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New York Times, Wednesday, April 26, 1972

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 264 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 28.5
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,292
Across
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Swiftly : APACE
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Small bit : DRIB
10
Twist : WARP
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Broadway name : COHAN
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Island off Scotland : IONA
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Penna. city : ERIE
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Certain gases : INERT
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Word on a proof : STET
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Knightly contest : TILT
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Object : DEMUR
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Author of "Antigone" : SOPHOCLES
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"___ old story" : SAME
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Far: Prefix : TELE
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Soil science : AGRONOMY
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Oracle's home : DELPHI
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Direction: Abbr. : ENE
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Potato : TUBER
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Like George's dragon : SLAIN
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Garment accessory : SASH
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Lanchester and Maxwell : ELSAS
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Feelings: Fr. : SENS
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Mountain nymph: Lat. : OREAS
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Ghostly : EERIE
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Presidential monogram : DDE
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Full: Sp. : PLENOS
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Betrays : SELLSOUT
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Alliance : NATO
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Kind of current: Abbr. : ELEC
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Author of "Medea" : EURIPIDES
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Salad garnish : CRESS
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Attempt : STAB
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Luxurious : POSH
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Emulate the Lorelei : TEMPT
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Wheys : SERA
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Within: Prefix : ENTO
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Asian fiber : RAMIE
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Donkey: Ger. : ESEL
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Pack : STOW
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Rice plants of India : AMANS
Down
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Biting : ACID
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Corn ___ : PONE
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Attention-getter : AHEM
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Famed tenor : CARUSO
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Starter : ENTRANT
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Pretend : DISSEMBLE
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Paper section, for short : ROTO
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Bumbling : INEPT
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Immersed : BATHED
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Certain batteries : WETCELLS
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Seed covering : ARIL
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Anger : RILE
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Sulky moods : PETS
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Cheers : OLES
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Grimace : MOUE
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Fabulist : AESOP
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Knot : GNARL
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Visit again : RESEE
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Certain votes : YESES
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Child: Prefix : PAEDO
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Native of India : HINDU
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Map piece : INSET
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Street performance : RAREESHOW
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Crosser of Alps : HANNIBAL
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Threshold : SILL
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Cleanser : SOAP
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Subject of both 21 and 55 Across : ELECTRA
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Stalks : STIPES
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Shrill cry : SCREAM
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Tooth: Prefix : ODONT
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They, in Italy : ESSE
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Western Indians : UTES
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Thin : RARE
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This: Sp. : ESTO
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Bovary or Eames : EMMA
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Short drive : SPIN
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Holy women: Abbr. : STES

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2 unique to this puzzle, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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