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New York Times, Saturday, August 15, 1970

24-Down : Thread, as through shoals

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 4.77, Missing: { G J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,672
Across
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Where Christopher spent Columbus Day : BAHAMAS
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Small pocket : FOB
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Biblical song: Abbr. : PSA
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"The Girl from ___" : IPANEMA
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Prefix for form or corn : UNI
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Amusement: Abbr. : REC
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Outdoor mecca for tourists : COPACABANABEACH
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Letter : ESS
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G.I.'s food : CHOW
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Mongrel : MUTT
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Word for villain's deeds : DASTARDLY
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Venomous snakes : ASPS
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Watery consistency : SEROSITY
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Pacific landmark : DIAMONDHEAD
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Repent : RUE
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___ of iniquity : DEN
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Philippine tree : DAO
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Life in Paris : VIE
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Japanese woman diver : AMA
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Woman : EVE
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Administrator, old style : DISPENSATOR
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Certain pitcher : RELIEVER
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Not public: Abbr. : PERS
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Top man : PRESIDENT
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Case : ETUI
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Church calendar : ORDO
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___ Gardner : AVA
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French Riviera choice : CANNESORANTIBES
66
Spare the ___ : ROD
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Leather : KID
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Danse ___ : MACABRE
69
Troop entertainers : USO
70
Roll-call reply in Soho : ERE
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Scarlett's love and others : ASHLEYS
Down
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Blue or green color : BICE
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Punctuation mark: Abbr. : APOS
3
Chances : HAPS
4
Collection : ANA
5
Goal : MECCA
6
Chinese nurses : AMAHS
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Heavy shoe : SABOT
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Good time : FUN
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Fuegian : ONA
10
Tot's mealtime need : BIB
11
Indonesian boat : PRAU
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Religious order : SECT
13
Eight, in Berlin : ACHT
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Flooded : AWASH
19
Genus of turtles : EMYS
23
Mil. decoration : DSM
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Thread, as through shoals : REEVE
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Exhaust : DRAIN
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Veins : LODES
27
Abacus : ADDER
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Gossip : SIEVE
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Discussion group : PANEL
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Incensed : IRATE
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Swelling : TUMOR
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Leap and fiscal : YEARS
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More uncommon : ODDER
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Unphilosophic : NAIVE
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Portions : DOSES
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Religious superior : PRIOR
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Intelligent : APT
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City in central China : IPIN
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Broadway offering : DRAMA
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Ferber and Best : EDNAS
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Indentation : NOTCH
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Color : ECRU
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N. M. art colony : TAOS
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Cancel : UNDO
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French cleric : ABBE
59
Actual : VERY
60
Peer Gynt's mother and others : ASES
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Stretch, with "out" : EKE
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Form of address : SIR
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Horace work : ODE
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Adjective suffix : IAL

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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