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New York Times, Saturday, November 4, 1972

12-Down : Grinding tooth

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
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,484
Across
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Coarse fiber : ADAD
5
Withered : SERE
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Cleans a pipe : REAMS
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French novelist : LOTI
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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
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Reproductive bodies : SPORES
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Stopping places : INNS
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Light refractor : PRISM
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Low Country: Abbr. : NETH
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Chess piece : BISHOP
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Strong desire : LUST
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Chinese leader : MAO
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Links in the human chain : APEMEN
51
Frost: Sp. : HIELO
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Richard Strauss opera : ELEKTRA
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Headpiece : TIARA
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N. Y. avenue, for short : LEX
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Staten and Bermuda: Abbr. : ISLS
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Effluvium : MIASMA
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Sicilian cape : GALLO
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Spanish painter : VELASQUEZ
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Par ___ : AVION
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Take down ___ (deflate) : APEG
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___ La Douce : IRMA
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Picture puzzle : REBUS
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Diminutive suffix : ETTE
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Perceived : SEEN
Down
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Other: Prefix : ALLO
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Place for a bell : DOOR
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Certain Greeks : ATHENIANS
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Rivera and others : DIEGOS
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Omens : SIGNS
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Sin : ERR
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Famous play : RAIN
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Group of nine : ENNEAD
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Dismantle again : RESTRIP
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Suffix for differ : ENT
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Entreat: Lat. : ADORO
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Grinding tooth : MOLAR
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Hindu teacher : SWAMI
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One of the Dakotas : NORTH
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Spells of energy : SPASMS
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Always : EVER
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Sacred figure : ICON
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Smooth : GLIB
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Italian painter : RENI
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Roman official : EDILE
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On one's ___ (broke) : UPPERS
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Mark off again : REMEASURE
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Relative of etc. : ETAL
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Begone! : SHOO
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Avon's bard: Abbr. : SHAK
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Acacia of Africa : SUNT
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Choices : OPTIONS
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Massenet opera : THAIS
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Mallows: Lat. : MALVAE
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Mideast natives : IRAQIS
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English composer : ELGAR
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Depart : LEAVE
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Book-owner's notation: Abbr. : EXLIB
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Likeness : IMAGE
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Month: Abbr. : SEPT
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Same, in Brest : MEME
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Moslem prayer call : AZAN
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Costello : LOU
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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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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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