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New York Times, Friday, March 3, 1972

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 304 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 37.1 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,238
Across
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Vex : MIFF
5
Town crier's word : ALLS
9
Row of cut grass : SWATH
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Willow genus : ITEA
15
Salad-green plant : BEET
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Reporter's question : WHERE
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Grape residue : MARC
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"___ boy!" : ATTA
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Mountain nest : AERIE
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Bantu tribesmen : ILAS
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Timber tree : BUTTONWOOD
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Infant ailment : COLIC
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Mideast ruler : SHEIK
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Swab : MOP
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Pass-catcher : END
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Each: Sp. : CADA
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Metric unit of volume: Fr. : DECILITRE
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Greek-column order : IONIC
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Illusive : WILLOTHEWISPISH
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More exact : TRUER
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Become like last year's auto : OBSOLESCE
42
Envisions : SEES
43
Relative of Sra. : MME
44
Cairo initials : UAR
45
Down-under marsupial : KOALA
47
Muse of memory : MNEME
51
Occasional kitchen shelf : WINDOWSILL
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Mideast nation : IRAN
57
Become frosty : ICEUP
58
Snow house: Var. : IGLU
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Chanel : COCO
60
Garner's middle name : NANCE
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U.S. missile : THOR
62
Land holding in old England : UDAL
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Streamlined : SLEEK
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Diminutive suffix : ETTE
65
Saves nine : SEWS
Down
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Marceau, e.g. : MIMIC
2
Flier Balbo : ITALO
3
Savage : FERAL
4
Copies : FACSIMILES
5
Rhyme scheme : ABAB
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"___ be gay" : LETUS
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Famous first words : LETTHEREBELIGHT
8
Part of the 11 P.M. telecast : STATENEWS
9
Elegance : SWANK
10
Expression of relief : WHEW
11
Prefix with sol or space : AERO
12
The butcher, etc. : TRIO
13
Obey : HEED
22
Resembling: Suffix : OID
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Artist's concern : COLOR
27
Place to buy wheat : PIT
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Astronomy's father : COPERNICUS
30
Cuckoos : ANIS
31
Kind of jockey : DISC
32
Yearn : ACHE
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Tanker weights: Abbr. : DWTS
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Land of De Valera : EIRE
35
Detective's tool : CLUE
36
Christadelphian : THOMASITE
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Eastern faith : ISLAM
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Chit : IOU
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Cut grass : MOW
45
Ruble component : KOPEK
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Apportion : ALLOT
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Destroy slowly : ERODE
49
Parrot : MACAW
50
Organic compounds : ENOLS
51
Succeeds : WINS
52
Adjective suffix : ICAL
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Hawaiian goose : NENE
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Führer's ally : DUCE
55
Enticement : LURE

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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