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New York Times, Saturday, June 2, 1973

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.37, Missing: { J Q V W }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 92, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13, Grid flow: 18.6 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,694
Across
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Worldly sophisticate : COSMOPOLITE
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Unclose, to poets : OPE
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Sends to cloud nine : INTOXICATES
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Wind instrument : SAX
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Goals for incumbents : REELECTIONS
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Numerical prefix : TRI
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Panama city : COLON
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Disassemble : UNDO
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Precursor of riches : RAGS
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Mango part : NAK
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Wrong: Prefix : MIS
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Arabian noble : AMEER
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D ___ Dennis : ASIN
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___ glance : ATA
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Stadium area : CENTERFIELD
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Kind of story or sister : SOB
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More restless : ITCHIER
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Put into circulation again : REISSUE
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Omega's cousin : ZEE
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Horse's bugaboo : GLUEFACTORY
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Bitter vetch : ERS
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Almost : NIGH
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South Pacific kingdom : TONGA
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Doer: Suffix : IST
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Between Q and U : RST
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Betel leaf: Var. : PAUN
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Word of approval : AMEN
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Certain bell : ALARM
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Twitch : TIC
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Dutch commune : EDE
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Revolted : INSURRECTED
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___ Moines : DES
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"She sells seashells by ___" : THESEASHORE
Down
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Round: Abbr. : CIRC
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___ top of the other : ONEON
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Stone pillar : STELA
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Oahu's neighbor : MOLOKAI
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Work animals : OXEN
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Snapshot, for short : PIC
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Numerical prefix : OCT
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Father of Oedipus : LAIUS
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Lay ___ the line : ITON
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Care for : TEND
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He: It. : ESSO
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Exclude from society : OSTRACIZE
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Math variable : PARAMETER
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States of need: Var. : EXIGENCES
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Son of Adam : SETH
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A ___ minute : MILEA
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Accuse : INDICT
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Rules : REIGNS
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Vassal : SERF
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Resembled in sound : ASSONATED
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Sightseers' mentor : TOURGUIDE
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States of suspension : ABEYANCES
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Kindled again : RELIT
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Discotheque dance : FRUG
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Octagonal sign : STOP
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German bacteriologist : EHRLICH
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Anvil of the ear : INCUS
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___ Domingo : SANTO
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More accurate : TRUER
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Mine entrance : ADIT
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Ho Chi ___ : MINH
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Actual being : ESSE
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Sweetsop : ATES
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Early Asian : MEDE
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Bauxite : ORE
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Depression initials : NRA

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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