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New York Times, Wednesday, March 15, 1972

37-Down : Dinner check

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J Q W }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has duplicate clues.
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F
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D
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M
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H
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K
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L
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H
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,250
Across
1
Nitwit : FATHEAD
8
Midwestern city : HAMMOND
15
Wyoming city : LARAMIE
16
State of 8 Across : INDIANA
17
Laundry workers : IRONERS
18
Skeleton of a sort : PASSKEY
19
___ out (reneges) : COPS
20
Wise to : HEP
22
Prepares for knighthood : KNEELS
25
Roman baker's dozen : XIII
28
Ziegfeld : FLO
31
Typewriter parts : SPACERS
33
Competed for office : RAN
34
"The ___ I saw Paris ... " : LASTTIME
38
Relaxing : ATEASE
40
Brainstorm : IDEA
41
Gulf of Aqaba port: Var. : EILAT
43
Fed. agents : TMEN
44
Word for word : VERBAL
46
Jean of radio and TV : SHEPHERD
48
Ivy Leaguer : ELI
49
Lowly ones : MENIALS
51
Truman, before he was V.P. : SEN
52
Musical group : TRIO
53
Submits : YIELDS
58
Twos: Abbr. : PRS
60
"___ and hungry look" : LEAN
61
Military imbalance : ARMSGAP
67
Short solo : ARIETTA
70
Pool game : CHICAGO
71
Hirer of cowboys : RANCHER
72
Where ocean meets sky : HORIZON
73
Unadorned : AUSTERE
Down
1
Light movement : FLICK
2
No. 3 man on homer list : AARON
3
Figure of speech : TROPE
4
Medieval guild : HANSE
5
Scottish uncle : EME
6
Expose : AIR
7
Bangla ___ : DESH
8
Modern Bohemian : HIPPIE
9
Collection of facts : ANA
10
G.P.'s : MDS
11
Prefix for deed or take : MIS
12
Bucket material : OAK
13
Compass point : NNE
14
"Night and ___" : DAY
21
Padding material : EXCELSIOR
23
Assault craft : LST
24
Sideshow man : SPIELER
26
Angrily : IRATELY
27
Suffix for column : IST
28
Chassis : FRAME
29
Optical beam : LASER
30
Upright : ONEND
32
Friend in Nice : AMI
34
"Private ___" : LIVES
35
Designer Simpson : ADELE
36
Finch : SERIN
37
Dinner check : TAB
39
Biblical verb ending : ETH
42
Exclamation : AHA
45
Quantity: Abbr. : AMT
47
Greek letter : PSI
50
Japan : NIPPON
54
Vote in : ELECT
55
River in Hades : LETHE
56
Computer, at times : DATER
57
Delusion's companion : SNARE
59
Hyde Park name : SARA
61
German exclamation : ACH
62
Greek letter : RHO
63
Chief, in India : MIR
64
School study: Abbr. : SCI
65
Certain ref. book : GAZ
66
Past : AGO
68
Novelist Santha Rama : RAU
69
Officeholders : INS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later.

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