWONDER
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Part of Africa : CONGO
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Last of the banquet : NUTS
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Author Paton : ALAN
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Party food : FONDU
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Kind of blue : TRUE
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Talks : RAPS
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Proboscis : SNOOT
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Pitches in : AIDS
68
Itemize : LIST
Down
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One-armed bandits : SLOTS
2
Turner : LATHE
3
Tricksy spirit : ARIEL
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" ... a merry old soul ___" : WASHE
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Got mad : BURNED
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Did the same : APED
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Be the best : STAR
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Red cent : KOPEK
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Ceremonial macebearer : BEADLE
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Caspian, for example : INLANDSEA
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Maneuver : PLOY
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Front-page boxes : EARS
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Prefix for play or band : DIS
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Part of U.S.S.R. : UNION
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Requiem : DIRGE
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Black : EBON
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Greek island : SAMOS
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Military units: Abbr. : DIVS
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Seasons on the Seine : ETES
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City for 1 Down : RENO
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It's ___ to tell a lie : ASIN
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Prefix with phone and cycle : MEGA
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Novello : IVOR
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Kinghtly courage : DERRINGDO
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Mr. Wolfe : NERO
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Overawed : COWED
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Grassy plain : LLANO
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Baseball situation : ONEOUT
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Hunts water : DOWSES
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___ Fe : SANTA
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Tangle : SNARL
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New Senator : ADLAI
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"My heart ___ up ... " : LEAPS
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Director Lubitsch : ERNST
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Between A.M. and P.M. : NOON
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___ hurry : INNO
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Russian spaceman : YURI
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Bosom bauble : STUD
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DiMaggio and Mantle: Abbr. : CFS

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

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