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New York Times, Friday, December 1, 1972

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 17.6
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,511
Across
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Composer : BACH
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Pale colors : TANS
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Drugstore: Abbr. : PHAR
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___ breve : ALLA
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Above : ATOP
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Kind of candle : ROMAN
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Subway-token receiver : SLOT
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Tea shrub : THEA
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Realize suddenly : AWAKE
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Wheezy conversational gambit : SOWHATELSEISNEW
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Possess : OWN
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Kind of will : ILL
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Trade center : MART
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Gertrude : STEIN
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Harangue : TIRADE
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Blue-green : BICE
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Hereditary acid : DNA
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Grabs : SEIZES
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Ram : ARIES
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Card game : GIN
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Meager : SCANT
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Chemical solid : BARYTA
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Women's ___ : LIB
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Joint : KNEE
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Relax, as a snake : UNCOIL
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Eye infections : STIES
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Etats ___ : UNIS
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Colonel's command: Abbr. : RGT
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U. S. Indian : SAC
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Evasive invitation : LETSGETTOGETHER
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"For want of ___ ... " : ASHOE
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Fury : RAGE
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Rebel : RISE
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Animal track : SPOOR
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Hebrew measure : OMER
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Son of Seth : ENOS
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Laotians : YUNS
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Ballpoints : PENS
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Retained : KEPT
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Opera voice : BASSO
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Suffer : ALLOW
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Merry-andrew : CLOWN
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"What ___ God wrought!" : HATH
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Blew the whistle : TATTLED
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Anglo-Saxon noble : ATHELING
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Coward : NOEL
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Burst of activity : SPASM
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Wide-open spaces : PRAIRIES
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Hackneyed greeting : HOWSTRICKS
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To ___ (everyone) : AMAN
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Incline : RAKE
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Unused : NEW
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River island : AIT
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Corrodes : EATS
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Meaningless farewell : SEEYOUSOON
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Nabs : NAILS
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Moslem call to prayer : AZAN
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Sandy stretch, in England : DENE
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Spanish direction : ESTE
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Hindu gentleman : BABU
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Teheran's country : IRAN
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Perimeter: Abbr. : CIRC
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Bees : STINGERS
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Explosive element : NITROGEN
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"It's a sin to tell ___" : ALIE
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Charlie Chan's creator : BIGGERS
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Season in Nice : ETE
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Sharpen : STROP
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Luster : SHINE
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Sour-grapes author : AESOP
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Flood stage : CREST
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Notes of the scale : LAS
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Catch a glimpse of : ESPY
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Biblical pronoun : THOU
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Uninteresting : TAME
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Safari : TREK

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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