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New York Times, Wednesday, July 29, 1970

37-Down : Causing concern

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 24.3 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,655
Across
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Sudden blow : CLAP
5
Boxed : CASED
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Dish: Fr. : PLAT
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Corncrake : RAIL
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Western house : ADOBE
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Forage crop : RAPE
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___ of Cleves : ANNE
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Evergreens in Spain : PINOS
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Mountain in Thessaly : OSSA
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It belongs forward : BESTFOOT
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Justice Stewart : POTTER
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Quidnuncs : HENS
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Pelt : HIDE
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Put near : APPOSE
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Rumpus area : BASEMENT
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Means of participation : DOORS
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Out-of-luck person : GONER
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Animal, for short : ROO
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Bonheur : ROSA
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Suit of a sort : ARMOR
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City of the Circo Massimo : ROMA
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Scratch out : EKE
40
Story of a kind : ALIBI
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Gifted ninesome : MUSES
42
Potential danger sources : MANTRAPS
44
Time piece : MOMENT
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___ de combat : HORS
46
Hari : MATA
47
Trousers area : INSEAM
50
Re-echo : RESONATE
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In ___ : TOTO
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Stravinsky and others : IGORS
57
Egyptian goddess : ISIS
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Constantly : EVER
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Veep middle name : NANCE
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Negative contraction of sorts : AINT
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Manifold : MANY
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Neutral shades : GRAYS
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Man's nickname : NATE
Down
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Hermit, for one : CRAB
2
Ocean route : LANE
3
Ones, in Aberdeen : AINS
4
Glut : PLETHORA
5
Notorious tax dodger : CAPONE
6
See you mañana : ADIOS
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Ils ___ : SONT
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Central American tree : EBO
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Hater : DESPISER
10
Words for an interim official : PROTEM
11
Shoe part : LAST
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Cathedral feature : APSE
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Violent rush : TEAR
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Parker : FESS
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European river : ODER
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Asian capital : HANOI
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Pertinent: Lat. : ADREM
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Specter in Irish lore : POOKA
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Former Prussian province : POSEN
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Flop shows : BOMBS
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Uneven : EROSE
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Noun, in grammar : NOMEN
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Skoal : TOAST
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Valises : GRIPS
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Causing concern : ALARMING
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Enesco, for one : RUMANIAN
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River of Venezuela : AROA
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Sleuth : MOTO
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Educated guess : THEORY
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Hoi polloi : MASSES
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Relative of land sakes : MERCY
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Particular : ITEM
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Star : NOVA
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Swedish weight : STEN
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Writer Jaffe : RONA
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Part of SEATO : ASIA
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Dye : TINT
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Princely family : ESTE
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Fish : GAR

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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