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New York Times, Thursday, July 30, 1970

13-Across : Ridicule

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.33, Missing: { G J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 88, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,656
Across
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Tropical disease: Var. : SPREW
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Like certain flights : NONSTOP
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Ridicule : DERIDE
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Incontestable : POSITIVE
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Short poem : ODELET
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Tacit : UNSTATED
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Ascended : RISEN
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Field : AREA
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Fat : LARD
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"Brown October ___" : ALE
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Holm : ISLET
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Kind of code : PENAL
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Clangor : DIN
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Demand : CALL
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Medieval fabric : SAMITE
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Naughty word : OATH
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Song : LAY
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___ mining : PLACER
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Old Japanese coin : OBAN
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Liquefy : MELT
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College course for short : PREMED
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Observe : SEE
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Incessantly : EVER
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Bast fibers : RAMIES
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Savoir faire : TACT
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Keats's "___ of St. Mark" : EVE
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Race tracks : OVALS
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Type of machine : LATHE
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Tenth of a sen : RIN
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Word on the wall : MENE
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Girl in Afton song : MARY
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African antelope : ELAND
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Quickly : INATRICE
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Immediately : ATONCE
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Surfeited : SATIATED
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Shock-lessening device : FENDER
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In, politically : ELECTED
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Trample : TREAD
Down
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Chancel seats : SEDILIA
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In attendance : PRESENT
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Make feisty : RILE
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Paradisiacal : EDENIC
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Prohibition opponent : WET
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Musical group : NONET
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Bones: It. : OSSA
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Basketball tourney: Abbr. : NIT
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No-winner, no-loser situation : STALEMATE
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Colossal : TITANIC
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Worked on a bay window : OVERATE
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Pushcart man : PEDDLER
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Town near San Juan : DORADO
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Completely : PURELY
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Poe family name : ALLAN
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Edible Caesars : SALADS
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Gloomy aura : PALL
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Oration : SPEECH
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Of the preaching arts : HOMILETIC
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Insects : BEES
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Substantial : MEATY
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Foretoken : PROMISE
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"Show Boat" character : RAVENAL
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Spring from : EMANATE
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Gazed : STARED
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Porch : VERANDA
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Showed : EVINCED
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Deliver : RENDER
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Vacillate : TEETER
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Spiked, as punch : LACED
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Wee bit : MITE
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One and only : LONE
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Lady's hair accouterment : RAT
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Rearward : AFT

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 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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