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New York Times, Tuesday, August 31, 1971

22-Down : Mimic

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F J Q U X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 49.7
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 8,053
Across
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Spotted cavy : PACA
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Poll man : ROPER
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Statistics : DATA
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Asian country : IRAN
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Bar staple : OLIVE
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Areas in Seine : ILES
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Kind of accountant : COST
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Coins : DIMES
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Preserves : CANS
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Lapel adornment : WHITECARNATION
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Sympathetic response : ECHO
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Thick grape juice : SAPA
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Fell : HEW
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___ the helm : EASE
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Rose features : PETALS
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Air pilot's concern: Abbr. : ALT
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Squirrel's quest : ACORN
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Repeat a printing job : RESET
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Rook or rail : BIRD
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Natives of Indochina : THAIS
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Graf ___ : SPEE
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French notions : IDEES
45
Coveted figurine : OSCAR
47
N. Y. subway : IRT
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Swarmed : TEEMED
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Weird : EERY
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Amtrak's concern: Abbr. : RYS
52
Silkworm : ERIA
54
Hebrew weight : GERA
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Discoverer of the Mississippi : HERNANDODESOTO
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News item : OBIT
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Burmese native : KAREN
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Bog : MIRE
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Draw the wrong straw : LOSE
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Water bird : EGRET
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Periods : EONS
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Scout activity : DEED
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Leap and lunar : YEARS
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Numbers : ONES
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Snapshot, for short : PIC
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In a line : AROW
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Nut-bearer : CASHEWTREE
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Caper : ANTIC
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Calf-roping, for one : RODEOACT
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Suffix for acids : OLIC
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Arizona Indian : PIMA
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One of a double-play trio : EVERS
9
Close again : RESNAP
10
Gives orders : DICTATES
11
Turkish regiment : ALAI
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___clock scholar : TENO
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Group: Abbr. : ASSN
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Asian shrub : THEA
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Mimic : APER
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Dress : HABIT
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Suppress : ELIDE
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London quarter : SOHO
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Efface : ERASE
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Goal : ASPIRATION
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Suspicious : LEERY
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Printing directions : STETS
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Fussy : NICE
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Mad : DEMENTED
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U. S. painter and family : SARGENTS
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Antitoxins : SERA
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Grains : RYES
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Small locomotive : DINKEY
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Proverb : ADAGE
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Lover : ROMEO
56
Button on a phone : HOLD
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Tropical tree : EBOE
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Appear : RISE
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Odd, in Scotland : ORRA
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Cud chewer : DEER
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French river : ORNE
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Letter : ESS

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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