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New York Times, Saturday, April 28, 1973

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 4.84, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 34.0
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,659
Across
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Middle name for Howe or Beecher : WARD
5
Abrupt utterance : BLURT
10
Weights: Abbr. : LBS
13
Pulitzer author : AGEE
14
Horse opera : OATER
15
___ avis : RARA
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Biblical country : ARAM
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Fiendish : DIABOLICAL
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Artery of the head : CAROTID
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Hot milk drink : POSSET
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French denial : NON
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Adams or Liddell : ALICE
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Type of instrument : STRING
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Concise : LACONIC
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Nymph : OREAD
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Pons, for one : DIVA
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Depression agency: Abbr. : NRA
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Wagon of a kind : WELCOME
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Allied with : ALIGNED
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Enjoy the slopes : SKI
41
Old Greek coin : OBOL
43
Fraternity letter : THETA
44
Containing tin : STANNIC
47
Game official : SCORER
48
Sculpture pieces : BUSTS
49
Egyptian deity : SHU
50
Last-lap effort : SPRINT
53
A la mode : STYLISH
57
Yuletide plant : POINSETTIA
60
Type of gear or pulley : IDLE
61
Kind of shoulder : COLD
62
Ohio or Missouri : RIVER
63
Coal bed : SEAM
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Bar order : ALE
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O'Casey and Connery : SEANS
66
Headwear : HATS
Down
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W. W. II group : WAAC
2
City in India : AGRA
3
Guard or admiral : REAR
4
Possessed : DEMONIAC
5
Omen : BODING
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Presented : LAID
7
Lizard of West : UTA
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Johnny ___ : REB
9
Kind of fish : TROPICAL
10
Tree resins : LACS
11
Scottish hillside : BRAE
12
Sailor : SALT
15
In ascent : RISEN
18
Weed of Southwest : LOCO
20
Circular painting : TONDO
23
Baba : ALI
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Vichy Premier : LAVAL
25
Does a farm job : SOWS
26
Hard journeys : TREKS
27
Kindled again : RELIT
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Ear or sanctum : INNER
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Candia's island : CRETE
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Ledger entry : DEBIT
34
Jewish month : ADAR
36
Gila and others : MONSTERS
38
Restive : ITCHY
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Gruesome : GHOULISH
42
Military institution: Abbr. : OCS
45
In ___ (under pressure) : ABIND
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Sisters : NUNS
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Spectral types : SSTARS
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Humane org. : SPCA
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Kind of table : POOL
52
Make peevish : RILE
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Temple: Sp. : SIEN
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Conception : IDEA
55
Blind part : SLAT
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Dress parts : HEMS
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Indecisive outcome : TIE
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Power initials : TVA

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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