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New York Times, Thursday, March 2, 1972

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 4.60, Missing: { F J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 0, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 22.7 Grid has supersymmetry.
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,237
Across
1
Modify : AMEND
6
Asian holiday : TET
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Tom Jones, for one : WELSH
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Kentucky college : BEREA
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Cockney's aspiration : OPE
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Betel palm : ARECA
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Abhorrence : ODIUM
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Rolled tea : CHA
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Dinner fowl : CAPON
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Kind of hall, for short : REC
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Steep slopes : ESCARPS
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Work unit : ERG
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Ruler : TSAR
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Large game fish : WAHOO
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Greek god : ARES
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Section : UNIT
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Old Irish script : OGAM
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Namath's alma mater : ALABAMA
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Type of cocktail : MOLOTOV
40
French film director : VADIM
41
Antelope of Africa : ORIBI
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Complete : EXECUTE
45
Flower cluster : PANICLE
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Large antelope : ORYX
48
Makes tracks : HIES
49
Use a jenny : SPIN
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South African author : PATON
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Conjunction : THAN
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Swindle : CON
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Conceal : SECRETE
61
Wave: Sp. : OLA
62
Late, late film on TV : OLDIE
64
Clumsy vessel : TUB
65
Bromfield : LOUIS
67
Besmirch : TAINT
68
Old French coin : ECU
69
Insect stage : LARVA
70
Volcanic rock : TRASS
71
Since, in Paris : DES
72
Spirit in "The Tempest" : ARIEL
Down
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Terminate suddenly : ABORT
2
Old Persians : MEDES
3
Violinist Morini : ERICA
4
Modern: Ger. : NEU
5
British title : DAME
6
Lively musical piece : TOCCATA
7
Hebrew measure : EPHAH
8
Women's lunch stop : TEAROOM
9
Army women : WACS
10
Age : ERA
11
Outcast : LEPER
12
Orchestrate : SCORE
13
Puts out the wash : HANGS
22
Bathe : SWIM
23
Walt Kelly's brainchild : POGO
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River of decision : RUBICON
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Lover : AMORIST
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Belgian province : NAMUR
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Isolated : ALONE
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Hail! : AVE
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Negligent : LAX
35
Fruit drink : ADE
37
Spasm : TIC
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Slanting: Abbr. : OBL
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Compete : VIE
43
Do an office chore : TYPE
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Demanded : EXACTED
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Apollo as sun god : PHOEBUS
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Unscholarly contraction : AINT
49
Winfield or Dred : SCOTT
50
Pivotal : POLAR
51
Kind of ink : INDIA
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Armistice : TRUCE
55
Nymph : HOURI
56
Active : ALIVE
57
Type of sound : NASAL
59
Coteries : SETS
60
Raines : ELLA
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Kind of policy: Abbr. : INS
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Propeller : OAR

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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