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New York Times, Tuesday, January 2, 1973

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 14, XRef: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 27.0
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,543
Across
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See 33 Across : CITY
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Disgusted : FEDUP
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Rizzuto or Foster : PHIL
14
Sounds of laughter : HAHA
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Idolize : ADORE
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Pro ___ publico : BONO
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"___, I vote" : IMAN
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Mad dogs' milieu : NOONDAYSUN
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Violin-string base : CATGUT
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Berliner's negative : NEIN
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Before : ERE
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Summitry topic : TRADE
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Hot coal : CINDER
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Cleaning fluid : BENZINE
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Docile : TAME
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Hautboy : OBOE
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Part of Peking, with 1 Across : FORBIDDEN
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Word with hair or fish : NET
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Copa's city : RIO
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Dutch town : EDE
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Asian wonder, with 45 Down : GREATWALL
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Girl's name in Moscow : OLGA
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"___ also serve ... " : THEY
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Like some lettuce heads : LEAFIER
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New York city : ELMIRA
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"A Dandy in ___" : ASPIC
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Recent: Prefix : NEO
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Corrupt : EVIL
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"Do unto ___" : OTHERS
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Some orators : LONGWINDED
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News filler : ITEM
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B'way group : ANTA
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Snow: Sp. : NIEVE
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"Nobody Knows My ___" : NAME
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Elbe tributary : ISER
69
Paris depots : GARES
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Drug plant : ALOE
Down
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Smart : CHIC
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"___ Camera" : IAMA
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"They went ___-away" : THAT
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3400-mile river : YANGTZE
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Gambling game in Shanghai : FANTAN
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Nigerian people : EDO
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Lorna : DOONE
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Container, in France : URNE
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Transportation in Orient : PEDICAB
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W.W. II Navy plane : PBY
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Doused : HOSED
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Toughen : INURE
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Hermit : LONER
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Souls: Lat. : ANIMI
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Swiss canton : URI
25
Bear, as expenses : DEFRAY
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Sparks of the movies : NED
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Big Ben sound : BONG
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Hebrew ancestor : EBER
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Word with mash or key : NOTE
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Fishes in a way : TROLLS
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"___ for the Lamps of China" : OIL
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Food store, for short : DELI
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"The Razor's ___" : EDGE
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Kind of beer or miss : NEAR
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Panay native : ATI
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Tossed : THREW
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Spider's activity : WEAVING
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See 41 Across : OFCHINA
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Poetic forms : EPODES
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Small islet : AIT
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Chou ___ : ENLAI
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M. Bloy and M. Blum : LEONS
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___ Cassino : MONTE
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Northern tree : ALDER
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Dolphin of the Amazon : INIA
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Latin catch-all : ETAL
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San ___ : REMO
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Duck : SMEE
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Civil War initials : GAR
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"The ___ of St. Agnes" : EVE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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