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New York Times, Saturday, April 7, 1973

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.36, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 83, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 43.6 Grid has duplicate clues.
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C
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A
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T
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O
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C
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E
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D
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A
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R
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R
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M
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V
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B
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H
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W
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H
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T
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P
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C
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L
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D
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F
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S
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F
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C
H
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M
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L
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M
U
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T
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C
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P
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B
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C
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P
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B
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L
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N
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K
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R
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G
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H
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O
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,638
Across
1
Elder or Younger : CATO
5
Lebanese feature : CEDAR
10
Actor Beerbohm : TREE
14
Antelope : ORYX
15
Condor's nest : AERIE
16
Foretell : READ
17
Spanish surrealist : MIRO
18
Shortcut road : TRANSVERSE
20
English dog : BLENHEIMSPANIEL
22
Bulwer-Lytton heroine : IONE
23
Open country : WOLD
24
Vast arid region : SAHARA
27
Thoroughworts : BONESETS
31
Laborers : PEONS
32
Damned, to poets : CURST
33
Meadow : LEA
34
Publicizes : AIRS
35
Alighieri : DANTE
36
Word for daylight time : FAST
37
Descendant : SON
38
Bring : FETCH
39
Brave : MANLY
40
T. R. feature : MUSTACHE
42
Greek odist : PINDAR
43
Israeli port : ACRE
44
Sousa's group : BAND
45
Pulsating star : CEPHEIDVARIABLE
52
Arrange words distinctively : ALLITERATE
53
Do carpentering : NAIL
54
Card game : SKAT
55
Fabric : RAYON
56
Clothes : GARB
57
"___ soit ... " : HONI
58
Bias : SLANT
59
Olive genus : OLEA
Down
1
Wave crest : COMB
2
Seed covering : ARIL
3
Phoenician city : TYRE
4
Certain English collegians : OXONIANS
5
Connected series : CATENA
6
Uncanny : EERIE
7
Sixty grains : DRAM
8
British author of 1800's : AINSWORTH
9
Choir's specialty : RESPONSE
10
Drifts : TRENDS
11
Soprano Grist : RERI
12
Lighten : EASE
13
Henry James's biographer : EDEL
19
Gentleman's gentleman : VALET
21
___ de combat : HORS
24
Muscle action : SPASM
25
Vowel recitation : AEIOU
26
French and English : HORNS
27
Sierra Leone island : BUNCE
28
Antelope : ELAND
29
Electrical pioneer : TESLA
30
Butterfly : SATYR
32
Kind of tourist town : CATHEDRAL
35
Belittlers : DECRIERS
36
Castanet dance : FANDANGO
38
Aspect : FACET
39
Skirt : MINI
41
South Pacific island : TAHITI
42
P.T.A. member : PARENT
44
Conductor's need : BATON
45
Singer Johnny : CASH
46
Nevada city : ELKO
47
Blueprint : PLAN
48
Gracious!, in Spain : VAYA
49
False god : BAAL
50
Coins in Como : LIRE
51
Island of exile : ELBA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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