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New York Times, Saturday, January 6, 1973

17-Across : Side dish

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 31.4
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,547
Across
1
"Get a ___ of this" : LOAD
5
Former money in Antwerp : BELGA
10
Zhivago lady : LARA
14
Jason's ship : ARGO
15
Noun suffix : ATION
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Moslem title : IMAM
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Side dish : SLAW
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Butler of fiction : RHETT
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Plains sight : SAGE
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Threefold : TERNARY
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Pagan : HEATHEN
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Sing in a way : TRILL
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One of a Latin trio : AMO
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Light-colored one : ALBINO
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Property of radiant energy : ACTINISM
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Mud : SLIME
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Suffered : ACHED
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Kind of hold : TOE
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Sound : SANE
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Have, in Paris : AVOIR
40
Handle : HAFT
41
French soul : AME
42
Botanical spike : AMENT
43
Contradict : BELIE
44
W.W. I name : MATAHARI
46
Hungarian : MAGYAR
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Road material : TAR
48
Land of the Labyrinth : CRETE
50
British garbage can : DUSTBIN
54
Cork's place : IRELAND
58
Sea eagle : ERNE
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Inclined : LEANT
61
Dies ___ : IRAE
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Sponsorship : EGIS
63
Musical direction : LARGO
64
Insects : ANTS
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Engrossed : RAPT
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Bean : ORSON
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Breakfast place : NOOK
Down
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Cobbler's form : LAST
2
Heraldic border : ORLE
3
Gelling agent : AGAR
4
Inactive period in a factory : DOWNTIME
5
Spanish quarter of a city : BARRIO
6
Kind of gasoline : ETHYL
7
Trygve : LIE
8
Teuton : GOTH
9
Aardvark : ANTEATER
10
Ex-champ Sonny : LISTON
11
Nurse, in Asia : AMAH
12
Fury : RAGE
13
Closing word : AMEN
21
Composer Thomas : ARNE
23
During : AMID
25
Sparing of words : LACONIC
27
Indian state : ASSAM
28
S. A. animal : LLAMA
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___-Simon test : BINET
31
Child : CHIT
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Land of the Apennines : ITALY
33
Capital of Bulgaria : SOFIA
34
Unit of length : METER
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Affirm : AVER
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Texas city : AMARILLO
40
Follower of a philosophy : HEGELIAN
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Moby Dick's victim : AHAB
43
Diminish : BATE
45
Bear witness to : ATTEST
46
Trappist author Thomas : MERTON
49
Starr : RINGO
50
Ruminant : DEER
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Ulan Bator, formerly : URGA
52
Cut : SNIP
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Stingy : NEAR
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Cartoonist : ARNO
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Alliance of 1949 : NATO
57
Editor's place : DESK
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___ gratia artis : ARS

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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