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New York Times, Tuesday, November 6, 1973

8-Down : Dull noises

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 309 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,851
Across
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Distantly : AFAR
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Social liabilities : SNOBS
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"___ corny as ... " : IMAS
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Family tree : LINE
15
Chemical carbon : TOLAN
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Receptionist's word : NEXT
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Engrossed : DEEP
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Large snake : ABOMA
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Indian weight : PALA
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Like a preliminary rinse : OFTHEFIRSTWATER
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Clods : OAFS
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Windy City, for short : CHI
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Foundation offerings : GRANTS
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___ one's side (annoyance) : ATHORNIN
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Rent again : RELET
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Israeli port : ACRE
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Muttonfish : SAMA
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Kind of mode : ALA
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Nero Wolfe products : ORCHIDS
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Zodiac animal : RAM
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Hoover et al. : DAMS
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Corsica, etc.: Fr. : ILES
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Podge's partner : HODGE
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Loses one's temper : EXPLODES
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Felt : SENSED
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Hairy or Barbary : APE
50
Relative of shoo : SCAT
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Comes down hard : RAINSPITCHFORKS
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"Thanks ___" : ALOT
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Not ___ in the world : ACARE
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Stamp-collector's unit : PANE
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Elias or Gordie : HOWE
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Truth ___ : SERUM
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Roman writer : OVID
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W. W. I plane : SPAD
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Group : TRIBE
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Conniptions : FITS
Down
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Actor Ray : ALDO
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Feudal estate : FIEF
3
Dill : ANET
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Call back : REPHONE
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Places for flags : STAFFS
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Ora pro ___ : NOBIS
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Swan genus : OLOR
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Dull noises : BAMS
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Seized : SNATCHED
10
Two by two : INPAIRS
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Essential part : MEAT
12
Auto part : AXLE
13
Polaris : STAR
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___ excess (put on pounds) : EATTO
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Once-popular song : WHO
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Kind of crossing : GRADE
26
Mitigate : RELAX
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"Thy word is ___ unto my feet" : ALAMP
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Has miseries : ACHES
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Speaker of sports : TRIS
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Ointments : NARDS
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Symbol : IMAGE
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Designated : NAMED
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P. I. tree : ACLE
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Miss one's bus stop : RIDEPAST
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Bundle : SHEAF
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Inclined : SLANTED
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Having control : ONTOPOF
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Harvest goddess : OPS
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Rhyme arrangement : SCHEME
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Cancel, as a mission : SCRUB
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Encouraging calls : RAHS
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Off balance : ALOP
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Hawkeye's home : IOWA
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Froster : ICER
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Old coin of Italy : TARI
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Shankar : RAVI
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Work on a sweater : KNIT
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Latin conjunctions : SEDS

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 6 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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