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New York Times, Wednesday, October 10, 1973

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 4.84, Missing: { F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 23.8
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,824
Across
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Excuses : ALIBIS
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Literary initials : GBS
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Bird's crop : MAW
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Home of many hockey pros : CANADA
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Drink, dog style : LAP
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Yard: Fr. : COUR
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Touched up photos : TINTED
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Wallach : ELI
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Singular : RARE
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Pueblo Indian : ACOMA
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Lilylike flower : WAKEROBIN
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Like the pretty maids : ALLINAROW
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Neat as ___ : APIN
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Dill herb : ANET
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In need of dieting : OBESE
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Religious: It. : PIO
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Word with diem or annum : PER
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Gazes : STARES
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Catches again : RENABS
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Hammerstein output : LYRICS
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Winter eave décor : ICICLE
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Dallas campus : SMU
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Summer, in St. Lo : ETE
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Milk, in Spain : LECHE
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Three-year-___ (Derby entries) : OLDS
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Part of Y.M.C.A.: Abbr. : ASSN
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Ballet leap : ENTRECHAT
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Subway power conductor : THIRDRAIL
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Tides : NEAPS
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___ sapiens : HOMO
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Sharp-cornered: Abbr. : ANG
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Snoopy of comics, for one : BEAGLE
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Novelist Wister : OWEN
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Cry of disgust : UGH
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Beat the incumbent : UNSEAT
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In the last month: Abbr. : ULT
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N. Y. player : MET
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Boat parts : STERNS
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Recorded proceedings : ACTA
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Not of the church : LAIC
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___ way : INNO
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Robin's friend : BATMAN
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Perfect : IDEAL
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___ Sack : SAD
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Figure in a Millet painting : GLEANER
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Refuse : BALKAT
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One who observes : SPIER
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Biblical land : MOAB
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Gold: Prefix : AURI
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Sir Christopher : WREN
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Jimmy : CROWBAR
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Chianti : WINE
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Like forest soil : ROOTY
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Slip : LAPSE
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Month : APRIL
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All in one ___ : PIECE
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Type of column : IONIC
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American Indians : ERIES
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Groups : SECTS
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German city : ESSEN
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Fund of a sort : SLUSH
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River in Hades : ACHERON
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Mixture : BLEND
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___ of hand : SLEIGHT
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Nell Gwyn's birth year : MDCL
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William of ___ : ORANGE
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Sergeant's command : ATEASE
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German's dream : TRAUM
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About : ANENT
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Biblical pronoun : THOU
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Night prairie sound : HOWL
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"___ a man with ... " : IMET
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Maturing agent : AGER
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Scheme : PLAN
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Bridge losses : SETS
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Vehicle : BUS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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