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New York Times, Monday, July 26, 1971

56-Across : Antilles chain

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 4.84, Missing: { J K Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 238 (avg 1.29)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 27.3
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 8,017
Across
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Salads : SLAWS
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Tibetan gazelles : GOAS
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Vic's radio partner : SADE
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Shinto gateway : TORII
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Intimate : HINT
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Greek contest : AGON
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Listing : ATILT
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Olive genus : OLEA
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"They ___ thataway" : WENT
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Clubs : BILLIES
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Cylindrical : TERETE
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Pratt or Carnegie : INSTITUTE
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Horrified : AGHAST
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Charleston campus : CITADEL
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Silk thread : TRAM
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Solar disk : ATEN
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Blue grass : POA
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Capone or Luciano : MOBSTER
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Duncan : ISADORA
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Snowy or lulu : OWL
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Did bakery work : ICED
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German river : EDER
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Bandit, in Italy : LADRONE
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Francis or Dahl : ARLENE
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Beverage : OOLONGTEA
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Decorated metal : NIELLO
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Antilles chain : LEEWARD
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Of a time period : ERAL
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Celebration : GALA
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North Atlantic island group : FAROE
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Ponselle : ROSA
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Brain passage : ITER
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Notched : EROSE
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Unusual bloke : ONER
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Pet lamb : CADE
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Say "I do" again : REWED
Down
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Attempt : STAB
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French novelist : LOTI
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Seed coating : ARIL
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Baseball great : WILLIAMS
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Certain protests : SITINS
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Kind of writer : GHOST
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Art work : OIL
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Chemical suffix : ANE
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Established rules : STATUTES
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Seethed : SAWRED
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James or Tommy : AGEE
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Mother's common word : DONT
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Grafted, in heraldry : ENTE
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Founded: Abbr. : EST
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Babylonian hero : ETANA
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River to Amazon : ICA
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Small monkey : TITI
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Air: Prefix : ATMO
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Surly sound : GROWL
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Speech: Sp. : HABLA
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Aftersong : EPODE
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Sophia : LOREN
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Swiss river : AARE
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Alpine region : TIROL
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Relating to environment : ECOLOGIC
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Women's lib mecca : RENO
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Many corporations call it home : DELAWARE
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Study : DEN
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Buck : DOLLAR
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Goddess of infatuation : ATE
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Heavy jacket : REEFER
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Icy look : GLARE
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Peter or Wolfe : NERO
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Early age : IRON
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Move carefully : EASE
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Lined up : AROW
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Billy of show biz : ROSE
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Legal transfer : DEED
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___ loss : ATA
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Paced : LED

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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