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New York Times, Monday, May 14, 1973

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 24.3 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,675
Across
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Name for a firehouse pet : SPOT
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Oodles : SCADS
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Spheres : ORBS
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Do a morning ritual : LAVE
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Fungus : ERGOT
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Crossing sound : TOOT
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Exam : ORAL
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Long illness : SIEGE
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___ Royale : ISLE
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Writer William Carlos : WILLIAMS
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Pulitzer poet and family : FROSTS
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Heavy reading : TOME
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Items in the firmament : UFOS
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Mysterious : ARCANE
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Framework : SKELETON
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Bargains : DEALS
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Concorde, e.g. : PLANE
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Wish undone : RUE
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Farce : MIME
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Locale of a mill : FLOSS
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On one's last ___ : LEGS
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Frappé base : ICE
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Furnace part : GRATE
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Rifle component : SIGHT
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Henry and others : THOREAUS
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Peeks at solitaire : CHEATS
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Penmanship : HAND
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School study: Abbr. : GEOG
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Board : EMBARK
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Mesas : PLATEAUS
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Store of a special type : COOP
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Pasternak lass and namesakes : LARAS
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Confine : MURE
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London's Marble ___ : ARCH
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Moslem decree : IRADE
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Field : AREA
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Slayton : DEKE
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Appellations : NAMES
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Votes : NAYS
Down
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Kind of burn : SLOW
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___ passu : PARI
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Running track : OVAL
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Kind of heart : TELLTALE
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"Open ___" : SESAME
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Urban problem : CRIME
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Stone and teen : AGES
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Household greeter : DOG
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Crusading journalist : STEFFENS
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Indolent : OTIOSE
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Flag person : ROSS
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Quit the party : BOLT
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Canonized people: Abbr. : STES
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Electrified particles : IONS
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Function : ROLE
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Official decree : UKASE
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Own up : ADMIT
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Hitler's realm : REICH
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Engraved gem : CAMEO
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Openings : SLOTS
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Trillion: Prefix : TREGA
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"You ___ to be in ... " : OUGHT
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Cozy places : NESTS
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Praise, old style : PLAUD
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Almanack author : FRANKLIN
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Early English vassal : LIEGEMAN
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High or low : GEAR
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Pellet : SHOT
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Anatomical seam: Var. : RHAPHE
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Leaves off : CEASES
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Clearing : GLADE
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Modified organism : ECAD
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Further : MORE
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Spring beer : BOCK
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Baby buggy : PRAM
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Atmosphere : AURA
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U. S. chemist : UREY
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The high ___ : SEAS
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South Bend name : ARA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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