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New York Times, Tuesday, September 28, 1971

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 258 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 23.5
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 8,081
Across
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Wasteland : SAHARA
7
Early sailing ship : CARAVEL
14
Footstool : OTTOMAN
15
Western and ham : OMELETS
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Fleece dealers : WOOLMEN
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Trustful : RELIANT
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Witch : LAMIA
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Sacred figure : ICON
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Vegas or Palmas : LAS
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Business-letter abbr. : ENC
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Ready : ONTAP
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Fundamentals : ABCS
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Port of Guam : APRA
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Admit : LETIN
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___-Magnon : CRO
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Golfer's bane : TRAP
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Waterside garage : MARINA
39
Word on a birthday card : CONGRATULATIONS
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Equip : RIGOUT
43
Glut : SATE
44
Obtain : GET
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Lily plants : ALOES
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Area measure : ACRE
47
Queenly name : MARY
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Tranquil : STILL
50
Scottish river : DEE
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Not here: Abbr. : ABS
55
Pintail duck : SMEE
57
Kind of holder : STAKE
61
Famous Pisan : GALILEO
64
Medit. wind : MISTRAL
66
Degraders : ABASERS
67
Atlantic republic : ICELAND
68
Hare : LEVERET
69
Puts in a new place : RESETS
Down
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Portico : STOA
2
Particle : ATOM
3
Sacred places : HOLIES
4
Capital of Jordan : AMMAN
5
Little Rachel : RAE
6
Roman years : ANNI
7
Cigar shape : CORONA
8
Catkin : AMENT
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Kind of pronoun: Abbr. : REL
10
Eastern name : ALI
11
Meat order : VEAL
12
Volcano : ETNA
13
W. W. II ships : LSTS
14
Nocturnal bird : OWL
20
White or red : CORPUSCLE
23
Jeweler's weight : CARAT
25
Winged : ALATE
26
Persian fairy : PERI
27
Capital of Ghana : ACCRA
28
Prepare steaks : BROIL
29
African nation : CONGO
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Glib : PAT
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New York county : TIOGA
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___ sanctum : INNER
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Unpleasant, as weather : NASTY
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Relative of a cartel : TRUST
38
Paired : MATED
40
Proceeds : GOES
41
Malay gibbon : LAR
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Nearly : ALMOST
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Courage : METTLE
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French river : ISERE
51
Curves : ESSES
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A guy and ___ : AGAL
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Paul Bunyan's ox : BABE
54
Serb or Croat : SLAV
56
Eastern potentate : EMIR
58
Smell ___ : ARAT
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Neighbor of Col. : KANS
60
Days of yore : ELD
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Noun suffix : ISE
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Sea god : LER
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Diamonds : ICE

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

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