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New York Times, Monday, February 7, 1972

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,213
Across
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___ Tabarin : BAL
4
Peter or Ivan : TSAR
8
Like some hints : BROAD
13
Wallach : ELI
14
Greasy : OILY
15
Beethoven symphony : EROICA
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Piper's son : TOM
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Vague things : INTANGIBLES
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Haggard title : SHE
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Bernstein and Lyons : LEONARDS
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S.A. monkey : YARKE
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Place for Nicklaus : TEE
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Mortar mixer : RAB
27
Bank account abbr. : INT
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French rulers : ROIS
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La Scala number : SOLO
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Worrier's affliction : ULCER
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Freudian concerns : EGOS
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External: Prefix : ECTO
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White wine : TOKAY
36
Female unicorn : LIN
37
Angel and devil's-food : CAKES
38
Hockey term : ICED
39
Hindu deity : SIVA
40
Air-raid signal : ALERT
41
Ballads : LAYS
42
Asian weight : TAEL
43
Man in the ring : REF
44
City railways : ELS
45
Poetic word : EEN
46
Vertical : ERECT
49
Mediterranean people : GRECIANS
53
Munchausen uttering : LIE
54
Conditional states : DEPENDENCES
57
Youngster : LAD
58
Rubbish : DEBRIS
59
Prong : TINE
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Lineman : END
61
Political offering : SLATE
62
Poems : ODES
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Social-worker Innis : ROY
Down
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Colonial seamstress : BETSY
2
Farewell in 50th state : ALOHA
3
Summer drinks : LIMERICKEYS
4
Cologne, talc, lotion, etc. : TOILETRY
5
Math word : SINE
6
Choir voice : ALTO
7
Film Irishman with a daughter : RYAN
8
Altar-bound one : BRIDE
9
Roy et al. : ROBS
10
Linseed yield : OIL
11
Certain flier : ACE
12
"___ Kapital" : DAS
15
Barnum's exit : EGRESS
18
Pirates' league : NATIONAL
22
Does bakery work : KNEADS
24
Pocantico Hills name : ROCKEFELLER
25
Change : ALTER
26
Beat the drum for : BOOST
28
Trust : RELIANCE
29
Pointed arch : OGIVE
30
Envelope-flap material : SEALER
31
Useful : UTILE
32
Type of anesthetic : LOCAL
37
Fondles : CARESSES
39
Horses : STEEDS
45
Ford : ERNIE
47
Mussolini in-law : CIANO
48
"Bully" proclaimer : TEDDY
49
Miss Ederle, to friends : GERT
50
Word in division : INTO
51
Ill-natured : ACID
52
Hawaiian goose : NENE
54
Dentist's degree : DDS
55
Slippery one : EEL
56
Policeman's org. : PBA

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

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