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New York Times, Monday, July 24, 1972

21-Down : Units of work

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { F J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 245 (avg 1.32)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has duplicate clues.
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D
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O
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L
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E
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C
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O
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R
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O
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T
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O
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G
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R
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E
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A
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L
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R
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D
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L
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T
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O
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C
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A
G
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A
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M
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H
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Y
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A
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S
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G
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O
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O
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T
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T
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O
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N
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R
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D
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O
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S
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H
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E
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E
T
A
S
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N
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I
L
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L
A
S
S
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C
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N
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O
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L
O
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M
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T
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O
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A
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C
T
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E
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Y
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L
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B
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S
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B
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U
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S
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P
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S
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D
A
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P
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A
N
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B
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L
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R
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R
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D
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G
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T
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D
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S
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,381
Across
1
Give sparingly : DOLE
5
French painter : COROT
10
Monster : OGRE
14
English river : AVON
15
Bequeath : LEAVE
16
Crucifix : ROOD
17
Ash Wednesday or Easter : LENT
18
___ of the Waldorf : OSCAR
19
Excited : AGOG
20
French painter : INGRES
22
Very powerful : ALMIGHTY
24
Greek god : ARES
26
Term of address : SIRE
27
___ Jerusalem : GOINGTO
30
Old French coin : TESTON
34
Declaims : RANTS
35
Prescription unit : DOSE
38
Have, in Aberdeen : HAE
39
Greek letters : ETAS
40
Secures : NAILS
41
Maid : LASS
42
Time period: Abbr. : CEN
43
European capital : OSLO
44
French painter : MONET
45
Kind of play : ONEACT
48
"___ in Gaza" : EYELESS
50
Supervise : BOSS
52
Close, in falconry : SEEL
53
Certain street corners : BUSSTOPS
57
Makes suitable : ADAPTS
61
Chip in : ANTE
62
Cotton worker : BALER
64
___ avis : RARA
65
Look over : SCAN
66
Deck : ADORN
67
Kind of race : DRAG
68
Civil wrong : TORT
69
French painter : DEGAS
70
Dotted : SEME
Down
1
Spanish painter : DALI
2
Cake's milieu : OVEN
3
Like the way to Tipperary : LONG
4
Contestants : ENTRANTS
5
Place for coats : CLOSET
6
Faroe winds : OES
7
Biblical word of reproach : RACA
8
Egg shapes : OVALS
9
Wood eaters : TERMITES
10
Storms: Fr. : ORAGES
11
Dutch painter, with Van : GOGH
12
Part of a plant : ROOT
13
Irritable : EDGY
21
Units of work : ERGS
23
Anger : IRE
25
Fountain orders : SODAS
27
Spanish painter : GRECO
28
Of a grain : OATEN
29
Silly : INANE
31
Scottish title : THANE
32
Fertile places : OASES
33
Snug places : NESTS
36
Kind of slick : OIL
37
Wild plums : SLOES
40
Pretty good : NOTSOBAD
41
Followers of John Wycliffe : LOLLARDS
44
Reward, old style : MEED
46
Roll-call notation : ABSENT
47
Tent fixture : COT
49
Longs for : YEARNS
51
Black suit : SPADE
53
Woody fiber : BAST
54
Extremely, in Britain : UNCO
55
Mariner's sighting : STAR
56
Plod : SLOG
58
Decrease : PARE
59
Mine car : TRAM
60
Plant of mint family : SAGE
63
Period : ERA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 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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