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New York Times, Friday, September 17, 1971

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 66, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 5.55, Missing: { Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 56, Cheaters: 20, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 131.6 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 8,070
Across
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Religious group : SECT
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Marx instrument : HARP
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Garden shrub : SPIREA
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Landed estates : MANORS
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Pursuit of sorts : CHASINGRAINBOWS
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Fowl : HEN
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Fits in : BELONGS
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Head part : JAW
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Wading bird : IBIS
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Certain schools : TECHS
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Burmese rice : SELA
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Italian dish : PASTA
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Ring decision : TKO
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Muscle: Var. : BICEP
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Oar holder : THOLE
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Small seabirds : AUKLETS
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Haunt for Toulouse-Lautrec : MOULINROUGE
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Wild duck : MALLARD
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Lawyer Root et al. : ORENS
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Santa ___ : LUCIA
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N.Y.C. subway : IRT
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Sham : BOGUS
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Sommer : ELKE
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Ethiopian town : ADOWA
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Kind of print, on contracts : FINE
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Malt beverage : ALE
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Dye source : ANILINE
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Girl's nickname : NAN
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Juvenile's need, at times : PARENTALCONSENT
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Persisted : HELDON
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Blue-penciled : EDITED
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Legal right : LIEN
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German river : EDER
Down
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Warm-sea fish : SPANISHMACKEREL
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Ice, in Bonn : EIS
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Manger : CRIB
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Principle : TENET
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British marshal and family : HAIGS
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Rutledge and others : ANNS
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Commit a crime : ROB
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Certain specialist : PROJECTENGINEER
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Jewish month : SHEBAT
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Shoelace tag : AGLET
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Unit of work : MANHOUR
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Marshy lands : SWALES
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Poker item : CHIP
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Music style : ROCKANDROLL
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Trade : SWAP
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Informer : STOOLIE
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___ Troy : SIEGEOF
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Bird wing : ALULA
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Book-jacket reading : BLURB
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High note : ELA
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Chinese diplomat : KOO
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Of an eye part : IRIDIAN
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Teacher of Islam : MULLAH
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___ fun (summertime fare) : SUNAND
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Certain year : LEAP
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Doubly : TWICE
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Transmitted : SENT
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Chekhov : ANTON
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Battery pole : ANODE
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Indian of Peru : ANDE
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Tennyson lady : ENID
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Ivy leaguer : ELI
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Canonized one: Abbr. : STE

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

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