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New York Times, Monday, April 9, 1973

28-Across : Brood

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { F J Q X }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 29.3
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,640
Across
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Search widely : COMB
5
Vowed : SWORE
10
Intense : DEEP
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Having wings : ALAR
15
Brighten : LIVEN
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Nagy of Hungary : IMRE
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Small thing : MITE
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Visionary one : IDEOLOGIST
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U. S. sub missile : POSEIDON
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Warns : ALERTS
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Company : CREW
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Very: Fr. : TRES
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Items regularly done : DISHES
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Brood : COGITATE
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Nero's gift to Rome : ASHES
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Captured : TAKEN
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Vegetable : PEA
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Famed art colony : TAOS
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Math ratios : SINES
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Prohibits : BANS
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Attention : EAR
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Jean ___, French actor : GABIN
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Imprecation : CURSE
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Film director's concern : SCENARIO
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Classifier : SORTER
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Russian saint : OLGA
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Mil. addresses : APOS
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Shoe part : INSOLE
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Scrooge : EBENEZER
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Timely : SEASONABLE
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Cork's land : EIRE
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Buck or ram : MALE
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Weary : TIRED
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"After all is said and ___ ... " : DONE
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Resorts : SPAS
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News piece : STORY
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Lop, in Scotland : SNED
Down
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Group of partisans : CAMP
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Potpourri : OLIO
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Frames : MATS
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Riding ___ : BREECHES
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Transparencies : SLIDES
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Golf ___ : WIDOW
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Kiln : OVEN
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Old car : REO
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Does a photo-print job : ENLARGES
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Assimilate : DIGEST
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Eastern title : EMIR
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Formerly, of old : ERST
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Peevish fits : PETS
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Liquid fat : OLEIN
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Irritates : IRES
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Turnstile fodder : TOKEN
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Palm products : DATES
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Violinist Stern : ISAAC
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Prop up : SHORE
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"Pagliacci" role : CANIO
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Separate : APART
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On edge : TENSE
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Loom bar : EASER
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Leg bone : TIBIA
36
Epes and John Singer : SARGENTS
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Bristly plants : BURSEEDS
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Word element for France : GALLO
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Fur animal, for short : COON
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Snares : NOOSES
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Prompt : SPEEDY
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More competent : ABLER
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Theories : ISMS
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Kind of tide : NEAP
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Room, in Bilbao : SALA
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River in Spain : EBRO
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Jerusalem hill : ZION
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Sea flier : ERNE
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Willis of Knicks : REED
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River area : AIT

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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