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New York Times, Thursday, April 19, 1973

28-Across : Gather on a surface

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 322 (avg 1.72)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 34.9
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,650
Across
1
Oarsman's gaffe : CRAB
5
___-on-Trent : STOKE
10
Flimflam : HOAX
14
Precious stone : RUBY
15
Fry, to friends : CHRIS
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Make out : ESPY
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Drooping : ALOP
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Gladiator's milieu : ARENA
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From ___ (completely) : ATOZ
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Hard chance at Shea : TEXASLEAGUER
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Go pell-mell : SPEED
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African river : VOLTA
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Gather on a surface : ADSORB
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Clover : TREFOIL
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Unobtrusive : QUIET
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Nile dam : ASWAN
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Naval rank: Abbr. : CPO
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Buffet servers : URNS
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One-master : SLOOP
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Lays out : MAPS
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Noun ending : ION
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Drops out, as in poker : FOLDS
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Messieurs : MALES
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Garden piece : TRELLIS
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In ___ (in debt) : THERED
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"Rain" name : SADIE
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Zagreb native : CROAT
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Overtime at Shea : EXTRAINNINGS
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Lockup : JAIL
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German poet : RILKE
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Secluded place : NOOK
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Preposition : INTO
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French pronouns : ELLES
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Miserably : ILLY
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Use the teeth : GNAW
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Bread ingredient : YEAST
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Secure : SAFE
Down
1
Suffix for pluto : CRAT
2
Use a straightedge : RULE
3
In ___ (stymied) : ABOX
4
Avoids : BYPASSES
5
Fishmonger's tool : SCALER
6
Full count, with 30 Down : THREEBALLS
7
Mountain nymph : OREAD
8
Number one : KING
9
Son of Isaac : ESAU
10
Learn : HEAROF
11
Bridge hand, in Bonn : OST
12
Mil. address : APO
13
Final trio : XYZ
21
Notice : SPOT
22
Tied : EVEN
25
Site : LOCALE
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Gave inside info : TIPPED
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At ___ (bewildered) : ALOSS
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Dawn : AURORA
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Repeated insistently : DINNED
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See 6 Down : TWOSTRIKES
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Talk : RAP
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On even terms : QUITS
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Divot material : SOD
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___-disant : SOI
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Mixologist's creations : MARTINIS
40
Bend : FLEX
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Vexatious : MEAN
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Hide out : LIELOW
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On the square : HONEST
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Lily : CALLA
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Part of the deck : TREY
50
Rub the wrong way : RILE
51
Famed theme piece : NOLA
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Player's business : GOLF
53
Scottish island : SKYE
54
Dance : JIG
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Sheridan : ANN
56
Call ___ day : ITA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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