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New York Times, Wednesday, August 15, 1973

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 255 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 49.9
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,768
Across
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Heavy club : MACE
5
U.S.S.R. republic : TATAR
10
Makes a choice : OPTS
14
City of India : AGRA
15
Where Bowie fell : ALAMO
16
Pacific aroid : TARO
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German city : ESSEN
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Dakota Indians : REES
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Brahman title : AYA
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Slow journeys : TREKS
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Of wheels : ROTAL
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Beverage : TEA
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"Faint heart ___ won ... " : NEER
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Window parts : SILLS
34
Building section : ELL
35
Vocalist : TENOR
37
Nautical term : ABEAM
39
Stir up : RILE
41
Restless one : NOMAD
43
Swing around : SLUE
44
Bit parts : MAIDS
46
Appraises : RATES
48
Aim : END
49
Be nosy : SNOOP
51
Medit. resort : NICE
52
Family members : PAS
53
Arab princes : EMIRS
55
African animal : OKAPI
57
___ soda : SAL
59
Anita : LOOS
61
Abode of sorts : TEPEE
64
Kitchen utensils : PRESSURECOOKERS
68
Tolstoi heroine : ANNA
69
Attack : SETON
70
Norse deity : ODIN
71
Cheerful : ROSY
72
Kind of winds : TRADE
73
Latin conjugation word : ESSE
Down
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"The ___ Animal" : MALE
2
Oriental notables : AGAS
3
Part of the eye : CRYSTALLINELENS
4
Slackening bar : EASER
5
Make edging : TAT
6
High in pitch : ALT
7
Himalayan goat : TAHR
8
Moslem title : AMEER
9
Cowboy carnivals : RODEOS
10
Siouan Indian : OTO
11
Six-sided prisms : PARALLELEPIPEDS
12
Paris's locale : TROY
13
Furniture item : SOFA
18
Concerning : ANENT
19
Rome's old port : OSTIA
24
Acute : KEEN
25
Man from Morelos : SENOR
27
Clerical vestments : ALBS
28
Polk had one : TERM
29
Biblical prophet : ELIAS
31
Kind of type : ROMAN
33
Finnish ritual : SAUNA
36
Proportion : RATIO
38
Docs : MEDS
40
Biblical kingdom : EDOM
42
On ___ (ready) : DECK
45
Aggies' concerns : SOILS
47
Contemporary pact : SEATO
50
French novelist : PROUST
54
More burned-up : SORER
56
Orange ___ : PEKOE
57
Box : SPAR
58
Pisa's river : ARNO
60
Bristle : SETA
62
Thrower of apple of discord : ERIS
63
Anglo-Saxon slave : ESNE
65
Authority : SAY
66
Food fish : COD
67
Wallet item : ONE

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