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New York Times, Tuesday, September 29, 1970

8-Down : Minor planets

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11, Grid flow: 49.9
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,717
Across
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Kind of hist. : ANC
4
Southern city : TAMPA
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Savvy : HEP
12
Pastures : LEAS
14
U.S.S.R. mountains : URALS
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Put aside : SAVE
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Soaking : SOPPINGWET
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Unvaried : EVEN
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Great Lake : ONTARIO
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Safari redcaps : BEARERS
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Signs : INKS
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Pennsylvania city : ERIE
24
___ de Boulogne : BOIS
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Sheep-counter's ailment : INSOMNIA
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Arithmetic word : PLUS
30
Namath is one : PRO
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"When day ___" : ISDONE
33
Mild expletive : GOSH
34
Bridge call : REBID
36
Roman dates : IDES
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Remove by erosion : ABLATE
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Religious group: Abbr. : LDS
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North or South : POLE
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Medicine injectors : SYRETTES
43
Citrus fruit : LIME
44
Allot : METE
45
Appetizer spread : PATE
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Crusaders' foe : SALADIN
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Shallow baking dish : COCOTTE
52
Urge : PROD
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Envelope contents : ENCLOSURES
55
"___ Karenina" : ANNA
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Cordage fiber : SISAL
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Sediment : SILT
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Jane ___ : DOE
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Hebrew letter : TSADE
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Alphabet letter : CEE
Down
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Likewise : ALSO
2
Kind of sign : NEON
3
In a faultfinding way : CAPTIOUSLY
4
North African city : TUNIS
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Jason's ship : ARGO
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Cavernous opening : MAW
7
Military freshmen : PLEBES
8
Minor planets : ASTEROIDS
9
___ a heart : HAVE
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Always : EVER
11
Submarine docks : PENS
13
Medina-Sidonia's fleet : SPANISHARMADA
15
Able to make lucky discoveries : SERENDIPITOUS
17
Irritates : IRKS
21
Objectives : AIMS
24
Unshaped masses : BLOBS
25
Anger : IRE
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Aristocrat : NOBLE
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Of an antiseptic test : IODOMETRIC
28
Anoint, old style : ANELE
29
Snead's org. : PGA
30
Most attractive : PRETTIEST
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Compass point : ESE
35
Suppliers of the ego : IDS
38
Started off a game : TEED
42
Gonzalez's game : TENNIS
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Varnish ingredients : LACS
45
Pulitzer novelist of 1918 : POOLE
46
Mining nail : SPAD
47
Italian river : ARNO
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Certain ranger : LONE
49
Dressed : CLAD
50
Prefix with meter and printer : TELE
51
Punta del ___ : ESTE
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Civil War initials : CSA

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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