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New York Times, Saturday, July 8, 1972

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { F J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 86, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 4.8
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,365
Across
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Clip joint : BARBERSHOP
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African lake : CHAD
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Hospital activities : OPERATIONS
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Cupbearer of gods : HEBE
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After-65 event : RETIREMENT
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___ code : AREA
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Extending window : ORIEL
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Favoring : PRO
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Sweater size : SMALL
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Mariner's direction : SSE
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With 54 Across, Sammy Davis book : YES
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French Mrs. : MME
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Cupid : AMOR
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Certain ships : COALERS
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Howard of baseball : ELSTON
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Strengthens : SHORESUP
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Reached : GOTTO
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Pacific herb : PIA
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Honshu town : TONDA
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More grasping : GREEDIER
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Superficial appearance : VENEER
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Telling tall tales : YARNING
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Small fry : TADS
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Hiding place : DEN
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Roman bronze : AES
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Cleopatra's bane : ASP
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Kind of bear : POLAR
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Old English money : ORA
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Writer Lagerlof : SELMA
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See 23 Across : ICAN
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"___ B.C." : ONEMILLION
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The Red : ERIC
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Collect : ACCUMULATE
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Palm product : DATE
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Showed up again : REAPPEARED
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Golfer Julius : BOROS
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Copycats : APERS
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Knot again : RETIE
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French cheese : BRIE
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Nobleman : EARL
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Way: Abbr. : RTE
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Wry grin : SIMPER
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Garden workers : HOERS
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___ account (never) : ONNO
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Attention getter : PST
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Fickle ones : CHAMELEONS
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Wife of Zeus : HERA
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Biblical brother : ABEL
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Card-player's request : DEAL
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Felt pain : SMARTED
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More distant : YON
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Farm sound : MOO
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Ballpark's concern : ATTENDANCE
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More sullen : MOODIER
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Tea : CHA
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Early slave : ESNE
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Boorish : RUDE
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Boom : SPAR
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Like some breakfast skillets : EGGY
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Parts of bees : LORA
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Silver abbr. : STER
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Word of respect : SIR
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Square item for a round hole : PEG
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Hostel : INN
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Anatomical duct : VAS
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Work together : TEAMUP
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Asian palm : ARECA
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"Doubt truth to be ___" : ALIAR
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Hit : SMOTE
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Like a window : PANED
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Multicolored : PIED
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Soup ingredient: Var. : OCRA
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Café au ___ : LAIT
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Formerly : ONCE
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Swing around : SLUE
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Miss Logan : ELLA
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Dory adjunct : OAR
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Pixy : IMP

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

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