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New York Times, Saturday, January 22, 1972

15-Across : Petty officer

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { Q }, Scrabble score: 342 (avg 1.77)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 2, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,197
Across
1
Caprice : WHIM
5
Frighten : ALARM
10
Deteriorates : ROTS
14
Mud : OOZE
15
Petty officer : BOSUN
16
Spanish river : EBRO
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Well-known beginning : ONETWOTHREEFOUR
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Unite : FEDERATE
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Croquet weapon : MALLET
22
Platinum wire loop : OESE
23
Riled : SORE
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Name in journalism : HEARST
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Adding : ANNEXING
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Telstar's path : ORBIT
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Pigtail : BRAID
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Solicit : WOO
34
Between hic and hoc : HAEC
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Antiseptic acid : BORIC
36
Sec : JIFF
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Purpose : USE
38
Outspoken : VOCAL
39
Leisurely stroll : PASEO
40
"I believe," formerly : METHINKS
42
Secret writing : CIPHER
43
Shoshoneans : UTES
44
Leaping insect : FLEA
45
Regular : NORMAL
48
Asian North and South : VIETNAMS
52
Well-known ending : DOUBLEUEXWYEZEE
54
Indigo : ANIL
55
Hindu garment: Var. : SAREE
56
Word with cracker or jerk : SODA
57
Welles role : KANE
58
Weapon for Athos : SWORD
59
Nefarious : EVIL
Down
1
Warp's counterpart : WOOF
2
Whet : HONE
3
Verb suffix : IZED
4
Transiently brilliant : METEORIC
5
"... never ___ or brag" : ABOAST
6
Miss Lenya : LOTTE
7
Opponent for Laver : ASHE
8
Capek drama : RUR
9
Like "Spring forward; fall back" : MNEMONIC
10
Automatic response : REFLEX
11
Old Greek coin : OBOL
12
Right : TRUE
13
Cull out : SORT
18
Win with difficulty : WREST
19
With 51 Down, the otary : EARED
23
Whelk : SNAIL
24
Expression of boredom : HOHUM
25
Obliterate : ERASE
26
Red as ___ : ABEET
27
Tapestry : ARRAS
28
Words of desire : IWISH
29
Feature of some agencies : NOFEE
30
___ broke : GOFOR
32
Certain beers : BOCKS
35
Like filleted fish : BONELESS
36
Hokkaido resident : JAPANESE
38
Essential : VITAL
39
Dutiful respect : PIETY
41
Unassuming : HUMBLE
42
Rolled into a ball : CLEWED
44
Malamud novel, with "The" : FIXER
45
State: Abbr. : NDAK
46
Chaplin : OONA
47
Lay waste : RUIN
48
Florida's ___ Beach : VERO
49
Black Sea arm : AZOV
50
Middle: Prefix : MEDI
51
See 19 Down : SEAL
53
Detroit initials : UAW

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 4 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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