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New York Times, Friday, January 28, 1972

18-Across : "Don't be ___ loser"

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.64, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 20.8 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,203
Across
1
German spa : EMS
4
Tales : SAGAS
9
Cries : SOBS
13
Old coins of Riga : LATS
15
Gable role : RHETT
16
Stumble : TRIP
17
Intractable one : BRAT
18
"Don't be ___ loser" : ASORE
19
Indian V.I.P. : RAJA
20
Jar : OLLA
21
Margin : RIM
22
Small land area: Var. : ILOT
23
Celebrated given names : WOLFGANGAMADEUS
28
Danish island group : FAROE
29
Compass reading : ENE
30
Equality : PAR
33
Personal nature : SELF
34
Strauss's river : DANUBE
38
Over : ATOP
40
Eye : ORB
42
Peter, for one : TSAR
43
Adaptable : PLIANT
46
Dash : ELAN
49
French season : ETE
50
Deer : ROE
51
Roman dwelling : DOMUS
53
Celebrated given names : JOHANNSEBASTIAN
60
Make ___ dash for : AMAD
61
Women's org. : DAR
62
Prefix for toxin or dote : ANTI
63
Colombian city : CALI
64
Oust : EVICT
67
Endure : LAST
68
Exclamations : OHOS
69
Mazo de la ___ : ROCHE
70
Joint : KNEE
71
Found : BASE
72
Fountains, in heraldry : SYKES
73
Corn unit : EAR
Down
1
Jostle : ELBOW
2
Actress Thomas : MARLO
3
Horse's quarters : STALL
4
Spanish lady: Abbr. : SRA
5
Utterances of relief : AHS
6
Celebrated given names : GEORGEFREDERICK
7
Rooms for Caesar : ATRIA
8
Checked : STEMMED
9
Shrill : STRIDENT
10
Papal cape : ORALE
11
Trinket : BIJOU
12
Footwear : SPATS
14
Flag's place : STAFF
24
Fuel : GAS
25
Common verb : ARE
26
___ contendere : NOLO
27
Collection : ANA
30
Soft food : PAP
31
Ocean: Abbr. : ATL
32
Louis XIV, for one : ROI
35
Employ : USE
36
Club : BAT
37
Poetic word : ERE
39
State of happiness : PARADISE
41
Drop : BLOB
44
Common prefix : NON
45
Offers : TENDERS
47
Physicians' org. : AMA
48
Greek letters : NUS
52
Haunt : STALK
53
Ladder man : JACOB
54
Indian of West : OMAHA
55
Rings : HALOS
56
G. & S. theater : SAVOY
57
Silly : INANE
58
Confused : ATSEA
59
Saltpeter : NITER
65
Guevara : CHE
66
Thy: Fr. : TES

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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