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New York Times, Friday, April 6, 1973

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 27, Avg Word Len: 5.50, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 92, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 0, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 38.3 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,637
Across
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Muffin : POPOVER
8
Heart-helping condition : ABSENCE
15
Greed : AVARICE
16
Tennis shots : VOLLEYS
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Remembers : RECALLS
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Constituent : ELEMENT
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Noah's masterpiece : ARK
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Suffer humiliation : EATCROW
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Stamping tool : DIE
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Tell on : BLAB
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Yonkers events : TROTS
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Blue or green color : BICE
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Goods cast overboard : LAGAN
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Psyche units : IDS
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Flash of light : GLEAM
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Telescope part : EYEPIECE
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Boors : CHURLS
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Civil wrong : TORT
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Roebuck : DEER
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Writer : SCRIBE
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Takes the stage again : REENTERS
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Opted : CHOSE
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Balloon contents : AIR
45
Siouan home : TEPEE
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Kind of home : REST
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Origin : START
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Jackknife or swan : DIVE
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Soul: Fr. : AME
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Scored : TALLIED
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Caesar : SID
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Easy hand to play : PIANOLA
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Hairy : CRINOSE
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Properties : ESTATES
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Masseuse or bread-maker : KNEADER
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Most abstruse : DEEPEST
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Bird dogs : SETTERS
Down
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Allegory : PARABLE
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Superimpose : OVERLAY
3
Kind of deal : PACKAGE
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Mouths : ORA
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Kind of durance : VILE
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Brilliance : ECLAT
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Limit : RESTRICT
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Wards off : AVERTS
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Machetes : BOLOS
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Emulated Cain : SLEW
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Shade tree : ELM
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More in want : NEEDIER
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Distrustful : CYNICAL
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Thinks highly of : ESTEEMS
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Secrecy medium : CODE
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Epithet for John, with "the" : BAPTIST
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Spoke impulsively : BLURTED
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Mythical woman of tears : NIOBE
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Treaty city : GHENT
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Present, in Soho : ERE
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Letter : CEE
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Oil-drilling needs : DERRICKS
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Worked with sandpaper : SCRAPED
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Undergarment : CHEMISE
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Optimist's coloring : ROSEATE
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Iranian coin : RIAL
40
Film unit for Pearl White : EPISODE
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One who edits : REVISER
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Farmers, at times : SEEDERS
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Finally : ATLAST
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Profit generators : SALES
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Tin-lead alloy : TERNE
51
Carry : TOTE
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Regimen : DIET
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Interlude for a tot : NAP
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Reds' league: Abbr. : NAT

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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