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New York Times, Friday, February 4, 1972

1-Down : Rome's Elder and Younger

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 6, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 106.8 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,210
Across
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Coconut meat : COPRA
6
Onion feature : SKIN
10
Work on a magazine : EDIT
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Sharp and bitter : ACRID
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English composer : ARNE
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Brood of pheasants : NIDE
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Founder of U. of Virginia : THOMASJEFFERSON
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Killer whale : ORCA
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___ sapiens : HOMO
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Drudges : MOILS
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Pulpit talk: Abbr. : SER
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Catch fish : HAUL
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Threshold : SILL
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Throat-clearing sound : AHEM
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Metal beam : IBAR
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Resinous substance : LAC
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Skinflint : MISER
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Hose hazard : SNAG
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Conceal : BURY
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Mead et al. : ANTHROPOLOGISTS
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Writer Murdoch : IRIS
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Sandwich shop, for short : DELI
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Pindar, for one : ODIST
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Ameche : DON
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Extinct bird : DODO
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Average : SOSO
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Acidity : ACOR
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Kind of hand : GLAD
50
Compass reading : NBE
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Mostel, for one : ACTOR
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Use the telephone : DIAL
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Iowa city : AMES
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Brash upstarts : WHIPPERSNAPPERS
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Plunder : LOOT
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Head, in Bordeaux : TETE
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Type of rifle bullet : MINIE
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Basks : SUNS
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Show displeasure : HISS
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Fiend : SATAN
Down
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Rome's Elder and Younger : CATOS
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Yellowish color : OCHRE
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Hamlet's weakness : PROCRASTINATION
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Fissure : RIMA
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Girl's name : ADA
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S.A. monkey : SAJOU
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Certain political experts : KREMLINOLOGISTS
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Lowdown : INFO
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Ship-shaped clock : NEF
10
Register : ENROL
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Learning that there's no Santa Claus : DISILLUSIONMENT
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Image : IDOL
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Some greenbacks : TENS
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Hoax : SHAM
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Arabian V.I.P. : EMIR
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Mr., in Bonn : HERR
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Palm starch : SAGO
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Words of surprise : HEHS
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Island near Java : BALI
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Crafts' partner : ARTS
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Sac : CYST
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Servant : MAID
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Japanese box : INRO
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Flew : SPED
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Two clubs, etc. : BIDS
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Fragrance : ODOR
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"___ show!" : GOOD
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Village, in Africa : DORP
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Room, in Madrid : SALA
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Native Egyptians : COPTS
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Bowling alleys : LANES
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Late Russian V.I.P. : BERIA
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Ruhr city : ESSEN
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Tools for a cobbler : AWLS
54
___ En-lai : CHOU
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Three, in Munich : DREI
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Samoan port : APIA
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Ordinal suffix : ETH
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Times of day: Abbr. : PMS

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

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