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New York Times, Tuesday, March 20, 1973

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { B F J Z }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 28.8
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,620
Across
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Two cups : PINT
5
Wanderer : NOMAD
10
Speaker's place : DAIS
14
Notion : IDEA
15
Zola : EMILE
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___ no good : UPTO
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Kind of effort : TEAM
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Goes laboriously : WADES
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Insect eggs : NITS
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March 17 : STPATRICKSDAY
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Greek cupid : EROS
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Small : WEE
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Former Chief Justice : WARREN
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Net profits from a sale : PROCEEDS
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Remains : ASHES
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Watchful : ALERT
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Witty rejoinder : MOT
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Ice mishap : SKID
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Grouchy one : CRANK
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Lustrous cloth : PINA
39
Mighty instrument : PEN
40
Biological cell : OOTID
41
March 6, with 57 Across : MARDI
42
The Three Musketeers, e.g. : SWORDMEN
44
Accountant at sea : PURSER
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Between ready and fire : AIM
46
Perfect : AONE
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March 20 : VERNALEQUINOX
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___ and hearty : HALE
54
Wise men : GURUS
55
Moldings : TORI
57
See 41 Across : GRAS
58
Howe : ELIAS
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King : ALAN
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Desire : WANT
61
Charlotte ___ : RUSSE
62
Short poems : LAYS
Down
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"The Snake ___" : PIT
2
March 15 : IDES
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Orderly : NEAT
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Meddled : TAMPERED
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Sir Isaac : NEWTON
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Sharif and others : OMARS
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South of France : MIDI
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Guinness : ALEC
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Paper shuffling, e.g. : DESKWORK
10
Port in Scotland : DUNDEE
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Upolu port : APIA
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___-bitty : ITTY
13
Call for help : SOS
21
Greek god : ARES
22
Religious group : SECT
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Irritable ones : WASPS
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Out of line : ASKEW
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Nearsighted beast : RHINO
28
Rainy area in Spain : PLAIN
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Tear apart : REND
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Arab princes : EMIRS
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Where: Sp. : DONDE
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Way up : STAIR
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Johnson of TV : ARTE
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U.S. historian : COMMAGER
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Part of a PG rating : PARENTAL
40
Valhalla name : ODIN
41
Actor Paul : MUNI
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Most uncommon : RAREST
44
___-café : POUSSE
46
Green-blue shades : AQUAS
47
Spanish measure : VARA
48
Dash : ELAN
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" ... but don't bring ___" : LULU
50
Discordia : ERIS
51
Alley Oop's friend : OOLA
52
Interior photography : XRAY
53
British author's monogram : HGW
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The elect : INS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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