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New York Times, Friday, June 19, 1970

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 45, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { K Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.64)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 12.6
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,615
Across
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Prepare for takeoff : TAXI
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Mill materials : ORES
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Fieldwork with two faces : REDAN
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Provoked : IRED
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Barber's call : NEXT
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Napoleon's sentence : EXILE
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Strays : ERRS
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Singer : ALTO
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Sounds on glass : TINGS
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Cox's partner : BOX
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Opposite of dep. : ARR
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Comics' Miss Kett and others : ETTAS
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Some votes : AYES
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Ecclesiastical test : EXAMEN
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Product of Newark, N. Y. : ROSE
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Surgical operations : RESECTIONS
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At variance with : AJAR
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Certain farms : DAIRIES
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Hersey town : ADANO
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More obnoxious : VILER
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Tests the fruit : PINCHES
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Gypsy gentlemen : RYES
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Span an interval : EXTENDOVER
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Common Latin word : ESSE
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Three-masted vessels : XEBECS
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Bulb's relative : SEED
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Attach : AFFIX
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High note : ELA
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Year in reign of Tiberius : XVI
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Hungarian conductor : SOLTI
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Underhand ploy : RUSE
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Printing word : STET
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Ear parts : TRAGI
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College study : ARTS
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Bull: Sp. : TORO
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Holy Roman emperor : OTTOI
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Meeting: Abbr. : SESS
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Unique thing : ONER
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Masculine accessory : TIEBAR
2
Met soprano : ARROYO
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Famous Persian : XERXES
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Freudian terms : IDS
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Stop ___ dime : ONA
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Back rub, for one : RELAXER
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Certain dividends : EXTRAS
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Raged : STORMED
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Having good memory : RETENTIVE
10
Theater sign : EXIT
11
Force : DINT
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Seaweed plant : ALGA
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Scottish loch : NESS
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Medium's medium : SEANCE
25
Time period : ERA
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Postwar U.S. org. : ECA
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Eye parts : IRISES
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Alaskan find : OIL
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Bridal word : NEE
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Russian initials : SSR
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Paul's predecessor : JOHNXXIII
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Mimic : APE
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Late columnist : DIX
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Industrious one : ANT
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Dutch city : EDE
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___ a judge : SOBERAS
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Forms in a new way : RECASTS
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Parts of cens. : YRS
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Hatter's pad : VELURE
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Church worker : SEXTON
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Extreme : SEVERE
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Watterson or Dana : EDITOR
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Regarding : ASTO
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Military post : FORT
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Off key : FLAT
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Let ___ : ITGO
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Curve : ESS
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Furnace tender: Abbr. : STO

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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