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New York Times, Wednesday, July 22, 1970

30-Across : ___-dokey

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 304 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,648
Across
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Major Hoople's word : EGAD
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Shed : MOLT
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Crones : HAGS
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Thin : RARE
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Copycat : APER
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Supports : ABETS
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Sharpen : EDGE
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Kind of review : RAVE
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Pacific island group : SAMOA
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Swiss city : ZURICH
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Lawyer: Abbr. : ATT
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Pixy : IMP
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"___ see the Wizard ... " : OFFTO
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Immediately after : ASSOONAS
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Agitates : ROILS
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John Wayne picture : TRUEGRIT
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___-dokey : OKEY
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Mapped : CHARTED
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Mideast country: Abbr. : ISR
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___ of everything : THEBEST
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Santa ___ : ANA
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"Sit by ___ and spin ... " : THEFIRE
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Command to a dog : STAY
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Famed Babe : ZAHARIAS
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Lauder and others : SCOTS
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Member of a hockey team : CANADIEN
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Fragrance : AROMA
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Renounced the crown: Abbr. : ABD
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Eastern state: Abbr. : DEL
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Words to brats : STOPIT
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Nuance : TRACE
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Shaping tools : DIES
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Arm of Black Sea : AZOV
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Giant armadillo : TATOU
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River to the Moselle : ORNE
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Town in Africa : TERA
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Does seamstress work : SEWS
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___ Morgana : FATA
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Formerly, of old : ERST
Down
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Palindrome word : ERE
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Relative of zounds : GADZOOKS
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Polemic : ARGUFIER
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Insect : DEERFLY
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Polo : MARCO
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Bright fish : OPAH
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Coin of Bulgaria : LEV
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Money men : TREASURERS
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Needs : HASTOGET
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Arab's cloak : ABA
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Between Cancer and Taurus : GEMINI
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Mouth: Prefix : STOMAT
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Nincompoops : SAPS
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___ a deal! : ITS
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Noxious fly : TSETSE
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Fine horse : ARABIAN
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Weapons: Abbr. : ORD
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Reine's husband : ROI
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On ___ battle : THEFIELDOF
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Darling, in France : CHERIE
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Biblical apostle : THADDEUS
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Item on milady's dresser : ATOMIZER
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Frogmen, for example : NATATORS
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Certain votes : AYS
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___ Chin, river in Thailand : THA
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Covered with bristly hair : SCOPATE
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Old Spanish vessels : ZABRAS
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Ate ___ (gorged oneself) : ANDATE
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Theater sign : SRO
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Carrie Chapman ___ : CATT
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Bewildered : ATSEA
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Delivered : SENT
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Bossy : COW
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Man's name : IRA
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Container : VAT

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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