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New York Times, Monday, May 7, 1973

44-Down : Capital

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,668
Across
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Flop, on Broadway : BOMB
5
Vertical, at sea : APEAK
10
Impair : MAR
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U.S.A. : AMER
14
Fields: Lat. : CAMPI
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Unchanged : SAME
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"It ___ hundred years ... " : RANA
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Capital : COPENHAGEN
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Capital : BRUSSELS
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After Taurus : GEMINI
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Asian prefix : INDO
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Capital : OSLO
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Former British P.M. : ATTLEE
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Capital : KATMANDU
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Crockett compatriot : BOWIE
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Havana coins : PESOS
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Large sloths : AIS
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Part of SEATO : ASIA
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Form of protest : SITIN
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Number in an ennead : NINE
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Sunday talk: Abbr. : SER
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Partner of raves : RANTS
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Disjoin : SEVER
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Capital : HELSINKI
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Tunes down : LOWERS
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Does lacework : TATS
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Man from Erivan : KURD
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African republic : SOMALI
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Capital : CANBERRA
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Capital : ADDISABABA
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Creator of Lorelei Lee : LOOS
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Bonn negative : NEIN
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Run the ___ : GAMUT
57
Kind of rule or run : HOME
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Paris monument : ARC
59
Papal cape : ORALE
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Brainstorm : IDEA
Down
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Fishhook adjunct : BARB
2
Sharif : OMAR
3
Food offerings : MENU
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Capital : BRASILIA
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Agree : ACCEDE
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Paul, in Palermo : PAOLO
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Napoleon and Jones: Abbr. : EMPS
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Companion for Tarzan : APE
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Capital : KINGSTON
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Balthazar et al. : MAGI
11
Prayer finale : AMEN
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Italian painter : RENI
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Where Apia is the capital : SAMOA
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Pilothouse posts : HELMS
20
Snick and ___ : SNEE
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Caravan stop : OASIS
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Embarrass : ABASH
25
"We're off ___ the wizard" : TOSEE
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Baton maneuver : TWIRL
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Dramatist Frings : KETTI
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Guileless : NAIVE
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Railroad car : DINER
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Consumers : USERS
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Uses serrated shears : PINKS
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Capital : SANTIAGO
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Capital : NEWDELHI
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Teheran coins : RIALS
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Old-World apple : SORB
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Dry-cleaner's concern : STAIN
42
Crescent-shaped : LUNATE
44
Capital : KABUL
45
Capital : SANA
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River to the Baltic : ODER
47
16th-century date : MDIC
48
Madrid bed : CAMA
49
Quarter of an acre : ROOD
50
Capital : ROME
51
In a quandary : ASEA
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Candy or sand : BAR

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 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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