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New York Times, Friday, August 10, 1973

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 303 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 37.6
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,763
Across
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Egyptian symbol : ANKH
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Sea mollusk : SALPA
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___ as molasses : SLOW
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Trading vessel of India : DONI
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Poem by Virgil: Var. : ENEID
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Franchot : TONE
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One of the pool ends : DEEP
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___ of woe : ATALE
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Depend on : RELY
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Had a good night : SLEPTLIKEABABY
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Villain's welcome : HISS
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Palm leaf: Var. : OLAY
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Like some bacon : CRISP
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Barley bristle : AWN
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Gland fluid : SEBUM
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___ as a kite : HIGH
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Roman 102 : CII
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Umpire's call : STRIKE
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Tree : ASH
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Ship rope : RATLINE
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Kind of about : GAD
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Backward : RETRAD
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Like some humor : DRY
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Ignoble : BASE
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Brook or speckled : TROUT
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Demand : ASK
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Abates : EASES
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Smyrna exports : FIGS
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African grass : ALFA
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Common pairing in ads : BEFOREANDAFTER
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Astonish, with "over" : BOWL
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Plant firmly : IMBED
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Wife of Tyndareus : LEDA
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Nautical word : ALEE
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Strainer : SIEVE
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Football positions : ENDS
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___ as nails : HARD
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Spud : TATER
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Traffic sign : STOP
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Does sums : ADDS
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Coward : NOEL
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___ a grasshopper : KNEEHIGHTO
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Leaning toward obesity : HIPPISH
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Zoo denizens : SEALS
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Against : ANTI
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Faucet woe : LEAK
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Overload : PILEON
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Make ___ (transact) : ADEAL
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Errant one : STRAYER
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U. S. banker : LOEB
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One and ___ : ONLY
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English weight : WEY
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Cooking abbr. : TSP
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Moisten the turkey : BASTE
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Art work in an annual report : CHART
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Early ___ : RISER
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River island : AIT
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Desolate regions : WILDS
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Words for a portly person : BIGASATENT
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Decree : UKASE
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Early Persians : MEDES
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Rotter : CAD
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Curve of a ship plank : SNY
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Proportion : RATIO
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Rub the wrong way : IRK
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Wrinkled : RUFFLED
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Perplexes : BAFFLES
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Loss of ability to understand : ASEMIA
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High note : ELA
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What comes to the mill : GRIST
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Snake : ADDER
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Hurling weapon : BOLA
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Pitcher : EWER
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Be an accessory to : ABET
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Glacial snow : NEVE
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Taro root : EDDO
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Grate : RASP
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"___, humbug!" : BAH

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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