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New York Times, Wednesday, August 12, 1970

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 256 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 38.0
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,669
Across
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Old exclamation : EGAD
5
Gorge : SATE
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Pardon me! : AHEM
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Dissolute one : RAKE
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Kind of demonstration : SITIN
15
Withered : SERE
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Inter ___ : ALIA
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Rocket word : AGENA
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Nursery-rhyme burden : PAIL
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Sleepytime place : LANDOFNOD
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Stuck : MIRED
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Tribulations : WOES
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Astronomer's word : EPACT
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___ free : SCOT
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Latin student's aid : TROT
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Rayburn : SAM
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Melville character : OMOO
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Authoritative tome : BIBLE
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Poetic word : ERE
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Done for : DEADASADOORNAIL
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Latin case: Abbr. : DAT
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Free from tension : RELAX
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Befuddled : ASEA
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Hit sign : SRO
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Effrontery : GALL
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Russian city : OREL
44
Water channel : FLUME
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Levantine ketch : SAIC
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Props : STAYS
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Small European birds : REEDLINGS
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Irish exclamation : ARRO
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Song of sorrow : DIRGE
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Unassisted : SOLO
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Portray : LIMN
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Negatively charged atom : ANION
60
French coins : SOUS
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Indian measure: Var. : KOSS
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___ meeting : MASS
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Division word : INTO
Down
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Of a period : ERAL
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Celebration : GALA
3
Analogous : AKIN
4
Useless things : DEADWOOD
5
Portents : SIGNS
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Polynesian god : ATEO
7
Word for the pre-war Balkans : TINDERBOX
8
Former Spanish queen : ENA
9
Perfume ingredient : ASPIC
10
Peace of mind : HEARTSEASE
11
Waterway in a folk song : ERIE
12
Pinochle maneuver : MELD
14
Arbiter's decision : SAFE
20
Not home: Scot. : OOT
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___ dolorosa : MATER
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Hitchcock's game : POLO
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Slander : SMEAR
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Sign of nobility : COATOFARMS
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___ wave : TIDAL
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Shakespearean character : ARIEL
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Indian festival : MELA
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Bookmaker's concern : ODDS
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Fonteyn is one : BALLERINA
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Mythical giant : ARGUS
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Coal bed : SEAM
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Jonquil and daffodil : NARCISSI
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Art medium : OIL
45
French city : LYONS
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Western plants : SEGOS
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Gulf of Mideast : ADEN
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Famous immunologist : SALK
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Singing group : TRIO
51
Greek goddess : ERIS
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Whistle time : NOON
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Overabundance : GLUT
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Fair : SOSO
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Equine parent : DAM

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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