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New York Times, Friday, January 19, 1973

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 39.2
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,560
Across
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Loot : SWAG
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Shoulder ___ : STRAP
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Umbrella : GAMP
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Aviation prefix : AERO
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Breather : PAUSE
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Miscellany : OLIO
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Colombian city : CALI
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Mayflower Pilgrim : ALDEN
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TV regular : WELK
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Gold-rush scene : KLONDIKE
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Pendant of a sort : ICICLE
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Kept: Fr. : TENU
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Gordian item : KNOT
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Distant : ALOOF
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Carbonated drink : PHOSPHATE
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Tropical melon : PAPAYA
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Father, in Mecca : ABU
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Name in journalism : OCHS
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Trevino stroke : PUTT
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Prize name : NOBEL
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Japanese songs : UTAS
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Moffo delivery : ARIA
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Part of TNT : TRI
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Harmonize : ATTUNE
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Jagged, as a leaf : LACINIATE
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Colorado resort : ASPEN
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Smack one's ___ : LIPS
51
Ibsen doll : NORA
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Magician's word : PRESTO
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Fowl territory : BARNYARD
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Renowned lawman : EARP
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Shavian forte : DRAMA
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Sikorsky : IGOR
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Nests : NIDI
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Dali equipment : EASEL
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Margin of victory : NOSE
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Ardor : ELAN
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Inscribed tablet : STELE
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Plague : GNAW
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Pillage : SACK
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Prosperity, old style : WEAL
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Singer Guthrie : ARLO
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Fail in a hurry : GOINTOATAILSPIN
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Falangist's home : SPAIN
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Make oneself heard : TALKUP
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Unpolished : RUDE
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Enzyme: Suffix : ASE
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Kamchatka, e.g. : PENINSULA
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Be understood : GOWITHOUTSAYING
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Guinness : ALEC
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English philosopher : MILL
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Investigate, with "into" : POKE
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Stand up to : DEFY
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Traffic ___ : COP
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Honshu port : KOBE
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Dismay : APPAL
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Beppo's wife : LAURA
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Visual : OPTIC
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Second nature : HABIT
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Misbehave : ACTUP
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Clan chief : THANE
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Krupp works site : ESSEN
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New Zealand, etc., to Americans : ANTIPODES
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Anglo-Saxon moneys : ORAS
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Pool : TARN
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Basketball tourney: Abbr. : NIT
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Glaze : ENAMEL
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Ecclesiastical cape : ORALE
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Almost: Prefix : PENE
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Third or mono : RAIL
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Wagnerian role : ERDA
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Military HQ : BASE
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Literary conflict : AGON
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Pink, in Venice : ROSA
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Barrymore relative : DREW
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___ race : RAT

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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