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New York Times, Monday, July 17, 1972

22-Across : Derby et al.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 24.5
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,374
Across
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Pilot's place : HELM
5
Mild oath : EGAD
9
Heraldic bar : FESS
13
On the deep : ASEA
14
Dog's worst friend : FLEA
15
Sew loosely : BASTE
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Stay put : STANDFAST
18
Kitchen utensil : RICER
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Make beloved : ENDEAR
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Devoted one : ADORANT
22
Derby et al. : RACES
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Highway of old : ITER
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Regard favorably : ADMIRE
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Walkway : PATH
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Times of day: Abbr. : PMS
33
Radio part : DIAL
34
Pucker : PURSE
35
Tangled mass : MOP
36
Joint : ANKLE
38
Candlenut tree : AMA
39
Female of the ruff : REEVE
41
Word to a horse : GEE
42
Boston seafood offering : SCROD
44
Indigo : ANIL
45
Bitter vetch : ERS
46
Three-masted schooner : TERN
47
Delicate : PASTEL
49
Reeled : SPUN
51
Whitish color : IVORY
53
Carry on : OPERATE
56
Kind of cracker : ANIMAL
59
Spanish man : SENOR
60
Preceded : ANTEDATED
63
Impertinent : SASSY
64
Be: Ger. : SEIN
65
Network : RETE
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To the protected side : ALEE
67
Poise : TACT
68
Rounded hill : KNOB
Down
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Exclamations : HAS
2
Italian family : ESTE
3
Spare : LEAN
4
Large baboon : MANDRILL
5
Do away with : EFFACE
6
Dirty look : GLARE
7
Roman money : AES
8
Researcher's quest : DATA
9
Laissez ___ : FAIRE
10
Steep slope : ESCARPMENT
11
British carbine : STEN
12
Mural painter : SERT
15
Certain kind of hood : BROTHER
17
Expensive : DEAR
21
Morse-code units : DITS
23
Dessert : SPUMONI
25
Proverb : ADAGE
26
Place to eat : DINER
27
Adds up : MAKESSENSE
29
Rumanian city : ARAD
31
Hitchcock output : MOVIE
32
Incantation : SPELL
34
Young salmon : PARR
37
Sea arm : ESTUARY
40
Soft touch : EASYMARK
43
Money unit : CENT
47
Western, old style : PONENT
48
Dry : ARID
50
Writing form : PROSE
52
Prophetical : VATIC
53
Bones : OSSA
54
Ring out : PEAL
55
Direction : EAST
57
Solar disk : ATEN
58
Mother of Apollo : LETO
61
Teachers' group: Abbr. : NEA
62
Coming-out gal : DEB

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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