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New York Times, Wednesday, May 10, 1972

61-Across : Arrow poison

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 24.6 Grid has duplicate clues.
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F
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U
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R
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D
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M
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R
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I
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G
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V
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P
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C
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C
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N
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D
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B
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C
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S
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,306
Across
1
___-de-lis : FLEUR
6
Precious : DEAR
10
Hindu deity : RAMA
14
Remainder: Sp. : RESTA
15
Distinctive : RARE
16
Plant for Yuletide : ILEX
17
S.A. Indians : INCAS
18
Parched : ARID
19
Highlander : GAEL
20
Salt : TAR
21
Big name in chairs : HEPPLEWHITE
24
Peace goddess : IRENE
26
Pose : SIT
27
Delay : RETARD
29
Watterson et al. : EDITORS
33
Fetters : IRONS
34
Likeness : IMAGE
35
Summer, in Soissons : ETE
37
Stew : SNIT
38
Finial on many Jacobean chairs : ACORN
39
Assert : AVER
40
Poetic word : EER
41
"___, wha hae ... " : SCOTS
42
Shifts : VEERS
43
Trade route : SEALANE
45
Harness : TERRET
46
Muffle : PAD
47
"And the new moon for a ___" : CANOE
48
Big name in chairs : CHIPPENDALE
53
Legal degree : BCL
56
Atrium : HALL
57
Appearance : MIEN
58
School: Fr. : ECOLE
60
That: Lat. : ILLE
61
Arrow poison : INEE
62
Mountain ash : ROWAN
63
Trifles : TOYS
64
Mystery writer : CARR
65
Old Italian coin : SOLDO
Down
1
Fuse, as glass : FRIT
2
Soviet river : LENA
3
Secretary : ESCRITOIRE
4
Genus of lizards : UTA
5
Thin slices of meat : RASHERS
6
Fall into folds : DRAPE
7
Western lawman : EARP
8
Seed covering : ARIL
9
Alter a blueprint : REDESIGN
10
O.K., to a Britisher : RIGHTO
11
Jai ___ : ALAI
12
Suitable : MEET
13
Wheel shaft : AXLE
22
"Journey's ___" : END
23
Reproach: Scot. : WITE
25
Show anger : RANT
27
Miss Stevens : RISE
28
Sea eagles : ERNES
29
Overplay : EMOTE
30
Bengalese timber trees : DARS
31
Silver antique piece : REVEREBOWL
32
Cubic meter : STERE
34
Image : ICON
36
Formerly, of old : ERST
38
Theoretical : ACADEMIC
39
Prefix for dynamics : AERO
41
Insult : SLAP
42
Superficial shows : VENEERS
44
Greenings : APPLES
45
Hindu cymbals : TAL
47
Chair worker : CANER
48
Pert girl : CHIT
49
Small hat worn off the face : HALO
50
Badly : ILLY
51
Ship of 1492 : NINA
52
Fallow ___ : DEER
54
Adorned : CLAD
55
Open-weave fabric : LENO
59
Sound from a cote : COO

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

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