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New York Times, Saturday, July 7, 1973

51-Across : Aggressive one

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { F J Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,729
Across
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Jokers : WAGS
5
Get lost! : SCRAM
10
Molt : SHED
14
Mars: Prefix : AREO
15
Split second : TRICE
16
Wharf : QUAY
17
China Sea gulf : SIAM
18
Cud : RUMEN
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Major or Minor : URSA
20
Self-contradictory statement : PARADOX
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Matched : RIVALED
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Tennis shot : LOB
25
French bath : BAIN
26
Field for a certain runner : POLITICS
31
House-painter's need : LADDER
35
Old French coin : ECU
36
Insults : SLAPS
38
Suspicious : LEERY
39
Parley : TALK
41
Flynn : ERROL
43
McNally's friend : RAND
44
Assign : ALLOT
46
Cooking herb : BASIL
48
Golfer's concern : LIE
49
Facial features : LASHES
51
Aggressive one : GOGETTER
53
Far ___ the night : INTO
55
Dwelling: Abbr. : HSE
56
Fancy party : SHINDIG
59
Loud-voiced one : STENTOR
63
Bowery denizen : WINO
64
Complain : GRIPE
66
Kind of writer : TYPE
67
Soil: Prefix : AGRO
68
Bounds' partner : METES
69
Ages : ERAS
70
U.S. missile : THOR
71
Item of value : ASSET
72
Blockhead : DOLT
Down
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Kind of waist : WASP
2
Oratorio part : ARIA
3
Equipment : GEAR
4
East African : SOMALI
5
Pine cone : STROBILE
6
Decisive point : CRUX
7
Volcano edge : RIM
8
Harsh : ACERB
9
Flunky : MENIAL
10
Fritter away : SQUANDER
11
Pitch : HURL
12
Mitigate : EASE
13
Pair : DYAD
21
Morse-code units : DOTS
23
Perfume container : VIAL
26
Flower part : PETAL
27
Florida city : OCALA
28
Soothes : LULLS
29
Auto-engine part, for short : CARB
30
Mine support : SPRAG
32
Distributed : DEALT
33
Ford or Pyle : ERNIE
34
Golfing cup : RYDER
37
Not good, not bad : SOSO
40
Famous diamond : KOHINOOR
42
Most buoyant : LIGHTEST
45
Look after : TEND
47
___ majesty : LESE
50
Disgrace : STIGMA
52
Camped : TENTED
54
Monsters : OGRES
56
Clobber : SWAT
57
The "H" of H. C. L. : HIGH
58
Nested boxes : INRO
59
German admiral : SPEE
60
Beginner : TYRO
61
Gem : OPAL
62
Kind of cure : REST
65
Pronoun : ITS

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

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