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New York Times, Thursday, August 16, 1973

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 21.0
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,769
Across
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Sugar producers : MAPLES
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Alpine border pass : BRENNER
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Like some romances : ILLICIT
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Striped : LINEATE
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Tire vandal : SLASHER
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Like filler news dispatches : UNDATED
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Marsh : FEN
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"___ clear day ... " : ONA
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Ways: Abbr. : RDS
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Botanist Gray : ASA
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Fire: Prefix : IGNI
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Steam chambers : AGERS
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Of the ear : OTIC
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Pollster's concern : TREND
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Here: Fr. : ICI
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Young pig : SHOAT
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Squalid : SORDID
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Heraldic animals : UNICORNS
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Scottish denial : NAE
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Wildebeeste : GNU
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Jogging : TROTTING
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Assertions : CLAIMS
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Settle a debt : REPAY
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___ d'Orléans : DUC
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Pinafore crewman : LIMEY
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District of Saudi Arabia : ASIR
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Wool consumers : MOTHS
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Archaeological sites : DIGS
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Call ___ day : ITA
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Sea: Fr. : MER
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Trouble : AIL
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Make edging : TAT
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Snickers : TITTERS
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Sea bird : FRIGATE
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Rest upon : OVERLIE
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Nuclear group set up in 1957 : EURATOM
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Withstands : RESISTS
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Plates : PATENS
Down
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People out of their element : MISFITS
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Brisk, in music : ALLEGRO
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One looking to the future : PLANNER
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___ pendens : LIS
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Nymph or Little Sir : ECHO
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Italian cathedral city : SIENA
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Misting up : BLURRING
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Peels : RINDS
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Companions of odds : ENDS
10
Teachers' org. : NEA
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Swimmer : NATATOR
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Recurring annually : ETESIAN
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Puts in writing : REDACTS
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Ear parts : TRAGI
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Neighbor of Ill. : IND
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Old shield : ECU
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Exclamation : OHO
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Famous Moore of comics : DINTY
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Racing boat : SCULL
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Bao ___ : DAI
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Letterhead abbr. : INC
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Signs : ENDORSES
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Judas : TRAITOR
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Fidgety : RESTIVE
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Narcotics : OPIATES
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Sailor : TAR
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Snell material : GUT
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Succor : AID
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Copy : IMITATE
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Explosive force : MEGATON
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Roulette players' secrets : SYSTEMS
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Fret : CHAFE
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Worth : MERIT
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Sticky liquid: Var. : SIRUP
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Ferrer and Torme : MELS
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Turkish currency : LIRA
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Prefix for cycle : TRI
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Mobster's gun : GAT

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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