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New York Times, Thursday, February 17, 1972

48-Across : "___ can look at a king"

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 43, Avg Word Len: 5.20, Missing: { Q V W Y Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 32.2
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,223
Across
1
Volcanic castings : EJECTA
7
Musical instrument : BANJO
12
Daniel Webster specialties : ORATIONS
14
Leak out : ESCAPE
16
Third Crusade leader : RICHARDI
17
Eras : EPOCHS
18
Cuttlefish cover-ups : INKS
19
Music for nine parts : NONET
21
Revue turn : SKIT
22
Conceit : EGO
23
Aries : RAM
24
G.&S. heroine : IDA
25
Stroke in golf : LOFT
27
___ facie : PRIMA
29
Platoon, for one : UNIT
30
Blood condition: Suffix : AEMIA
32
Grain bristles : ARISTAE
34
Evident : CLEAR
35
American artist : SHAHN
36
Silver and sockeye : SALMONS
38
Mournful song : DIRGE
39
Liberal ___ : ARTS
40
Man o' War, Citation, etc. : SIRES
42
Imposing : EPIC
45
Deface : MAR
46
Month: Abbr. : DEC
47
One, in Nantes : UNE
48
"___ can look at a king" : ACAT
50
Christmas and Easter items : SEALS
52
Famed lioness : ELSA
53
Squirrel or beaver : RODENT
55
Flowering trees : CATALPAS
57
Loss of ability to read : ALEXIA
58
British streetcar track : TRAMLINE
59
Chemical compound : ESTER
60
Sword-shaped : ENSATE
Down
1
"___ bragh" : ERINGO
2
Certain non-master : JACKOFALLTRADES
3
Ordinal suffixes : ETHS
4
Relative of F.B.I. : CIA
5
Afflicted : TORN
6
Pyrenees republic : ANDORRA
7
Source of salad greens : BEET
8
Egyptian cobra : ASP
9
Army men: Abbr. : NCOS
10
Woodland plant : JACKINTHEPULPIT
11
Snake : OPHIDIAN
12
Kind of window : ORIEL
13
Biblical mountain : SINAI
15
Social rank : ESTATE
20
Jane Austen novel : EMMA
26
Swarms : TEEMS
27
Bobbins : PIRNS
28
Upbeat, in music : ARSIS
29
Custom : USAGE
31
Chinese leader : MAO
33
Your: Ger. : IHR
34
Equestrian maneuver : CARACOLE
36
Fruit of the elm : SAMARA
37
Kind of swipe : SIDE
38
Proclaim : DECLARE
41
Respond : REACT
43
Lacking logic : INSANE
44
End : CEASE
49
School book : TEXT
50
Rigel, for one : STAR
51
Laurel : STAN
52
Miss Cinders of comics : ELLA
54
Never: Ger. : NIE
56
Times of day : AMS

Answer summary:
6 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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