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New York Times, Tuesday, November 28, 1972

47-Across : Repair-shop offering

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 329 (avg 1.74)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 7.1
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,508
Across
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Wag : JOKER
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Iotas : JOTS
10
Billings : JOSH
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Rocket stage : AGENA
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Black : EBON
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Outside: Prefix : ECTO
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Snatch : WREST
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Withered : SERE
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Lafitte : JEAN
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Dotage : SENILITY
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Having a sharp point : ACUATE
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Evergreens : FIRS
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Thin ___ (touchy) : SKINNED
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Golf clubs : SPOONS
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Ill will : SPITE
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Military chaplain : PADRE
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Farm animals : SWINE
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Patient man : JOB
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Article : ITEM
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Due : OWING
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Be weak-minded : DOTE
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Three: Prefix : TER
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Kind of hanger : CRAPE
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What made Flip Wilson do it : DEVIL
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Deem : JUDGE
42
Turn down : REJECT
43
Renounces : ABJURES
46
Jazz jargon : JIVE
47
Repair-shop offering : LOANER
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Discriminating : JUDICIAL
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Racetrack figure : TOUT
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Object of admiration : IDOL
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In agreement : ATONE
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Part of A.D. : ANNO
57
Blue-green hue : NILE
58
Mortise's opposite : TENON
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Dampens flax : RETS
60
Comprehends : GETS
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Anthony and Barbara : EDENS
Down
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Facial features : JAWS
2
Frightful one : OGRE
3
Astute : KEEN
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Sword-shaped : ENSIFORM
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Rigging ladder : RATLINE
6
"He ___ at scars, that never ... " : JESTS
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Mind : OBEY
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Crag : TOR
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Kind of suspicion : SNEAKING
10
Dull : JEJUNE
11
Indian, for one : OCEAN
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Condition : STATE
13
Sharpened : HONED
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Phase II agency: Abbr. : IRS
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Summon : CITE
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Ridge : SPINE
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Narrow point of land : SPIT
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Ofttimes bald spot : PATE
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Breslau's river : ODER
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Snitch : SWIPE
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Lurches : SWAGS
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Cry of surprise, with "by" : JOVE
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Of the ear : OTIC
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Hard blow : BELT
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Buyer's chore : ORDERING
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Blue : DEJECTED
39
Restore : CURE
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Wander : DEVIATE
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Cabals : JUNTOS
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Get ___ of (junk) : RID
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Sacred table : ALTAR
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Daniel or Pat : BOONE
45
Pleasure trip : JAUNT
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Verne : JULES
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Shock : JOLT
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Village near Sacramento : IONE
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Soon : ANON
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Camera part : LENS
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Stamping device : DIE

Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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