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New York Times, Thursday, June 11, 1970

8-Down : Arrow poison

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.53, Missing: { F K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 254 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 59, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 13.7
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,607
Across
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Thurber : JAMES
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Pearl : WHITE
11
Proscribe : BAN
14
Start the day : ARISE
15
Mel : HONEY
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French soul : AME
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West Virginia worker : MINER
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Girl's name : ADELE
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Spanish relative : TIA
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Calendar abbr. : SAT
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Concert piece : VALSE
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Anon : LATER
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Desperate : DIRE
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Eleven's partner : SEVEN
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Vaudeville landmark : PALACE
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Expulsions : OUSTERS
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Some geometrical lines : ACUTEANGLES
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10:15, e.g. : TIME
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High note : ELA
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Jack and Jill's load : PAIL
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Superiority : PREEMINENCE
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Certain cars : HOTRODS
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Made friends with the dog : PETTED
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Artemis's victim : ORION
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Latin verb : ESSE
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Far removed : ALIEN
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Ready ___ : ORNOT
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Wild sheep of India : SHA
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Follower of H.S.T. : DDE
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A to Z : GAMUT
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Cafe patron : EATER
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Particle : ION
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Roman official : EDILE
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Sound of disappointment : GROAN
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Blasting material : TNT
65
Office stamp : DATER
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What Mae West wanted peeled : GRAPE
Down
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Bread spreads : JAMS
2
Met specialty : ARIA
3
Denver building : MINT
4
Locality: Suffix : ESE
5
Tea or civil : SERVICE
6
Source of ambergris : WHALE
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Coal scuttles : HODS
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Arrow poison : INEE
9
___ Aviv : TEL
10
Small openings : EYELETS
11
Man at the plate : BATTER
12
French city : AMIENS
13
Kind of beer : NEAR
22
Space : AREA
24
Harriman, to friends : AVE
25
Fruit : DATE
26
Compass point : SSE
27
Mrs. Nixon : PAT
28
Chemical prefix : ACI
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Abner's partner : LUM
30
Eyes roguishly : OGLES
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Biblical name : ULAM
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Require : NEED
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Sneaky ___ : PETE
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Insect : ANT
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Bartender's need : ICE
39
Showed the way : LED
40
Having tines : PRONGED
41
Infielder Hunt : RON
42
___ facto : IPSO
43
Savings : NESTEGG
44
Cling : HOLDON
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Adjust to a situation : ORIENT
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Rail support : TIE
49
Stage direction : ENTER
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Access : ADIT
51
Leave out : OMIT
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Render a decision : RULE
53
Portico : STOA
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" ... a ___ o' livin' " : HEAP
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British composer : ARNE
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Nabokov novel : ADA
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Timetable abbr. : ARR

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1 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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