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New York Times, Tuesday, January 23, 1973

20-Across : Sweetbrier

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 20.7
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,564
Across
1
Ruhr city : HAMM
5
Magnate : BARON
10
Diving bird : SMEW
14
Shrub genus : OLEA
15
___ citato : OPERE
16
Hari : MATA
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Sigil : SEAL
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General at Bataan : WAINWRIGHT
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Sweetbrier : EGLANTINE
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Tilting : ALIST
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Wind : COIL
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Stamp : DIE
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Hackney coach : FIACRE
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Machine-shop area : TOOLROOM
33
Dupré's instrument : ORGAN
34
Beverly of opera : SILLS
35
Bitter herb : RUE
36
Mountain passes : COLS
37
Hard resin : COPAL
38
Light touches : PATS
39
Upward: Prefix : ANO
40
Rose-red dye : EOSIN
41
Asian land : KOREA
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City on the Androscoggin : LEWISTON
44
Some boatmen : POLERS
45
Pen : STY
46
Supporter : ALLY
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Sneezy sound : ACHOO
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Duke : ELLINGTON
55
Green mineral : CHALCOLITE
57
Rounded projection : LOBE
58
Pinochle play : MELD
59
Super-___ : DUPER
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Leave out : OMIT
61
Feminine ending : ETTE
62
Then: Fr. : ALORS
63
Golf areas : TEES
Down
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Water carrier : HOSE
2
Shake ___ : ALEG
3
Word with oat or piece : MEAL
4
Canes : MALACCAS
5
Neckwear : BOWTIE
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"To fetch ___ of ... " : APAIL
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Control : REIN
8
Department of France : ORNE
9
Fresh : NEW
10
Whale in a Kipling story : SMILER
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Yuletide trio : MAGI
12
Old English letters : ETHS
13
Name on a light bulb : WATT
19
Marsh birds : RAILS
21
Teutonic goddess : NORN
24
Puppet : DOLL
25
Pivotal : FOCAL
26
Perfume ingredient : IRONE
27
Rosy : AGLOW
28
Basketball play : TIPIN
29
Pearl Buck character : OLAN
30
Pray: Lat. : ORARE
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Peripheral : OUTER
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Tablelands : MESAS
34
Passable : SOSO
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French President : COTY
38
Multilingual : POLYGLOT
40
Medieval sword : ESTOC
41
Perfume city, to Germans : KOLN
43
Tristram's love : ISOLDE
44
Tool-kit item : PLIERS
46
Kind of ego : ALTER
47
Peak : ACME
48
Huntley : CHET
49
Stop : HALT
50
After Ab : ELUL
51
Chinese poet : LIPO
52
Book : TOME
53
Stage award : OBIE
54
Clears : NETS
56
Harem room : ODA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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