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New York Times, Tuesday, June 23, 1970

53-Down : Western flower

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,619
Across
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Like some stories : TALL
5
School groups: Abbr. : PTAS
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Humane org. : SPCA
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Open space : AREA
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Urban problem : CRIME
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Army girl of W. W. II : WAAC
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Elevator : LIFT
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Aroused: Dialect : HETUP
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Roguish : ARCH
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Gets the point : CATCHESONTO
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Haggard novel : SHE
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It has sweet in between : HOME
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Absolutely : INDEED
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What the tide does : COMESIN
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Play part, in Madrid : ACTO
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Put on : PRESENTED
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French waves : ONDES
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Choir voice : ALTO
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Church man: Abbr. : DEA
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Jane ___ : EYRE
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___-so : SOAND
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W. W. I mental exam : ALPHATEST
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Theater award : TONY
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Small stool : TABORET
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Make a new hole : REBORE
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On the briny : ASEA
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Length measure : ELL
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Wait idly : PASSTHETIME
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Human race progenitor : ADAM
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Fix a shoelace : RETIE
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Soviet river : URAL
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Mackerel's relative : CERO
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Exchange premiums : AGIOS
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Denounce (with "at") : RAIL
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Waste allowance : TRET
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Lacerated : TORN
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Goose of Hawaii : NENE
Down
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Powder : TALC
2
Song : ARIA
3
Gone : LEFT
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Makes a pest of oneself : LATCHESONTO
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Current : PRESENTDAY
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Big name in Belgrade : TITO
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Egyptian god: Var. : AMUN
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Kind of tank : SEPTIC
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Windhoek's land: Abbr. : SWA
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Break down a sentence : PARSE
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Secret place : CACHE
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Yearned : ACHED
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___ de fer : CHEMIN
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Stockings : HOSE
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Aware of : ONTO
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Just right : DONETOATURN
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Numbers men: Abbr. : CPAS
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Flat plinth : ORLO
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Prefix for physics or phor : META
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Adjustment : ADAPTATION
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Fish : EEL
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Fabric worker : DYER
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Gaelic : ERSE
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Paving stone : SETT
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S. African village : DORP
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Jumbles : HASHES
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___ in one's bonnet : ABEE
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___ hand : NEARAT
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Respond : REACT
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One Pliny : ELDER
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Sound loudly : BLARE
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Western flower : SEGO
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To-do : STIR
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Dies ___ : IRAE
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Conduit : MAIN
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French pronoun : ELLE
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Smart remark : MOT

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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