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New York Times, Saturday, September 1, 1973

8-Down : Precede in time

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.40, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 88, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 34.2
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,785
Across
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"Pagliacci" character : BEPPE
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Lesage's Gil : BLAS
10
Huck Finn's craft : RAFT
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For all to hear : ALOUD
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Declaim : RANT
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Arab chieftain : EMIR
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Obeys the sentry : HALTS
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Aware of : ONTO
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Minuscule : TINY
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Parisian friend : AMI
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Dead pans : POKERFACES
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Lost : MISLAID
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Least promising : DARKEST
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Setting for "Z" : ATHENS
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Most foxy : CAGIEST
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Mexican ritual : SIESTA
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"Got two fives for ___?" : ATEN
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American Indian : CREE
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Western state: Abbr. : ORE
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Cut : GASH
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Tennis word : LOVE
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Yearned : WISHED
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Wearing a knightly suit : ARMORED
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Complete : ENTIRE
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More extreme : STEEPER
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Locomotives : ENGINES
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Prize seeker : CONTESTANT
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Word in an Inge title : BUS
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Entry fee of a sort : ANTE
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Civil wrong : TORT
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Slip away : ELOPE
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Jack of TV : PAAR
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Being, in Spain : ENTE
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Drift : TENOR
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Building extensions : ELLS
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Palm reader : SEER
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Means : AGENT
Down
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Islands near Florida : BAHAMAS
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Of a Susian language : ELAMITIC
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Gadget for floor work : POLISHER
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___ on the shelf : PUT
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Newsmen: Abbr. : EDS
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Be depressed : BROOD
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Gaunt : LANK
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Precede in time : ANTEDATE
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Warehouse facility : STORAGE
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Capture again : RETAKE
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Priests' vestments : AMICES
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Tops : FINEST
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Lovers' meeting : TRYST
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Galileo's birthplace : PISA
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Peripheral : FRINGING
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___ majesty : LESE
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Pronghorn : ANTELOPE
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Was solicitous : CARED
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Suggestion : OVERTONE
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Italian city : ASTI
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Accident-prone part of body : SHINBONE
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Right after now : HEREUPON
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Electra's brother : ORESTES
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Took off : WENT
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Dinner's end : DESSERT
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Like Berg's music : ATONAL
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___ library : RENTAL
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Measuring devices : METERS
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Scenic view : SCAPE
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Step in : ENTER
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Commedia dell'___ : ARTE
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Greek letter : ETA
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Relay-race part : LEG

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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