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New York Times, Monday, May 14, 1973

29-Down : Openings

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,675
Across
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Name for a firehouse pet : SPOT
5
Oodles : SCADS
10
Spheres : ORBS
14
Do a morning ritual : LAVE
15
Fungus : ERGOT
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Crossing sound : TOOT
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Exam : ORAL
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Long illness : SIEGE
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___ Royale : ISLE
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Writer William Carlos : WILLIAMS
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Pulitzer poet and family : FROSTS
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Heavy reading : TOME
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Items in the firmament : UFOS
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Mysterious : ARCANE
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Framework : SKELETON
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Bargains : DEALS
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Concorde, e.g. : PLANE
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Wish undone : RUE
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Farce : MIME
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Locale of a mill : FLOSS
38
On one's last ___ : LEGS
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Frappé base : ICE
40
Furnace part : GRATE
41
Rifle component : SIGHT
42
Henry and others : THOREAUS
44
Peeks at solitaire : CHEATS
45
Penmanship : HAND
46
School study: Abbr. : GEOG
47
Board : EMBARK
50
Mesas : PLATEAUS
54
Store of a special type : COOP
55
Pasternak lass and namesakes : LARAS
57
Confine : MURE
58
London's Marble ___ : ARCH
59
Moslem decree : IRADE
60
Field : AREA
61
Slayton : DEKE
62
Appellations : NAMES
63
Votes : NAYS
Down
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Kind of burn : SLOW
2
___ passu : PARI
3
Running track : OVAL
4
Kind of heart : TELLTALE
5
"Open ___" : SESAME
6
Urban problem : CRIME
7
Stone and teen : AGES
8
Household greeter : DOG
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Crusading journalist : STEFFENS
10
Indolent : OTIOSE
11
Flag person : ROSS
12
Quit the party : BOLT
13
Canonized people: Abbr. : STES
21
Electrified particles : IONS
23
Function : ROLE
25
Official decree : UKASE
26
Own up : ADMIT
27
Hitler's realm : REICH
28
Engraved gem : CAMEO
29
Openings : SLOTS
30
Trillion: Prefix : TREGA
31
"You ___ to be in ... " : OUGHT
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Cozy places : NESTS
34
Praise, old style : PLAUD
37
Almanack author : FRANKLIN
38
Early English vassal : LIEGEMAN
40
High or low : GEAR
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Pellet : SHOT
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Anatomical seam: Var. : RHAPHE
44
Leaves off : CEASES
46
Clearing : GLADE
47
Modified organism : ECAD
48
Further : MORE
49
Spring beer : BOCK
50
Baby buggy : PRAM
51
Atmosphere : AURA
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U. S. chemist : UREY
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The high ___ : SEAS
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South Bend name : ARA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 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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