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New York Times, Thursday, February 10, 1972

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { X Z }, Scrabble score: 305 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 0, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 29.3
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H
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,216
Across
1
Fictional mariner : AHAB
5
Persian poet : SAADI
10
Autumn pear : BOSC
14
Encrust : CAKE
15
Brilliance : ECLAT
16
Stadium shape : OVAL
17
Detective-story Man : THIN
18
Isolate : QUARANTINE
20
Lounging places : HANGOUTS
22
Large quantity : LOTSOF
23
Character in long-run play : ABIE
24
Spanish painter : MIRO
25
Yalta conferee : STALIN
28
Swampy place : QUAGMIRE
32
Crossbred animal : METIS
33
Creator of Mr. Dooley : DUNNE
34
Teachers' group : NEA
35
Siamese coins : ATTS
36
Sits in judgment : HEARS
37
Insects : BEES
38
Spanish Mrs. : SRA
39
Page number : FOLIO
40
Identify predicates, etc. : PARSE
41
Breakfast food : HARDROLL
43
Boiled, old style : COCTED
44
Tibetan beasts : YAKS
45
Appropriated : TOOK
46
Spoils : TAINTS
49
Certain records : JOURNALS
53
Flight ending for some : SPLASHDOWN
55
Dolphin genus : INIA
56
Expects : ASKS
57
Trip before 53 Across : ORBIT
58
Gas : NEON
59
Musical notation : REST
60
Delicious : TASTY
61
Heater : ETNA
Down
1
Arthritis drug : ACTH
2
Sounds of joy : HAHA
3
Related : AKIN
4
Calcutta natives : BENGALIS
5
Spangle : SEQUIN
6
Sharp : ACUTE
7
Sound of woe : ALAS
8
Women's org. : DAR
9
Neapolitans and Pisans : ITALIANS
10
Barrel part : BOTTOM
11
Genus of sheep : OVIS
12
Healthy, in Spain : SANO
13
Musical sign : CLEF
19
Oslo's land, in Oslo : NORGE
21
Sashes : OBIS
24
Saki : MUNRO
25
Opposite of flop : SMASH
26
Numerical prefix : TETRA
27
Perfume : ATTAR
28
Cower : QUAIL
29
Lifeless : INERT
30
Baseball great : REESE
31
Comforted : EASED
33
Valleys : DELLS
36
Basketball maneuver : HOOKSHOT
37
Last half of a golf course : BACKNINE
39
Greek-letter groups : FRATS
40
Word for Richard : POOR
42
Hereditary ruler : DYNAST
43
Clare or Kerry : COUNTY
45
Namely : TOWIT
46
Peter was one : TSAR
47
Church part : APSE
48
Kinds : ILKS
49
Swindles : JOBS
50
Dill : ANET
51
Feuchtwanger : LION
52
City of Yemen : SANA
54
Libyan measure : DRA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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