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New York Times, Thursday, December 14, 1972

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 28.9
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,524
Across
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Joyce Carol Oates novel : THEM
5
Do a double take : REACT
10
Family member : MAMA
14
Curt : RUDE
15
Baseball statistic : ERROR
16
Dash : ELAN
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Hebrew measure : OMER
18
Milieu for some playing cards : WONDERLAND
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Conceited, in Spain : VANIDOSO
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Texas–La. border river : SABINE
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Catch : ENSNARE
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Samoan port : APIA
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Sheep malady : GID
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Pastry : FLAN
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British isle : MAN
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Counterpart of Pyongyang : SEOUL
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Prairie : GRASSLAND
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Escutcheon band : ORLE
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Bright lights : NEONS
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Hindu flour : ATTA
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Thickly overspread : PLASTERED
40
Type of thief : SNEAK
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Japanese coin : SEN
42
Gypsy men : ROMS
43
Kind of about : GAD
44
Tears : RIPS
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Italian President : SARAGAT
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Type of hat : SLOUCH
52
Unique : SINGULAR
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Western mecca : DISNEYLAND
55
Group including gulls and terns : LARI
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Non-pro : ANTI
57
Trace : TINGE
58
Esau's land : EDOM
59
Groovy : KEEN
60
Arabian prince : EMEER
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Playing cards : TENS
Down
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Treasure ___ : TROVE
2
"Of ___ Bondage" : HUMAN
3
Delightful regions : EDENS
4
Frothy toppings : MERINGUES
5
Paraphrase : REWORD
6
Uneven : EROSE
7
Peter : ARNO
8
New England cape : COD
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Encroach on : TRESPASS
10
Nellie's toast : MELBA
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Asian range : ALAI
12
Author of "Death in Venice" : MANN
13
Indian of Peru : ANDE
19
Actor Claude : RAINS
21
Eire legislature : DAIL
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Finnish islands : ALAND
26
Cleaving tools : FROES
27
Other glove : MATE
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Theater group : ANTA
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Bismarck's state: Abbr. : NDAK
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Pacifiers : SOPS
31
Writer Gardner : ERLE
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Pearl Buck heroine : OLAN
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Beginnings : GERMS
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Early auto style : LANDAULET
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Tyro : NEOPHYTE
39
Instant : TRICE
40
Marionette maker : SARG
43
Take a ___ at (look) : GANDER
44
Arrest : RUNIN
45
Hair treatment : SINGE
46
Forest clearing : GLADE
47
Copland : AARON
48
Decorates : TRIMS
49
Pierre's state: Abbr. : SDAK
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Occupation : LINE
51
Bone: Prefix : OSTE
52
Lucid : SANE
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Kind of train: Abbr. : LIM

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3 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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