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New York Times, Saturday, July 1, 1972

21-Down : Sultry ones

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,358
Across
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Hydrate : SLAKE
6
Medics : DOCS
10
___-American : AFRO
14
Place of investiture of Charles : WALES
15
Card game : SKAT
16
Part of a pencil : LEAD
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Helm direction : APORT
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Rider of Southwest : CABALLERO
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Indians of Midwest : MIAMIS
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Guiding principle : POLESTAR
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Pledge of Allegiance word : INDIVISIBLE
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Hill of Ireland : TARA
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Stupid : DENSE
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Least bit : RAP
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Foreign posts : LEGATESHIPS
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Corn lily : IXIA
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Hot beverage : NEGUS
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Easy job : SNAP
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Certain drugs : DEPRESSANTS
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At all : ANY
46
Early chariot : ESSED
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River areas : AITS
49
Divisive workers : SCHISMATICS
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Subdued : MASTERED
60
French scholar : ERUDIT
61
Kissed : OSCULATED
63
Thing found : TROVE
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Brand : SEAR
65
Put in a certain place : TEED
66
Small land body : ISLET
67
Went down : SANK
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Former, of old : ERST
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Cartoonist and others : NASTS
Down
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Hindu pundit : SWAMI
2
Rabbit fur : LAPIN
3
"Get ___ of this!" : ALOAD
4
A Roosevelt : KERMIT
5
Of the summer : ESTIVAL
6
Military award: Abbr. : DSC
7
Relative of the giraffe : OKAPI
8
Skewered meat: Var. : CABOB
9
Choir seat : STALL
10
Word in Shakespeare title : ALLS
11
Pedicels : FEET
12
Infrequent: Lat. : RARA
13
Repute : ODOR
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City in West Riding : LEEDS
21
Sultry ones : SIRENS
24
Profound philosophers : SAGES
27
Sounds of querying : EHS
28
Historic ship : NINA
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Pair of horses : SPAN
30
Sight : ESPY
31
Enjoy a carrousel : RIDE
32
Chops : AXES
33
Card spots : PIPS
35
Turkish title : AGA
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Albacores : TUNAS
37
Former Haitian President : ESTIME
39
Metric measure : ARE
43
Defunct car : EDSEL
44
Begin : STARTIN
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Czech sculptor : STURSA
50
Rickety auto : CRATE
51
Other: Prefix : HETER
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French notions : IDEES
53
Objects of worship : IDOLS
54
African cat : CIVET
55
Notations on proofs : STETS
56
Kind of back : MOSS
57
On the deep : ASEA
58
Look over : SCAN
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Horse related to the Arab : TURK
62
Insecticide : DDT

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 6 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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