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New York Times, Thursday, October 12, 1972

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { F G J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 244 (avg 1.32)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 0, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 44.3
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,461
Across
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Alphabet start : ABCD
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Panay natives : ATIS
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Writer Kingsley : AMIS
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Conditions of unity : COHESIONS
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Shopper's destination : STORE
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Enliven : CARBONATE
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Rival of Lee and Jack : ARNIE
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W. W. II area : ETO
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Eleonora : DUSE
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Plum parts : PITS
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TV remotes : NEMOS
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Too much, in Toulouse : TROP
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Suffer : ACHE
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Very, in Vichy : TRES
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P.G.A. player : PRO
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King of Judah : ASA
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Six-pointers: Abbr. : TDS
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Merchant : RETAILER
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Cold-cut specialist : DELICATESSENMAN
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Person of principle : IDEALIST
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Time divisions: Abbr. : YRS
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River in Russia : DON
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Chinese pagoda : TAA
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Every : EACH
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Forbear : OMIT
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Food fragments : ORTS
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Town in Uganda : ATURA
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Slanted type: Abbr. : ITAL
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News bit : ITEM
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Weight : TON
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Serviceable : UTILE
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Kind of typewriter : NOISELESS
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Broadway show : REVUE
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Tire part : INNERTUBE
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Consumes : USES
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Attack craft of W. W. II : LSTS
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Teetotalers : DRYS
Down
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Emphasis : ACCENT
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Straw hat : BOATER
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Auto trim : CHROME
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Society gal : DEB
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Japanese aborigine : AINU
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Emcee's offering : TOAST
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Columnist's offerings : INTERPRETATIONS
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Compass point : SSE
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Early courtyards : ATRIA
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Loser to Gen. Wolfe : MONTCALM
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Isle of Man's waterfront : IRISHSEA
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Understand : SEE
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Turfs : SODS
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Dope : SAP
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Ancient port of Rome : OSTIA
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Smeltery materials : ORES
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Sidewalk game : POTSY
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Merit : EARN
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Roman 650 : DCL
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Japanese diplomat : SAITO
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Chalice veil : AER
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Subordinate map : INSET
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Prank : DIDO
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Descendants of Esau : EDOMITES
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Mitigating : LENITIVE
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Emperor : TSAR
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Sartre or Gide, to the French : AUTEUR
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Bing : CROSBY
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Medieval leagues : HANSES
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Anklebone : TALUS
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Limit : STINT
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New World: Abbr. : AMER
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Virginia family : LEE
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Suffixes of origin : ESES
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S. A. country: Abbr. : URU
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Nonexistent : NIL
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Inc., in Inverness : LTD

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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