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New York Times, Friday, June 23, 1972

24-Across : Irish alphabet: Var.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { D K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,350
Across
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Convention city : MIAMI
6
Sulk : POUT
10
L. A. team : RAMS
14
Abalone : ORMER
15
Latin pronoun : IPSE
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Poetic form : EPIC
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Incomplete : FRAGMENTAL
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River to the Arctic : LENA
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Quagmire : FEN
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Italian wine city : ASTI
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Medicine-show staple : ELIXIR
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Irish alphabet: Var. : OGUM
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Lumberman's boot : PAC
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These: Fr. : CES
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Word with street or chair : EASY
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Curse : ANATHEMA
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___ Maria : SANTA
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Cousins of beer : ALES
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Liberian native : VAI
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Structures of a sort : CASTLESINTHEAIR
43
One: Fr. : UNE
44
Miss's equivalent : MILE
45
Shrewd : CANNY
46
Hung-jury outcome : MISTRIAL
49
Shot, as of redeye : SLUG
50
Peruke : WIG
51
Last month: Abbr. : ULT
53
Arctic gull : XEMA
56
Namesake : JUNIOR
59
Curdle : SOUR
61
Underhand throw : LOB
62
Straightforward : OPEN
63
Falling-out : ALIENATION
66
Women's Lib target : STAG
67
Greek temple : NAOS
68
Painting style : GENRE
69
"___ springs eternal ... " : HOPE
70
Oodles : TONS
71
___ clear of : STEER
Down
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Singer Anna : MOFFO
2
Imperfect merchandise: Abbr. : IRREG
3
Dictation takers : AMANUENSES
4
Windsor Princess : MEG
5
La Douce : IRMA
6
Stain, in Spain : PINTA
7
Sawing a woman in two, e.g. : OPTICALILLUSION
8
Yank insignia : USA
9
Cronkite delivery : TELECAST
10
Flavoring : RELISH
11
Pinnacle : APEX
12
Skirt : MINI
13
Disfigure : SCAR
18
Spot : ESPY
23
Tennis term : LET
25
TV lawman : MATT
29
___ soda : SAL
31
Hawaii's state bird : NENE
32
Girl of Acadia : EVANGELINE
33
Principal : MAIN
34
Affected : AIRY
35
___ of the earth : SCUM
36
Sacred ape of Egypt : AANI
37
Gobi locale : ASIA
40
One settling elsewhere : EMIGRANT
41
Inflation initials : HCL
42
Waters: Fr. : EAUX
47
Pang : TWINGE
48
S. A. port : RIO
49
Flabbergast : STUN
52
Soil deposit : LOESS
54
Pulitzer poet, 1952 : MOORE
55
Capp creation : ABNER
56
Make fun of : JOSH
57
___ date : UPTO
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Wagon tongue : NEAP
60
Tattered clothing : RAGS
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Thai language : LAO
65
Lunar new year : TET

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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