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New York Times, Tuesday, September 1, 1970

26-Down : Earth

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J K Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 264 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,689
Across
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TV annoyance : GHOST
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Numbers : TENS
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Doll's cry : MAMA
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Late inning : NINTH
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Russian name : IGOR
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Norse god : ODIN
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Free : UNTIE
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"___; life is short" : ARTISLONG
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Trouble on a weather map : STORMAREA
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Tent : TEPEE
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Smell ___ : ARAT
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Heavenly twin : CASTOR
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Counterparts : IMAGES
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Eng1ish aviators : RAF
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Slowly, in music : ADAGIO
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Braggart : FANFARON
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Hammerstein work : LYRIC
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One of the Little Women : MEG
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Papal vestment : ORALE
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Words for love and war : ALLSFAIR
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Agreeableness: Lat. : GRATIA
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Tote : LUG
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Cushioned : PADDED
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Hostility : ANIMUS
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1949 peace Nobelist and family : ORRS
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French impressionist : MONET
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Theater : PLAYHOUSE
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Monarch, e.g. : BUTTERFLY
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Secret : INNER
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As to : INRE
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One ___ : OCAT
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Rougher : RUDER
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Emperor : TSAR
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"This ___ sudden" : ISSO
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"___ Fables" : ESOPS
Down
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Wildebeests : GNUS
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Intimation : HINT
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Aware of : ONTO
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Agitate : STIR
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Mozart opera : THEMAGICFLUTE
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Coronets : TIARAS
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Plume : EGRET
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___ bene : NOTA
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Hindu title : SRI
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Breakwaters : MOLES
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Choose : ADOPT
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Sal ___ : MINEO
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Displeasure : ANGER
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English china : STAFFORDSHIRE
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Of Mars: Prefix : AREO
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Container : CAN
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Pastoral poem : IDYL
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Earth : MARL
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Spartan king : AGIS
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Scrap : RAG
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According to : ALA
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Chemin de ___ : FER
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Old-World plant : ARAD
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Charge : RATE
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Strong-scented : OLID
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Teachers' org. : NEA
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Marble : MIG
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From, in Germany : AUS
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Indiana city : GARY
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Petition : PRAYTO
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Circumference : AMBIT
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Parts of speech : NOUNS
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Within: Prefix : INTRA
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Concern of a certain maid : METER
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Earthen jars : OLLAS
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Certain soldiers: Abbr. : PFCS
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Burden : ONUS
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Loosen : UNDO
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Ooze : SEEP
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Strays : ERRS
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French king : ROI

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4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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