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New York Times, Friday, February 16, 1973

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 22.5
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,588
Across
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Groom in India : SYCE
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Rule : REIGN
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Utah lily : SEGO
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Wine : PORT
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Part of a TV set : AUDIO
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Heavy silk : CRIN
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Western drink choice : RYEANDGINGERALE
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Exclamation : YOW
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Thought: Prefix : IDEO
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Cozy places : NESTS
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Cronies : PALS
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Mother ___ : LODE
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Piece of luggage : VALISE
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Built upon : BASEDON
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Russian name : IVAN
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___ percha : GUTTA
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___ Paulo : SAO
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Ivan's drink choice : VODKAONTHEROCKS
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Bother : AIL
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Batter's milieu : PLATE
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Chinese money : TAEL
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Take down a peg : DEFLATE
45
Kook : WEIRDO
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Time periods : EONS
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Storage places : BINS
49
Biblical name : ABRAM
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Farm unit : SILO
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Resort : SPA
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Southern drink choice : BOURBONANDWATER
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Sound : SANE
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Olive size : LARGE
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Whisky ___ : SOUR
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Angered : IRED
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Tail ___ : ENDER
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Standards : PARS
Down
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Nimble : SPRY
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Up and down like a ___ : YOYO
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Ship's company : CREW
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Greek letter : ETA
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Interweave : RADDLE
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Bravos : EUGES
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Prefix for syncrasy : IDIO
8
Bar order : GIN
9
Egg drink : NOG
10
Harangue : SCREED
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Significant periods : ERAS
12
Doorknob covering : GILT
13
Individuals : ONES
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Island off Sumatra : NIAS
19
Make beloved : ENDEAR
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Elephant color : PINK
24
Woodworking machine : LATHE
25
Bone: Prefix : OSTE
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___ voce : VIVA
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Sidestep : AVOID
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Server : LADLE
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Isolated hill : BUTTE
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Wilde : OSCAR
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Kind of truth : NAKED
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Insects : GNATS
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European capital : OSLO
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Poise : APLOMB
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Pearl Buck heroine : OLAN
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U. S. patriot : OTIS
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Expected the worst : FEARED
45
Thornton : WILDER
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Sufficient, to Omar : ENOW
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Carousal : BINGE
49
Bedouin tribe : ABSI
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Swine : BOAR
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Poem : RUNE
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Chalcedony : SARD
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Portico : STOA
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Dread, in Paris : PEUR
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Timetable abbrs. : ARRS
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Cheer : OLE
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Girl's nickname : NAN
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Viper : ASP

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

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