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New York Times, Monday, July 19, 1971

29-Across : Sleep like ___

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { F }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 26.7
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 8,010
Across
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Where Fort Lamy is : CHAD
5
Stadium feature : TIER
9
Compared with : THAN
13
Son of Jacob : LEVI
14
A votre ___ : SANTE
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Saarinen : EERO
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Olympian : ARES
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On the up ___ : ANDUP
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Hospital department : XRAY
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Tropical sleeping must : MOSQUITONET
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Western state: Abbr. : ORE
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Old name for Ulan Bator : URGA
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Punta ___ : ARENAS
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Kind of number : ORDINAL
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Sleep like ___ : ALOG
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Touching gently : CARESSING
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Go ___ for : TOBAT
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Waste allowance : TRET
37
Sharp turn : ZAG
38
Counter order : TOGO
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Sponsorship : AEGIS
41
Flagrant : EGREGIOUS
44
Collars : NABS
46
Baked desserts : ALASKAS
47
African amulet : GRIGRI
50
Ending with astro and aero : NAUT
51
Took off : RAN
52
Contestants' goals : GRANDPRIZES
58
Open : AJAR
60
Needlecases : ETUIS
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Give up : CEDE
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Arabian capital : SANA
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Indian corn : MAIZE
64
Opera feature : ARIA
65
Exclamation of disgust : PHEW
66
Being: Sp. : ENTE
67
Very much : LOTS
Down
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Silent one : CLAM
2
Protagonist : HERO
3
Relative of sts. : AVES
4
Bothersome : DISQUIETING
5
Teases : TANTALIZES
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Prefix for a subcontinent : INDO
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Vingt-___ : ETUN
8
Amendment XXI : REPEAL
9
Neighbor of Okla. : TEX
10
Wading bird : HERON
11
Macaw : ARARA
12
English poet : NOYES
14
Siberian antelopes : SAIGAS
20
Coffeemakers : URNS
21
Student aid : TROT
25
Self-important : EGOTISTICAL
26
Numerical prefix : OCTA
27
Thin : RARE
28
Vestige : DREG
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Exaggerate : AGGRANDIZE
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Xanthippe : NAG
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Schedule : BOOK
34
___ Caliente : AGUA
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Pitch's companion : TOSS
40
Famed puppeteer : SARG
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Pass : ELAPSE
43
Wild ox of East : GAUR
45
Ancient galley : BIREME
47
Comprehend : GRASP
48
Indian V.I.P. : RAJAH
49
Insubstantial : INANE
53
___ impasse : ATAN
54
Parisian night : NUIT
55
Mostel : ZERO
56
Work on mss. : EDIT
57
Weddell and Ross : SEAS
59
Untrained : RAW

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

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