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New York Times, Tuesday, July 20, 1971

38-Across : Moslem title

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.40, Missing: { J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 6, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 128.1
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 8,011
Across
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Loud report : BANG
5
Vipers : ASPS
9
Pickens : SLIM
13
Drug plant : ALOE
14
Peter and others : NEROS
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Geometric figure : CONE
17
Membership : SEAT
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Swedish coin : KRONA
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___ over lightly : ONCE
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Opinion : SCHOOLOFTHOUGHT
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Nine, to Pablo : NUEVE
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Hill dweller : ANT
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"___ With Music" : SAYIT
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Can't miss : SUREFIRE
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"But as ___ by rocky ledge ... " : ITROD
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She, in Calabria : ESSA
34
Hebrew measure : OMER
35
Start of a G.I.'s cynicism : SITUATIONNORMAL
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Moslem title : EMIR
39
Irish exclamation : ARRA
40
African buffalo : NIARE
41
Parts of a mask : EYEHOLES
43
Separates : RENDS
44
Lode yield : ORE
45
Obscure : CLOUD
47
Ruth, Louis and others : SPORTSCHAMPIONS
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Coin operation : TOSS
55
U.S. novelist : OHARA
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"Thanks ___" : ALOT
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Besides : ELSE
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Pretend : FEIGN
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Defense arm : NAVY
60
Minestrone ingredient : PEAS
61
Weight system : TROY
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North African port : SFAX
Down
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Game fish : BASS
2
Templeton : ALEC
3
Biblical animal lover : NOAH
4
Riding instructor's call : GETONYOURHORSES
5
Sock : ANKLET
6
Russian composer : SEROV
7
Faculty member's ambition : PROFESSORSCHAIR
8
French verb : SONT
9
Order to Daniel Boone : SCOUTFORINDIANS
10
Southern Senator : LONG
11
Kind of worm : INCH
12
Sports event : MEET
15
Like a wasteland : SAHARAN
21
English novelist : OUIDA
22
Pronoun : ONE
25
Thwart: Var. : STIMY
26
Bandman Shaw : ARTIE
28
Annapolis initials : USNA
29
"___ about the Boy" : IMMAD
30
Balks, equine style : REARS
31
Name in detective fiction : ERLE
32
Understanding response : ISEE
33
European republic : EIRE
36
"___ the South Pacific" : TALESOF
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Golf-match standing : ONEUP
42
Scrap : ORT
43
Gypsy : ROMANY
46
Handel work : LARGO
47
Rung : STEP
48
Item for a vault : POLE
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Mountain : OSSA
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Huntley : CHET
51
Norse king : OLAF
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Flaring star : NOVA
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Charon's river : STYX

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

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