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New York Times, Friday, June 18, 1971

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 314 (avg 1.66)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 36.0
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 7,979
Across
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Hazard for gourmands : FLAB
5
Ancient Briton : PICT
9
Relative of Peter Rabbit : MOPSY
14
Tennis-line material : LIME
15
Musical instrument : OBOE
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Leading members of a group : ELITE
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Ersatz : IMITATION
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Pennsylvania Ave. tenant : NIXON
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Princeton player : TIGER
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Unpalatable fare : SLOP
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Con-game artists : GYPS
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Iosif V. Dzhugashvili : STALIN
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Antilles island : ARUBA
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Blackbirds : DAWS
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Sluggish : TORPID
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Sports gear : SKIS
38
___-a-prayer : DIAL
40
Startle : SCARE
41
Unsystematic : CATCHASCATCHCAN
44
Brazilian palm : ASSAI
45
Soothing sound : HUSH
46
Delivered : SENT
47
All but : NEARLY
49
Iron-horse sound : CHUG
51
Man who comforted Job : ELIHU
53
Screwdrivers, etc. : DRINKS
58
Military training org. : ROTC
61
Verne captain : NEMO
63
Bell town : ADANO
64
Isolated : APART
66
___, Charlie : ABLEBAKER
68
City in Georgia : MACON
69
Cattail : REED
70
Bring up : REAR
71
Amusement offerings : SHOWS
72
Walked heavily : TROD
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Whirlpool : EDDY
Down
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Passes quickly : FLITS
2
Restrict : LIMIT
3
Pedro's lady friend : AMIGA
4
Eastern pepper plant : BETEL
5
Kitchen implement : POT
6
Relative of the stork : IBIS
7
Not up-tight : COOLASACUCUMBER
8
Voice part : TENOR
9
Persons : MEN
10
Politically powerful few : OLIGARCHS
11
Mischievous one : PIXY
12
Interrupt : STOP
13
Urges : YENS
18
Desertlike : ARID
22
Situate : PUT
25
Nothing, in Spain : NADA
27
Variety of pear : BOSC
29
Kind of bone : WISH
31
Harness-race event : PACE
32
Mideast land : IRAN
33
Feature of some used cars : DENT
34
Look over : SCAN
35
Cheese, in Berlin : KASE
36
"___ long, long way to ... " : ITSA
37
Farm sight : SCARECROW
39
Tie securely : LASH
42
Bunker, for one : HILL
43
Falling sound : THUD
48
Yang's partner : YIN
50
Take hold : GRAB
52
Barnard concern : HEART
54
"Well, ___ say!" : IDARE
55
Fully apparent : NAKED
56
Massage : KNEAD
57
Word of regret : SORRY
58
Pro football team : RAMS
59
Ocean food fish : OPAH
60
Item on a Mexican menu : TACO
62
Shortening : OLEO
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Units of weight: Abbr. : TNS
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Teacher's degree: Abbr. : EDD

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

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