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New York Times, Thursday, January 18, 1973

3-Down : In a frenzy

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F J P Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 40.2
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,559
Across
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Seaweed product : AGAR
5
Panay people : AKLAN
10
Melville hero : AHAB
14
Frost : RIME
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Fairy-tale figure : GNOME
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Shade of blue or green : BICE
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Stravinsky ballet : AGON
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Of public interest : NEWSWORTHY
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Classified-ad words : LIKENEW
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Neon and others : GASES
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Gibbons: Var. : WAWAS
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"___ pleasures and palaces" : MID
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Trusts fully : SWEARSBY
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Textile-machine device : EVENER
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Reckon : TALLY
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Declaim : ORATE
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Galena : ORE
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Vestments : ALBS
38
French nights : NUITS
39
Dog sounds : GRRS
40
Wedding response : IDO
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Attack : SETAT
42
Celestial sight : COMET
43
___ the heels : DOWNAT
45
Suburban expansion needs : NEWROADS
47
Transit lines : ELS
48
Golfer Sam : SNEAD
49
City near Salerno : EBOLI
52
Menu listings : DINNERS
56
Cronkite or Chancellor : NEWSCASTER
60
Of an age : ERAL
61
Bread spread : OLEO
62
Scottish land owner : LAIRD
63
Cable : WIRE
64
Caution : WARN
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"___ to bed" : ANDSO
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Plant : SEED
Down
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Russian sea : ARAL
2
Caron role : GIGI
3
In a frenzy : AMOK
4
Some subscriptions : RENEWALS
5
Washington family : AGNEWS
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Was aware of : KNEWABOUT
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Kind of gear or tide : LOW
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Times of day: Abbr. : AMS
9
York or Deal : NEW
10
Rub : ABRADE
11
Batters' concerns : HITS
12
Pine : ACHE
13
Turkish titles : BEYS
19
Pointed arch : OGIVE
21
Not one: Colloq. : NARY
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Damascus natives : SYRIANS
25
1969 champs : METS
26
Reserved : STAID
27
Literary middle name : WALDO
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Joint : ELBOW
30
Bellini heroine : NORMA
31
Sinned : ERRED
32
Musical symbols : RESTS
35
Ladies in waiting : ATTENDERS
38
Ensnares : NETS
39
Cause for jubilation : GOODNEWS
41
Early code of laws : SALIC
42
Herring measure : CRAN
44
Lady Hamilton's friend : NELSON
46
Eccentric guy : WEIRDO
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Plenty, to poets : ENOW
50
Bartok : BELA
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One in debt : OWER
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Lake : ERIE
54
Like some beef : RARE
55
Pung : SLED
57
State: Abbr. : ALA
58
Soviet river : SAN
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Mood, in Scotland : TID

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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