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New York Times, Wednesday, November 8, 1972

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { G J Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 33.5 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,488
Across
1
Biblical king : OMRI
5
Less well done : RARER
10
Command to a horse : HAW
13
Impend : LOOM
14
Habituate : INURE
15
Seine tributary : OISE
16
First squirt of milk : DROPINTHEBUCKET
19
One who signs a check : ENDORSER
20
Shares in : ENTERS
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Prepares to kick off : TEES
22
Der ___ : ALTE
23
Shield : DEFEND
26
Minimize : BELITTLE
30
Women's coat style : ALINE
31
Seventh Ave. employe : MODEL
32
Owns : HAS
33
Julep need : MINT
34
Was undaunted : DARED
35
Lean : CANT
36
Shoshonean : UTE
37
Bogs down : MIRES
38
Explorer de Leon : PONCE
39
Hangs on : PERSISTS
41
Man with a snap : CENTER
42
Insects : ANTS
43
State: Abbr. : ALAS
44
Fish-market worker : SCALER
47
Liquidate, British style : AMORTISE
51
Salad-dressing source : THOUSANDISLANDS
53
Yarn ravelings : LINT
54
Turkish decree : IRADE
55
Indonesian island : NIAS
56
Person : ONE
57
Subdues : TAMES
58
Gate receipts : TAKE
Down
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Ye ___ dresse shoppe : OLDE
2
September ___ : MORN
3
Crucifix : ROOD
4
Helpless : IMPOTENT
5
Cleansed of suds : RINSED
6
Pays : ANTES
7
Rhine tributary : RUHR
8
Poetic word : ERE
9
Showed independence : REBELLED
10
Camp activity : HIKE
11
Son of Jacob: Var. : ASER
12
Carrie Nation's foes : WETS
15
Musical group : OCTET
17
Miss Castle : IRENE
18
Before : UNTIL
22
Yellow-fever mosquito : AEDES
23
Halt the flow of : DAMUP
24
Choice : ELITE
25
More elegant : FINER
26
Calibers : BORES
27
Burmese statesman : THANT
28
Surgeon's instrument : LANCE
29
Chemical compound : ESTER
31
Trade centers : MARTS
34
Absent-minded : DISTRAIT
35
Faithful : CONSTANT
37
Lays explosives : MINES
38
Shade of gray : PEARL
40
Port ___ : SALUT
41
Makes inaccessible : CLOSES
43
Ammonia derivative : AMIDE
44
Town near Caen : STLO
45
Gab : CHIN
46
Excellent : AONE
47
Man : ADAM
48
Dolphin genus : INIA
49
State: Abbr. : SDAK
50
___ est percipi : ESSE
52
Former U. S. agency : NRA

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1 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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