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New York Times, Tuesday, June 16, 1970

31-Across : Merry

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 28.8
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,612
Across
1
Capture: Slang : COP
4
Meat order : CHOP
8
Valletta's island : MALTA
13
Leaf angle : AXIL
15
Hawaiian city : HILO
16
Particle : ANION
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Arizona city : MESA
18
Westerners : OREGONIANS
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Garden blooms : SNAPDRAGONS
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School group: Abbr. : NEA
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Type of soil : LOAM
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Fashioned anew : REMADE
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Bondage : THRALL
29
Immerse : DOUSE
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Merry : RIANT
32
Oxford tutors : DONS
33
Mineral : SPAR
37
Dedicated : AVID
38
Jewish law : TORAH
39
Breakwater : MOLE
40
Persian ally : MEDE
41
Greek goddess : ERIS
42
Asian palm : BETEL
43
Musical works: Abbr. : RHAPS
45
Author of "The Wall" : HERSEY
46
Slackens : LETSUP
49
Adriatic port : BARI
50
Old English coin : ORA
51
Venus, at times : MORNINGSTAR
57
Juneberries : SASKATOONS
59
Roman raiment : TOGA
60
German city : ESSEN
61
Impulse : URGE
62
Lapse : SLIP
63
Shortens sails : REEFS
64
Asian weight : TAEL
65
Batch : LOT
Down
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Machine parts : CAMS
2
Beasts of burden : OXEN
3
City on the Arno : PISA
4
Type of music : CHORAL
5
College in Ohio : HIRAM
6
Cassini : OLEG
7
Cartoon character : POGO
8
Clerical abodes : MANSES
9
Blackbird : ANI
10
Climbing plant : LIANA
11
Harmonized : TONED
12
Projections of Saturn's rings : ANSAE
14
Some standees, if the bus lurches : LAPLANDERS
19
Forward surge : ONRUSH
21
Blockhead : DOLT
25
Hypnotic experts : MESMERISTS
26
Coal-mine car : TRAM
27
Insect abode : HIVE
28
___ the icebox : RAID
29
Wife of Nereus : DORIS
30
Fuegians : ONAS
32
South African village : DORP
34
Places for antes : POTS
35
Nautical direction : ALEE
36
Depend : RELY
38
Tempest locale : TEAPOT
42
Sea-lane peril : BERG
44
People : HUMANS
45
Boy of opera : HANSEL
46
Vanquished one : LOSER
47
Wipe out : ERASE
48
Cup, in France : TASSE
49
Toot : BINGE
52
Debacle : ROUT
53
Girl's name : NORA
54
Fee : TOLL
55
Exchange premium : AGIO
56
Lost in delight : RAPT
58
Languor induced by drugs : KEF

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

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