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New York Times, Wednesday, April 18, 1973

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 4, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 22.5
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,649
Across
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Above : ATOP
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Stunning defeat : FACER
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Performs : DOES
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Appeared : CAME
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"I'm so all ___ ... " : ALONE
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Historic island : ELBA
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American poet : HENRYLONGFELLOW
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Biblical priest : ELI
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Nautical term : ALEE
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Emulates a famous structure : LEANS
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Château d'If and others : ILES
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Decree : FIAT
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First word of 36 Across : LISTEN
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Signal device in 36 Across : LANTERN
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Ibiza, for one : ISLA
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Cuba ___ : LIBRE
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Row : OAR
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Poem by 17 Across : PAULREVERESRIDE
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Narrow shoe widths : AAS
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Suppose : OPINE
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Inter ___ : ALIA
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Soft leather : CHAMOIS
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Hateful : CURSED
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Caucasian: Var. : LASI
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Allot : METE
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English historian : ACTON
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Eight: Prefix : OCTA
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Common verb : WAS
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Sight in 36 Across : THEVILLAGECLOCK
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___ a minute : MILE
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Not now : LATER
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Opposed: Prefix : ANTI
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Unique thing : ONER
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"Two if ___" : BYSEA
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American patriot : OTIS
Down
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Word with heart or head : ACHE
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Eastern weight : TAEL
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Prefix for scient : OMNI
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Through : PER
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Prostrate : FALLEN
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Lilies : ALOES
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Geometric figure : CONE
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Bridge builder: Abbr. : ENG
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V.I.P. in sports : REF
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Erase : DELETE
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Jar : OLLA
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Dark : EBON
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Does carpentry work : SAWS
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Home of the Sheffield School : YALE
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Exalts : ELATES
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Kind of type: Abbr. : ITAL
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French entomologist : FABRE
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Concerning : INRE
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Fat, in medicine : LIPA
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Newton : ISAAC
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Sloppy stuff : SLUSH
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Legal rights : LIENS
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Vexes : ROILS
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Nobody, in Toledo : NADIE
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Date in Nero's reign : LVIII
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Interpret : READ
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Gypsy language: Var. : ROMANI
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Certain poetry : EPOS
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Thin : RARE
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What all the world loves : ALOVER
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Part of etc. : CETERA
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Brain, in Philippines : UTAC
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Newscaster Frank : MCGEE
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Vapor: Prefix : ATMO
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Talk : CHIN
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Far: Prefix : TELE
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Horse food : OATS
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Custom : WONT
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Play opener : ACTI
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Sun Valley equipment : SKIS
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Degree in law : LLB
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Wager : LAY
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Thai language : LAO

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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