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New York Times, Wednesday, November 28, 1973

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 29.2
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,873
Across
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Imposing : EPIC
5
Insect stages : PUPAS
10
Forcible impact : WHAM
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Soft drink : SODA
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"Once ___ midnight dreary ... " : UPONA
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Stratagem : RUSE
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Litigant : SUER
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Use up : SPEND
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Fiber plant : ALOE
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Usually : FORTHEMOSTPART
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"Watch ___ step" : YOUR
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Athletic org. : AAU
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Hot drink : SALOOP
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Rough it : BACKPACK
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Fish : TROUT
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Equally : ALIKE
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Relative: Abbr. : BRO
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Reddish brown : RUST
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Mandamuses : WRITS
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Legal equal : PEER
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Presidential nickname : ABE
40
Damages : HARMS
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Mrs. Fitzgerald : ZELDA
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Rejected : PASSEDUP
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Fares : GETSON
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Launching place : PAD
46
Gaze steadily : PORE
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Precisely : FORALLTHEWORLD
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Wing-shaped : ALAR
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Deteriorate : ERODE
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Possessive pronoun : OURS
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Commend : CITE
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Branches, in Mexico : RAMAS
60
Site of Zion Park : UTAH
61
On one's ___ : TOES
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Small fish : SMELT
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Head: Fr. : TETE
Down
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Feminine suffix : ESS
2
Muffled sound : POUF
3
Thought: Prefix : IDEO
4
Execute : CARRYOUT
5
Daily-dozen unit : PUSHUP
6
Superior : UPPER
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"Evangeline," for one : POEM
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___ Domini : ANNO
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Inept ones : SADSACKS
10
Conclude : WRAPUP
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Dance : HULA
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Old lyre : ASOR
13
Confront : MEET
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Binge : TOOT
22
Secure : TAKE
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Leather fastening : STRAP
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Antilles island : ARUBA
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Suffers defeat : LOSES
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Dirigible : BLIMP
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River islands : AITS
30
Elie and Walter : ABELS
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Formula of belief : CREDO
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Sacred text of Islam : KORAN
34
Indonesian islands : ARRU
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Ducks, e.g. : WADDLERS
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Diminish gradually : PETEROUT
40
Purify : HEAL
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Goose egg : ZERO
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Reserves : SPARES
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"___, young man" : GOWEST
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___ pushers : PEDAL
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Reality : FACT
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Miscellany : OLIO
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Pace : RATE
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Mine car : TRAM
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Kind of plate or fries : HOME
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Musical instrument : LUTE
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Mild oath : DRAT
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Pronoun : SHE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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