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New York Times, Friday, November 23, 1973

48-Down : Cagney role

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,868
Across
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Island east of Java : BALI
5
Tower locale : BABEL
10
Stinging remark : BARB
14
Ribicoff et al. : ABES
15
Separately : APART
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Biblical brother : ESAU
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Between F.D.R. and D.D.E. : HST
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Virginia : DARE
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British P.M. : HEATH
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Counterpart of Fahr. : CENT
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Times : ERAS
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Balboa's vantage point : PANAMA
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Arnold, for one : TRAITOR
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Offensive : EVIL
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Long and snap : SHOTS
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Labor initials : CIO
36
Quit, emotionally : GOOFFTHEDEEPEND
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Relative : SIB
41
"___ by any other name ... " : AROSE
42
Naturalness : EASE
43
Do a grammar chore : DECLINE
45
Calls up : PHONES
47
Egyptian dancing girl : ALME
48
Family : CLAN
49
Pool member : STENO
52
Loam : SOIL
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Prefix for angle or pod : TRI
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60
Galway islands : ARAN
61
Chewer : MOLAR
62
Young Moses's river : NILE
63
Qualifiers : BUTS
64
Shackles : IRONS
65
Cameo material : ONYX
Down
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Musical genius : BACH
2
Down with: Fr. : ABAS
3
For fear that : LEST
4
Sort of: Suffix : ISH
5
Top ___ : BANANA
6
Nautical direction : APORT
7
Curse : BANE
8
Poetic word : ERE
9
Mil. officers : LTS
10
Command : BEHEST
11
World area : ASIA
12
Kind of attention : RAPT
13
Kind of league : BUSH
18
Bibliography notation : IDEM
19
Carriage : CHAISE
23
Junior bovine : CALF
24
Eat away : ERODE
25
Scold : RATE
26
Throws : PEGS
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Sidestep : AVOID
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Weeper of myth : NIOBE
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Pronoun : THESE
30
Malibu sight : OCEAN
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Wash : RINSE
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Glistened : SHONE
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Certain writings : ODES
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Uncultivated : FALLOW
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Prepare the Yule tree : TRIM
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Lowly worker : PEON
44
Rules : CANONS
45
Toolbox essential : PLIERS
46
Cease : HALT
48
Cagney role : COHAN
49
Brief effort : STAB
50
Traffic-sign word : THRU
51
Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
52
Normandy town : STLO
53
Pollux or St. Paul : TWIN
54
Count on : RELY
55
Holly : ILEX
57
German measure : IMI
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Hide ___ hair : NOR
59
Lennon partner : ONO

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

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