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New York Times, Saturday, July 22, 1972

13-Down : Ancient

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 7.4
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,379
Across
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___ as a beet : ASRED
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Whitney nickname : JOCK
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Perfume box : INRO
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Hindu mound : DHERI
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Plinth : ORLO
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Movie division : REEL
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Imprecise : VAGUE
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Whittier classic : SNOWBOUND
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Soft foods : PAPS
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African native : HOTTENTOT
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River formations : DELTAS
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Norse god : THOR
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Venetian canals : RII
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Flower : IRIS
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In ___ (upset) : ASTEW
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Campus unit : DORM
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Bible book: Abbr. : PSA
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Farm structure : SILO
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Slow-witted : DENSE
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Vallee : RUDY
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Luzon province : ABRA
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Dined at home : ATEIN
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Stratagem : PLOY
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Tree : ASH
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Jotting : MEMO
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Covers : WRAPS
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Sea off Borneo : SULU
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Dander : IRE
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Fibber : LIAR
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Dances : CONGAS
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Charged : ARRAIGNED
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Scottish land area : SOUM
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Pompous person : BAGOFWIND
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World: Prefix : COSMO
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Legal right : LIEN
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Chip in : ANTE
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Montezuma's tribe : AZTEC
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Finish: Ger. : ENDE
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Bulk : MASS
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Interprets : READS
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Part of speech: Abbr. : ADV
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Hat-blocking machines : SHAPERS
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Finery : REGALIA
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Breaks out : ERUPTS
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___ thousand deaths (agonizes) : DIESA
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Kid : JOSH
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"To be ___ be ... " : ORNOTTO
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Cover : CLOTHE
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Show deference : KOWTOW
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Golf-bag item : IRON
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Atomic particle : NEUTRON
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Some Louvre paintings : RENOIRS
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Ancient : OLDTIME
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Jujube : BER
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Short swim : DIP
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Expressed : SAID
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Tricky : SLY
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Goddess: Lat. : DEA
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Day: Abbr. : SUN
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Kind of martini : DRY
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S. A. port : RIO
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Mountain : ALP
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Pear : BOSC
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Pleasing : AMIABLE
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Topography : TERRAIN
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Rose : EMERGED
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Sources : PARENTS
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State capital : AUGUSTA
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Did a noisy door job : SLAMMED
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Czech martyr : HUS
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Certain lodging : WIGWAM
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Frog-crab genus : RANINA
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Nap : SNOOZE
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Name in Morse myth : LIF
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Actor's award : OSCAR
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Tops : AONE
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Monograms for Ike : DDES
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Mil. center : OCS

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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