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New York Times, Monday, July 31, 1972

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 31.0
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,388
Across
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Siberian forest : TAIGA
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Namath weakness : KNEE
10
Wine container : CASK
14
Kind of circle or tube : INNER
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Miler Jim : RYUN
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Olive genus : OLEA
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Strength of a solution : TITRE
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Existing in fancy : IMAGINARY
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Loire areas : ILES
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Dr. Rhine's specialty : ESP
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Arouse : INCITE
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Ascend : GOUP
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Basis of some bets : HUNCH
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Whiskers : BURNSIDES
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Waste maker : HASTE
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Literary collection : ANA
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High court, for short : SCOTUS
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Chicken Little's mother : HEN
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Be located : SIT
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Kind of jet engine : RAM
40
Parent of N.B.C. : RCA
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Disposed : APT
43
Season in Nice : ETE
44
Long and narrow : LINEAR
46
Born: Fr. : NEE
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Croesus's kingdom : LYDIA
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Orkney native, for one : NORLANDER
52
Wisconsin city : RIPON
54
Chinese port : AMOY
55
Rue de ___ : RIVOLI
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Stock-share word : PAR
60
Old Irish alphabet : OGAM
63
South African province : TRANSVAAL
65
Allan-___ : ADALE
66
Facilitate : EASE
67
Seed covering : ARIL
68
Fey : ELFIN
69
Prune: Scot. : SNED
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Caesar et al. : SIDS
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Prepare again : REFIT
Down
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S. A. monkey : TITI
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Blue dye : ANIL
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Like some schools : INTEGRATED
4
Writer Noel : GERSON
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Exist : ARE
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Serpentine dagger : KRIS
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Lolita, for one : NYMPHET
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U.S.A., to Pompidou : EUA
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French machine : ENGIN
10
Shell-shaped structure : CONCHA
11
Jai ___ : ALAI
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Spanish painter : SERT
13
Danny or Stubby : KAYE
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Length of three barleycorns : INCH
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Like heroic poetry : EPICAL
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Where the Dnieper flows : USSR
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Certain money-lender : USURER
27
Swiss city : BASEL
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Accord : UNITY
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Mask : DOMINO
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Ginger ale and beer : SHANDYGAFF
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Certain home : TEPEE
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Stage direction : ENTER
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Ladderlike : SCALAR
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Syria, in the Bible : ARAM
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Word for a volunteer worker : NONPAID
48
Mangled : IRONED
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Troubles : AILS
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Soup ingredient : NOODLE
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Old Italian bagpipes : PIVAS
55
Ways: Abbr. : RTES
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Mideast land : IRAN
57
Flower holder : VASE
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"___ well" : ALLS
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The al. in et al. : ALII
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Action: Suffix : MENT
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Onassis : ARI
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Atmosphere: Prefix : AER

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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