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New York Times, Saturday, April 22, 1972

18-Down : Arrow poison

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.63, Missing: { F J K Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 264 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 14.8
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,288
Across
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Trick : DUPE
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Emmy's cousin : OSCAR
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Savings-account abbrs. : PCTS
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Miss Claire et al. : INAS
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Pointed structure : SPIRE
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Came down : ALIT
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Trembled : PALPITATED
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Typesetting machine, for short : LINO
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Gist : SUM
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Green shades : NILES
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Calyx leaf : SEPAL
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Emulate Ty Cobb : STEAL
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Eyelid trouble : STY
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"It's ___ thing" : ASURE
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Malaga mister : SENOR
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Dance step : PAS
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Heating vessel : ETNA
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Fortification : PALISADE
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Plant root : RADIX
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Of age: Abbr. : AET
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Blanched : PALED
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Flash colorfully : OPALESCE
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Farewell : VALE
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Lacking : SHY
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French port : BREST
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Archery mark : ROVER
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Spanish coin: Abbr. : PES
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Love, in Naples : AMORE
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Of a pelvic bone : ILIAC
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Columbus's starting place : PALOS
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Gypsy gentleman : ROM
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Insect feeler : PALP
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Extenuating : PALLIATIVE
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Campanile city : PISA
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Former voice of Yankees : ALLEN
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Unusual person : ONER
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Russian city : OREL
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Mendacious ones : LIARS
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Monster : OGRE
Down
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Snack-tray offerings : DIPS
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Sloth : UNAU
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Church time : PALMSUNDAY
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Sixth sense: Abbr. : ESP
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Old Roman port : OSTIA
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Stone chips : SPALLS
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Summon : CITE
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War deity : ARES
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Barber or Buttons : RED
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C.B.S. executive : PALEY
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Football infraction : CLIP
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Miss Louise : TINA
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Certain kind of plane: Abbr. : STOL
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Arrow poison : INEE
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Denude : STRIP
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Chisholm, for one : TRAIL
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Grundy, to his friends : SOL
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Aviation prefixes : AEROS
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Kind of infection, for short : STAPH
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Swords : EPEES
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King Cole : NAT
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Talking profusely : PALAVERING
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Fred's sister : ADELE
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Passover event : SEDER
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Relish : SAVOR
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Medit. vessel : XEBEC
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King-beater : ACE
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Elders: Abbr. : SRS
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Loftier : TALLER
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Sub ___ : ROSA
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___ States : PAPAL
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Less, in Limoges : MOINS
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River horse, to cockneys : IPPO
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Hideout : LAIR
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Girl's name : ILSE
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Oahu precipice : PALI
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___ breve : ALLA
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Atop : OVER
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Pool : MERE
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Chum : PAL
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Likewise : TOO

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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