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New York Times, Saturday, March 4, 1972

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 26.6
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S
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L
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P
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C
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M
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R
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G
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F
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L
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U
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B
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A
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H
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D
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O
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G
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Y
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S
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L
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C
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L
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M
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K
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T
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D
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,239
Across
1
Louver : SLAT
5
Be a model : POSE
9
Snakes : ASPS
13
Geometric form : CUBE
14
Sea birds : ERNS
15
Like ___ (quickly) : ASHOT
16
Wild ox : ANOA
17
Gangster's front man : MOUTHPIECE
19
Kidnapper's concern : RANSOM
21
Child with poor manners : GOOP
22
Relative of a saeculum : EON
23
Thirty-two degrees : FREEZINGPOINT
26
Certain train : LOCAL
27
Aries' neighbor : TAURUS
30
Phooey : BAH
33
Hub : NAVE
34
"What's ___ cannot be ... " : DONE
35
Mountain-making process : OROGENY
37
Opts : SELECTS
40
Metallic material : LAME
41
Nursemaid : NANA
42
Ring triumphs : KOS
43
___ time : ONEATA
46
Tidal flood : EAGRE
48
Lobby, e.g. : PRESSUREGROUP
53
Hurok : SOL
55
Disorderly flight : ROUT
56
Noggin : NOODLE
57
Occurred : TRANSPIRED
60
Have a feast : DINE
61
Loosen, as a shoe : UNTIE
62
Bank paper : NOTE
63
Verve : ELAN
64
Coward : NOEL
65
Growl : GNAR
66
Notices : SEES
Down
1
Neckpiece : SCARF
2
___ module : LUNAR
3
Have ___ to pick : ABONE
4
Raise nap on cloth : TEASEL
5
Staple of old Arctic explorers : PEMMICAN
6
Iberian gold : ORO
7
Cuddle : SNUGGLE
8
Bar : ESTOP
9
"___ was saying" : ASI
10
Kind of plasterboard : SHEETROCK
11
Little: It. : POCO
12
Gun : STEN
15
Via ___ : APPIA
18
Derisive sound : HOOT
20
Pure air : OZONE
24
Warships : NAVY
25
Statue of a kind : NUDE
28
Biblical preposition : UNTO
29
Meeting: Abbr. : SESS
30
Relative of a machete : BOLO
31
Islands in Galway Bay : ARAN
32
Focus of batter's box : HOMEPLATE
36
Equipment : GEAR
37
European area : SAAR
38
Produce : ENGENDER
39
Handel work : LARGO
41
Atom constituent : NEUTRON
44
Sententious : TERSE
45
___ to Cerberus : ASOP
47
Wears away : ERODES
49
Being a plaintiff : SUING
50
"Swan Lake" character : ODILE
51
Arm bones : ULNAE
52
Hammer parts : PEENS
53
Shock : STUN
54
Words of choice : ORNO
58
Zero : NIL
59
Japanese outcast : ETA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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