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New York Times, Tuesday, March 13, 1973

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, 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. 8,613
Across
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Fresh-water fish : CHUB
5
S. A. Indian : CARIB
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Inclination : BENT
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Excellent : AONE
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Electric terminal : ANODE
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Melody : ARIA
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Scheming : PLAYINGPOLITICS
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Electric ___ : EEL
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Stint for Liquori : MILE
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Athletic teams : NINES
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Window part : PANE
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Football man : BACK
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Strauss opera : SALOME
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Meals : REPASTS
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Thirst quenchers : ALES
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Apple leavings : CORES
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Joker : WIT
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Treated contemptuously : PLAYEDHORSEWITH
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Family member : SIS
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On relief : NEEDY
42
City in Nevada : ELKO
43
Sonnet parts : SESTETS
45
Kind of diplomacy : DOLLAR
47
Eye parts : LIDS
48
White House name : POLK
49
Roadside shrub : SUMAC
52
Cucumber-like : COOL
53
Exclamations : OHS
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Speculated : PLAYEDTHEMARKET
60
Feed the kitty : ANTE
61
Wrathful : IRATE
62
Yorkshire river : AIRE
63
Moselle tributary : SAAR
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Bogged down : MIRED
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Ship's width : BEAM
Down
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Wear for Sherlock : CAPE
2
Predicament : HOLE
3
Single : UNAL
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Tunisian title : BEY
5
Tooth : CANINE
6
Right or obtuse : ANGLE
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String's big brother : ROPE
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Wedding words : IDO
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Barbara ___ Geddes : BEL
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Printed fabrics : BATIKS
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Sligo's land : ERIN
12
Neighbor of Monaco : NICE
13
Moscow agency : TASS
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Mosque man : IMAM
19
"___ of fire, break glass" : INCASE
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Flower : POSY
24
Logan or goose : BERRY
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Residents of a movie planet : APES
26
Weakens : SAPS
27
"___ lost!" : ALLIS
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Legal paper : LEASE
29
Land measures : ROODS
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Fabric weave : TWILL
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Alaskan locale : SITKA
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Huntley et al. : CHETS
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Norse deity : THOR
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Inveigle : ENTICE
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Exploit : DEED
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TV veteran : WELK
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St. George, for one : SLAYER
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Destined : DOOMED
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Earthen jar : OLLA
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French rhymer : POETE
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Resorts : SPAS
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Arm bone : ULNA
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Hari : MATA
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Burn a bit : CHAR
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Migratory worker : OKIE
54
Olympian : HERA
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Check : STEM
57
Auto-light setting : DIM
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Numerical prefix : TRI
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Jewish teacher : RAB

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

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