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New York Times, Monday, December 3, 1973

23-Down : Poetic word

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
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C
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,878
Across
1
Salad item, for short : CUKE
5
Word with let or pupil : STAR
9
The 23d is a famous one : PSALM
14
Indigo plant : ANIL
15
Hawaiian city : HILO
16
Speech fault: Suffix : LALIA
17
Baseball team : NINE
18
Korean apricot : ANSU
19
Closing words : AMENS
20
Habiliments : TOGGERY
22
Becomes aware of : NOTICES
24
Short football kickoff : ONSIDE
25
Author of "Clash by Night" : ODETS
26
Swedish town : EDA
27
"Dere Mable" author : STREETER
31
Cabinet name : KISSINGER
35
Wheel part : NAVE
36
Fish of Europe : IDE
37
A limited one can be valuable : EDITION
40
Asian holiday : TET
41
New or Fair : DEAL
43
Island Asians : NIPPONESE
45
Birthplace of a certain chip : SARATOGA
48
Certain hold : TOE
49
Physician : GALEN
50
Insect stage : INSTAR
54
Stanley, for one : STEAMER
57
"Bartered Bride" composer : SMETANA
58
Woo : COURT
59
Turkish regiment : ALAI
61
Give off : EMIT
62
Main artery : AORTA
63
Danube city : LINZ
64
Deed : GEST
65
Actress Claire : BLOOM
66
Maugham's "The Razor's ___" : EDGE
67
Writer Zane : GREY
Down
1
Part of a poem : CANTO
2
Common station name : UNION
3
George V et al. : KINGS
4
Plaintive poems : ELEGIES
5
___ share alike : SHAREAND
6
Tim or Alice : TINY
7
Than: Ger. : ALS
8
Kind of ticket : ROUNDTRIP
9
Missouri tributary : PLATTE
10
Japanese guitar : SAMISEN
11
Guinness : ALEC
12
Kind of baseball drive : LINE
13
Bernstein work : MASS
21
Rickenbacker : EDDIE
23
Poetic word : OER
25
Of a Soviet area: Var. : OSETIAN
28
Philadelphia's ex-mayor : TATE
29
Holiday highlights : EVES
30
Network : RETE
31
Young goats : KIDS
32
Inkling : IDEA
33
Char : SEAR
34
Bar mix : GINGERALE
38
Make the best of : OPTIMIZE
39
"___ but you" : NOONE
42
Spanish rascal : LAGARTO
44
Starter of a sort : NESTEGG
46
Gong with indefinite pitch : TAMTAM
47
Bravo : OLE
51
Circus figure : TAMER
52
Cordial flavor : ANISE
53
Unkempt : RATTY
54
Memento of a scrape : SCAB
55
Dupe : TOOL
56
Gray kangaroo : EURO
57
Joined the choir : SANG
60
Cover : LID

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 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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