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New York Times, Monday, August 21, 1972

57-Down : Suffix for gyro or rheo

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 18.1 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,409
Across
1
Belief : DOGMA
6
Kind of sauce : HARD
10
June honorees : DADS
14
Of birds : AVIAN
15
Money changing : AGIO
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Organ reed stop : OBOE
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Corklike wood : BALSA
18
Safecracker : YEGG
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Departed : GONE
20
Certain roofer : SLATER
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Some verse : DOGGEREL
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Waikiki cooking pits : IMUS
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Gives a new value to : RERATES
27
Aerial battle : DOGFIGHT
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Company exec. : DIR
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"___ league onward" : HALFA
33
Seed covers : ARILS
35
May honoree : MOM
38
Loads for freighters : ORES
39
Without emotion : DRYLY
40
Dandy : DUDE
41
Letter : WYE
42
Thicket : COPSE
43
Met features : SOLOS
44
Calendar abbr. : AUG
45
Colorful fliers : TANAGERS
47
Peter or Paul : APOSTLE
51
Petty or hard item : CASH
52
Exhausted : DOGWEARY
54
Hardy : THOMAS
58
Wing, in Paris : AILE
59
Library item : TOME
61
Word with jerry : BUILT
62
Court entry : PLEA
63
"___ my duty" : IDID
64
Honshu peak : ASAMA
65
Ivory in the raw : TUSK
66
Galba's predecessor : NERO
67
Adjust : RESET
Down
1
Relatives of sole : DABS
2
Ellipsoidal : OVAL
3
Western monster : GILA
4
Large dogs : MASTIFFS
5
Lack of vigor: Var. : ANAEMIA
6
Thing to make in the sunshine : HAY
7
Like some cheese : AGED
8
Harshness : RIGOR
9
Stubbornly : DOGGEDLY
10
Turned-down leaf : DOGEAR
11
Halt prematurely : ABORT
12
Recipient : DONEE
13
Blinds, in falconry : SEELS
21
Export of Mideast : RUG
23
Cape ___ Nez, France : GRIS
25
Quick-witted : SHARP
27
Red Sea transport : DHOW
28
Bladelike, old style : OARY
29
Kind of club : GLEE
30
Appointment : TRYST
34
Of the intestine : ILEAC
35
Stubborn one : MULE
36
Be in bad ___ : ODOR
37
Kind of jacket : MESS
39
Jargon : DOGLATIN
40
Place for wayward husbands : DOGHOUSE
42
Cunning : CUTE
43
Window part : SASHBAR
44
___ as a kitten : ASWEAK
46
Cole : NAT
47
Acclimatize : ADAPT
48
French soldier : POILU
49
Girl-watches : OGLES
50
Wear away : ERODE
53
Norse god : YMIR
55
Orangutan : MIAS
56
Egyptian girl dancer : ALME
57
Suffix for gyro or rheo : STAT
60
Ancient Tokyo : EDO

Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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