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New York Times, Thursday, October 18, 1973

52-Across : Marsupial

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 3, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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S
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N
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K
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,832
Across
1
Kind of job : SNOW
5
Attempt : STAB
9
Fabricator : LIAR
13
Jacob's wife : LEAH
14
Went fast : TORE
15
Wash lightly : RINSE
16
Old adage, with 36 Across : ABSENCEMAKESTHE
19
Widely diverse : MOTLEY
20
Exam takers : TESTEES
21
Lowest orbital point : PERIGEE
24
Gaelic : ERSE
25
Brief spell of energy : SPASM
28
Famous alley : TINPAN
30
Banana or olive : OIL
31
Atmosphere: Prefix : AER
32
Sleep inducer : OPIATE
36
See 16 Across : HEARTGROWFONDER
40
Stow cargo : STEEVE
41
Ship-shaped clock : NEF
42
Miss MacGraw : ALI
43
Kind of goose : CANADA
45
Domesticates : TAMES
47
Superior or George : LAKE
50
Fencing opponents : DUELERS
52
Marsupial : OPOSSUM
54
Make jottings : NOTATE
58
Cynical postscript to 16 Across : FORSOMEBODYELSE
61
Kilmer's claim to fame : TREES
62
Rake : ROUE
63
Sincere : REAL
64
Village, in Africa : STAD
65
Word with stick or arm : YARD
66
___ a one (none) : NARY
Down
1
Bridge bid : SLAM
2
Biblical mount : NEBO
3
Kiln : OAST
4
Puppies : WHELPS
5
Old site of France's West Point : STCYR
6
___ the mark : TOE
7
Fortify : ARM
8
Much trodden : BEATEN
9
Eavesdrop : LISTENIN
10
Bury : INTER
11
Contents of certain trays : ASHES
12
Baseball's Peewee : REESE
15
Home: Abbr. : RES
17
Margosa tree : NEEM
18
Lawn sign : KEEPOFF
22
Where Caesar trod : ITER
23
French department : GIRONDE
25
Soothing commands : SOHS
26
Magpie : PIET
27
Wings : ALAE
29
G. I. address : APO
31
Schedule : AGENDUM
33
Furniture style : ADAM
34
Distant: Prefix : TELE
35
Goddess of discord : ERIS
37
Took a breather : RECESSED
38
U. S. project of 1933 : TVA
39
Whip mark : WEAL
44
Place for sacred vessels : AUMERY
45
System of weights : TROY
46
To the rear : ASTERN
47
Attics : LOFTS
48
To the left, at sea : APORT
49
The Japanese call it Chosen : KOREA
51
Over : ENDED
53
Call for assistance : SOS
55
Name for Athena : ALEA
56
Ruler : TSAR
57
Slippery : EELY
59
Anaconda : BOA
60
Pronoun : OUR

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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