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New York Times, Monday, May 29, 1972

28-Across : Marmalade

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q U Y Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 34.4
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,325
Across
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Kind of word: Abbr. : COMP
5
Jacobean chair ornament : ACORN
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Do news work : EDIT
14
Kind of exam : ORAL
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Persian wheel : NORIA
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Kind of Ranger or hand : LONE
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Otherwise : ELSE
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Alumni : GRADS
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Field : ACRE
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Rich in specifics : DETAILED
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More banal : TRITER
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Letters : ESSES
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Grand or upright : PIANO
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Caravansaries : SERAIS
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Marmalade : PRESERVE
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Presses : IRONS
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Pay-envelope surprise : RAISE
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City near Marseilles : AIX
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Robert or Lorado : TAFT
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Synonym man : ROGET
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Legislative group : BLOC
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Fool : ASS
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Chopped : HEWED
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Server : LADLE
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Welcomes guests : RECEIVES
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Farina or oatmeal : CEREAL
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Printing-press element : INKER
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Argot : SLANG
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Goatish one : LEERER
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Jungle cats : LEOPARDS
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Florence's river : ARNO
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Sages : SEERS
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Roman wax : CERA
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Marmoset of S.A. : MICO
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Funeral speech : ELOGE
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Meal for a caterpillar : LEAF
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___ red : BEET
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Ate : DINED
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Town southwest of Padua : ESTE
Down
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Campus figure : COED
2
Heraldic border : ORLE
3
Diploma reading : MASTEROFSCIENCE
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Agreeable : PLEASANT
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Aspects : ANGLES
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Reactor parts : CORES
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Toward the mouth : ORAD
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Free : RID
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Most spiteful : NASTIEST
10
Miss Stritch : ELAINE
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Ph.D., M.D., etc. : DOCTORALDEGREES
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Concerning : INRE
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Mix calico colors : TEER
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Egyptian goddess : ISIS
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Demolish: Var. : RASE
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Worked loose : PRIED
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Hindu guitar : SITAR
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Expunge : ERASE
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Bellboys : PAGES
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Dvorak's instrument : VIOLA
30
Surpass : EXCEL
32
Sculler : ROWER
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Changed one's mind : REVERSED
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Seagoing Bill : BARNACLE
38
Trudge : HIKE
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Jump : LEAP
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Implant : ENROOT
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Kind of shop or circuit : CLOSED
44
Suiting : SERGE
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Mary's friend : LAMB
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Lake : ERIE
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Uris : LEON
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Mild expletive : DRAT
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Umpire's call : SAFE
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Wallach : ELI

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

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