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New York Times, Friday, December 22, 1972

24-Down : Arias

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.25, Missing: { Q }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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G
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A
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T
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E
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T
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A
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N
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S
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L
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A
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S
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S
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O
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A
L
E
X
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O
T
O
E
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A
M
O
N
G
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M
I
N
T
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I
T
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A
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B
A
N
A
L
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U
B
E
R
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L
U
N
G
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A
L
I
F
E
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T
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T
U
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S
A
N
D
R
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O
N
I
C
U
S
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D
O
N
E
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E
R
S
E
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A
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F
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I
E
L
D
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P
E
N
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O
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C
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T
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V
L
A
D
I
M
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I
R
N
A
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B
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O
K
O
V
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A
Y
N
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O
M
E
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M
A
L
A
Y
A
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T
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R
I
P
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V
E
R
Y
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J
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O
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E
W
I
L
L
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I
E
N
A
M
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A
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T
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H
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A
R
D
E
N
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A
L
I
T
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P
L
E
A
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M
A
G
E
S
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N
I
N
A
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I
T
A
L
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B
L
A
Z
E
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T
A
E
L
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A
A
R
E
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S
E
R
E
R
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S
C
D
S
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D
R
Y
S
© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,532
Across
1
Entrance : GATE
5
Treats hides : TANS
9
Rodeo item : LASSO
14
Hero of "Clockwork Orange" : ALEX
15
Sioux : OTOE
16
In the company of : AMONG
17
Denver building : MINT
18
Willow genus : ITEA
19
Insipid : BANAL
20
Above, in Germany : UBER
21
Breathing organ : LUNG
22
"What ___!" : ALIFE
23
Shakespearean general : TITUSANDRONICUS
26
Completed : DONE
27
Celtic : ERSE
28
Away from home : AFIELD
31
Ballpoint : PEN
32
Numerical prefix : OCT
35
Ada-Lolita man : VLADIMIRNABOKOV
39
Rand : AYN
40
Cockney's abode : OME
41
Asian peninsula : MALAYA
42
Jaunt : TRIP
44
Exceedingly : VERY
45
Pride of Beaver Falls, Pa. : JOEWILLIENAMATH
52
Enoch : ARDEN
53
Came to earth : ALIT
54
Innocent or guilty : PLEA
55
Prestidigitators : MAGES
56
Famous ship : NINA
57
Slanted type: Abbr. : ITAL
58
Pioneer : BLAZE
59
Asian weight : TAEL
60
Swiss river : AARE
61
More withered : SERER
62
Advanced degrees : SCDS
63
Prohibitionists : DRYS
Down
1
From A to Z : GAMUT
2
Make excuses : ALIBI
3
Doctrine : TENET
4
Pressed out : EXTRUDED
5
Drudgery : TOILANDMOIL
6
Make harmonious : ATTUNE
7
___ in sight : NOEND
8
Color : SEAGREEN
9
Rebekah's brother et al. : LABANS
10
Charlotte ___ : AMALIE
11
Part of S.S.T. : SONIC
12
Confusion : SNAFU
13
Stares at : OGLES
24
Arias : SOLI
25
Decorative objects : ORNAMENTALS
28
Gardner : AVA
29
Certain parlor guest : FLY
30
Fleming : IAN
31
Kind of fix : PRE
32
Soviet river : OKA
33
Bashful : COY
34
Power agency: Abbr. : TVA
36
Sets firmly : IMPLANTS
37
Theda : BARA
38
Quadrennial event : OLYMPIAD
42
Do an eyebrow job : TWEEZE
43
Car-wash machine : RINSER
44
Like marble : VEINED
45
Door parts : JAMBS
46
Papal cape : ORALE
47
Cayce : EDGAR
48
Of a pelvic bone : ILIAC
49
Church part : ALTAR
50
Watery-eyed : TEARY
51
Compels to go : HALES

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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