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New York Times, Monday, July 12, 1971

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J K Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 257 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 20.5
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 8,003
Across
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Bounty name : BLIGH
6
Marble : TAW
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Kind of apple pie : MOMS
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Race of Norse gods : AESIR
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Buccal : ORAL
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Response to an explanation : ISEE
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Manhandle : ROUGHHOUSE
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Affront : SLAP
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Telepathic faculty : ESP
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Entirely : ALL
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Down East or Southern : ACCENT
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Shaky plan : HOUSEOFCARDS
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Fanciful : UNREAL
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Relative of V.O.A. : USIS
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Confirms : REASSERTS
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Pony : TROT
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One of the leagues: Abbr. : NAT
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Wall Street men : TRADERS
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Common verb : ARE
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Try : STAB
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Douglas is its capital : ISLEOFMAN
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Org. : ASSN
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Hovered : POISED
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Series winners in 1934 : GASHOUSEGANG
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Husband of Titania : OBERON
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Fold: Fr. : PLI
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Digit: Abbr. : NUM
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Network : RETE
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Where 70 Across works : UPPERHOUSE
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High: Prefix : ALTI
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Stitch : PAIN
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Range : ANDES
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Understood : SEEN
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Capitol V.I.P. : SEN
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Legal papers : DEEDS
Down
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Empty : BARE
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Predecessors of Virgos : LEOS
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"The jig ___" : ISUP
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Ship's boat : GIG
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Regal initials : HRH
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Workshop items : TOOLS
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As ___ (usually) : ARULE
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Relative of 42 Across : WAS
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In the wrong role : MISCAST
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Medical pioneer : OSLER
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"___ My Shadow" : MEAND
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Clans : SEPTS
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Turns pages : LEAFS
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Van line, e.g. : HAULER
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Third-century date : CCI
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"___ a jolly good ... " : HES
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Tobacco kiln : OAST
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Old World blackbird : OUSEL
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Amphoras : URNS
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Straight : NEAT
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Pro ___ : RATA
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Actor Claude : RAINS
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Grid successes : TDS
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L. A. team : RAMS
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Anglo-Saxon monetary units : ORAE
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Incline : TEND
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Go : REPAIR
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Readily : SOON
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Island in Persian Gulf : BAHREIN
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Kind of leaf : FIG
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___ Canals : SOO
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Dawn : SUNUP
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Hottentot music-makers : GORAS
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White poplar : ABELE
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Seven, in Genoa : SETTE
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Silas's ward : EPPIE
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Space hero : GLENN
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In the altogether : NUDE
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Not new : USED
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Jumble : MESS
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Amplifiers, for short : PAS
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"I've been ___!" : HAD
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Pronoun : ONE

Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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