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New York Times, Monday, September 7, 1970

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 19.4
David Steinberg notes:

Original 11-Down clue had "Alleghany"; corrected to "Allegheny."

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B
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E
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B
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O
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P
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C
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A
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M
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T
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H
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E
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A
M
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Y
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O
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L
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S
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T
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O
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E
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F
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A
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B
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O
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H
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S
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N
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P
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E
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M
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S
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H
O
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D
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B
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A
W
L
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C
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R
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F
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Y
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S
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C
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A
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P
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Y
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,695
Across
1
Erstwhile popular music : BEBOP
6
Skull and dunce : CAPS
10
Luna, for one : MOTH
14
Military halting place : ETAPE
15
Old Chinese treaty port : AMOY
16
Market purchase : OLEO
17
Shoe-factory worker : LACER
18
Unmarried women : SPINSTERS
20
Fencing moves : THRUSTS
22
Word in gas ads : OCTANE
23
Comforts : EASES
24
Ladled : SPOONED
25
Hesitate : FALTER
27
Cooking direction : BASTE
28
Musical instruments : OBOES
29
Place for certain combs : HIVE
30
Small bit : SNIP
34
Emptiness : AIR
35
Musical sounds : TONES
36
Old name for Tokyo : EDO
37
Something to clean up : MESS
39
Did garden chores : HOED
40
Shouts out : BAWLS
42
Inched : CREPT
44
Granger of films : FARLEY
45
Beetles : SCARABS
48
Salt-water fish : PORGY
49
In ___ (behind in paying) : ARREAR
50
Deirdre's burdens : SORROWS
52
Married men : BENEDICTS
54
Awkward : INEPT
56
Norse god : ODIN
57
Podium : DAIS
58
Witch of ___ : ENDOR
59
Normally five to the foot : TOES
60
Being, in Bordeaux : ETRE
61
Pauses, in music : RESTS
Down
1
France's neighbor: Abbr. : BEL
2
State, in Saint-Etienne : ETAT
3
Unmarried men : BACHELORS
4
Manage : OPERATE
5
Reads : PERUSES
6
Fisherman's tries : CASTS
7
Elec. units : AMPS
8
Item at a luau : POI
9
Briefs : SYNOPSES
10
Watchwords : MOTTOES
11
City on the Allegheny : OLEAN
12
Coated iron : TERNE
13
Sprinkled : HOSED
19
Sir Walter was one : SCOT
21
Weight of India : SER
24
Economized : SAVED
25
Kind of rubber : FOAM
26
Rose's beloved : ABIE
27
___-Simon test : BINET
29
Stave holders : HOOPS
31
Bride and groom : NEWLYWEDS
32
Kind of talk : IDLE
33
Flower : POSY
35
"Here comes ___" : THEBRIDE
38
Sifts : SCREENS
40
Obstacle : BARRIER
41
Forest of W.W. I note : ARGONNE
43
Catfish with a charge : RAAD
44
On one's side : FOR
45
Wooden shoe : SABOT
46
Belief : CREDO
47
He has an army : ARNIE
48
Sheriff's army : POSSE
50
Begin to wake up : STIR
51
Hit the ___ : SPOT
53
Sailboat : CAT
55
Bursars: Abbr. : TRS

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

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