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New York Times, Saturday, November 4, 1972

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { F J Y }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 39.4 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,484
Across
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Coarse fiber : ADAD
5
Withered : SERE
9
Cleans a pipe : REAMS
14
French novelist : LOTI
15
Meshed's land : IRAN
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Furnish : ENDOW
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Opera with a swan prop : LOHENGRIN
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Roman garment : STOLA
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Famous trail : OREGON
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Resting place : NEST
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Aries : RAM
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Scandinavian : NORSE
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Presumptive : APRIORI
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Meal : GRIST
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Of Hindu writings : VEDAIC
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U. S. naturalist : LEA
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Colored : HUED
35
Reproductive bodies : SPORES
39
Stopping places : INNS
41
Light refractor : PRISM
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Low Country: Abbr. : NETH
44
Chess piece : BISHOP
46
Strong desire : LUST
48
Chinese leader : MAO
49
Links in the human chain : APEMEN
51
Frost: Sp. : HIELO
53
Richard Strauss opera : ELEKTRA
56
Headpiece : TIARA
58
N. Y. avenue, for short : LEX
59
Staten and Bermuda: Abbr. : ISLS
61
Effluvium : MIASMA
64
Sicilian cape : GALLO
66
Spanish painter : VELASQUEZ
68
Par ___ : AVION
69
Take down ___ (deflate) : APEG
70
___ La Douce : IRMA
71
Picture puzzle : REBUS
72
Diminutive suffix : ETTE
73
Perceived : SEEN
Down
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Other: Prefix : ALLO
2
Place for a bell : DOOR
3
Certain Greeks : ATHENIANS
4
Rivera and others : DIEGOS
5
Omens : SIGNS
6
Sin : ERR
7
Famous play : RAIN
8
Group of nine : ENNEAD
9
Dismantle again : RESTRIP
10
Suffix for differ : ENT
11
Entreat: Lat. : ADORO
12
Grinding tooth : MOLAR
13
Hindu teacher : SWAMI
18
One of the Dakotas : NORTH
22
Spells of energy : SPASMS
25
Always : EVER
27
Sacred figure : ICON
28
Smooth : GLIB
29
Italian painter : RENI
31
Roman official : EDILE
34
On one's ___ (broke) : UPPERS
36
Mark off again : REMEASURE
37
Relative of etc. : ETAL
38
Begone! : SHOO
40
Avon's bard: Abbr. : SHAK
42
Acacia of Africa : SUNT
45
Choices : OPTIONS
47
Massenet opera : THAIS
50
Mallows: Lat. : MALVAE
52
Mideast natives : IRAQIS
53
English composer : ELGAR
54
Depart : LEAVE
55
Book-owner's notation: Abbr. : EXLIB
57
Likeness : IMAGE
60
Month: Abbr. : SEPT
62
Same, in Brest : MEME
63
Moslem prayer call : AZAN
65
Costello : LOU
67
Permit : LET

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

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