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New York Times, Friday, November 16, 1973

9-Down : Trees

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J K X Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 28.8 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,861
Across
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Modish : CHIC
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One of the Days : DORIS
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Cafeteria gear : TRAY
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Grassy plant : RUSH
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French floor : ETAGE
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Flower : ROSE
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"It's a sin to tell ___" : ALIE
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Tree : CHINQUAPIN
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Tree : BASSWOOD
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If not : UNLESS
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Wood product : TAR
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Peau de ___ : SOIE
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Places vertically : UPENDS
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Tree : WHITEASH
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Nest : NIDUS
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Mother of Uranus, et al. : GAEAS
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___ tree (hive location) : BEE
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"___ la vie" : CEST
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Rx amounts : DOSES
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High praise : RAVE
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Gobbled : ATE
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Boast : VAUNT
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Regaled : FETED
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Tree : PALMETTO
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Trees : ALDERS
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Certain bills : ONES
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"Arabian Nights" bird : ROC
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Catch craftily : ENTRAP
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Tree : UMBRELLA
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Tree : DOUGLASFIR
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Ruin : DOIN
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Miss Moffo : ANNA
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Sierra ___ : LEONE
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Tree of Asia : ACLE
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Average : MEAN
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Schooner features : MASTS
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Rogers and Campanella : ROYS
Down
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Seafood item : CRAB
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Oahu choreography : HULA
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Wife of Osiris : ISIS
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Tree : CHESTNUT
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Ornamentations : DECORS
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Second emperor after Nero : OTHO
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Incursion : RAID
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Where a car key goes: Abbr. : IGN
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Trees : SEQUOIAS
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Kerry city : TRALEE
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___ in (entice) : ROPE
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Secondhand sign : ASIS
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Ginza coins : YENS
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Singletons : UNITS
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Bankrolls : WADS
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White-sale item : SHEET
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Use a bottle opener : UNCAP
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St. Peter's treasure : PIETA
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Defunct auto : EDSEL
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"That ___ lady ... " : WASNO
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Subside : ABATE
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Disjoin : SEVER
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Listens to : HEEDS
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Toe ailments : GOUTS
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Tree : DATEPALM
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Tree : REDCEDAR
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Corruptible : VENAL
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Spanish blossom : FLOR
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Le Fay : MORGAN
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Trees, in the Ardennes : ARBRES
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Cheese : EDAM
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No part : NONE
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Large food fish : TUNA
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Certain sightings: Abbr. : UFOS
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After-dinner item : MINT
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Wacky : LOCO
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Miss Pons : LILY
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Chemical suffixes : ANES
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Kind of lion or level : SEA

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

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