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New York Times, Thursday, April 22, 1971

9-Down : Famous Mrs.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { B J Q V W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7 Grid is asymmetric.
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 7,922
Across
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N.L. team : METS
5
Reverie : DREAM
10
Writer Munro : SAKI
14
Biblical ruler : OMRI
15
Rope : RIATA
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Group of three: Abbr. : TRIN
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Legal hold : LIEN
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Seasonal saps : APRILFOOLS
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Arabian guides : DRAGOMEN
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Downright : ARRANT
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Area of Africa : SUDAN
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Foil : EPEE
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Patterns: Fr. : MOULES
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Checked : ARRESTED
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Tapestry : ARRAS
32
Food fish : SCROD
33
Chinese weight : HAO
34
Light : FAIR
35
Hone : STROP
36
His and ___ : HERS
37
Motel of yore : INN
38
Personnel man : HIRER
39
Rembrandt ___ : PEALE
40
Forms deltas : AGGRADES
42
Feats : GESTES
43
Beatle's cry : HELP
44
Musical group : CHOIR
45
Hazardous skating surface : CATICE
48
Part of a day : NOONTIME
51
Mischievous ones : PRANKSTERS
53
Amino ___ : ACID
54
Large rooms : AULAE
55
Smell ___ : ARAT
56
Biblical weed : TARE
57
One of the senses : SMELL
58
Coeds : GALS
59
Dash : ELAN
Down
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Penicillin source : MOLD
2
Arabian prince : EMIR
3
Holding dear : TREASURING
4
Unusual : SINGULAR
5
TV offerings : DRAMAS
6
Become ready : RIPEN
7
Merit : EARN
8
N.Z. tribe : ATI
9
Famous Mrs. : MALAPROP
10
Mall units : STORES
11
Venezuelan town : AROA
12
Oast : KILN
13
Part of M.I.T.: Abbr. : INST
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Ungirdled : FREED
21
Tributes to skylarks et al. : ODES
24
Baseball statistic : ERROR
25
Underworld group : MAFIA
26
Ape : ORANG
27
Estate : ACRES
28
Flamboyant : THEATRICAL
29
Former Governor of Penna. : EARLE
30
Medicates : DOSES
32
___ throat : STREP
35
Edges : SIDLES
36
Waver : HESITATE
38
German biologist : HAECKEL
39
Laborer : PEON
41
Of the nose : RHINAL
42
TV wraiths : GHOSTS
44
Lobster roe : CORAL
45
Audit men: Abbr. : CPAS
46
Calla lily : ARUM
47
Account : TALE
48
Tiber tributary : NERA
49
Star in Cetus : MIRA
50
First home : EDEN
52
Child's game : TAG

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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