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New York Times, Thursday, August 3, 1972

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { F J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 17.7
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,391
Across
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City-map entries : STREETS
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"Deutschland über ___" : ALLES
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Ad men's avenue : MADISON
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Fasten a rope : REEVE
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Quote falsely : MISSTATE
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Cajoled : COAXED
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Business-letter abbr. : ULT
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N. Z. bird : HUIA
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Met Museum man : HOVING
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Honkers : GEESE
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Long-tailed ape : KRA
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Grafted, in heraldry : ENTE
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Roma, for one : URBS
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"___ My Souvenirs" : AMONG
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Former London transit : TRAM
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Geometrical figures : RHOMBS
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Beer on ___ : TAP
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Haw's companion : HEM
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Rickshaw men : COOLIES
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Coin of Norway : ORE
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Redactors: Abbr. : EDS
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More knotty : HARDER
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Native of Cuzco : INCA
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Madrid afternoon : TARDE
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Army nomcom : SSGT
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Stock gamble, for short : SPEC
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Broadness: Abbr. : WDT
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Chemical compound : ESTER
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Gilbert island : TARAWA
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Aboveboard : OPEN
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Car-owner's org. : AAA
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Night ___ : ANDDAY
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Election-losers' demands : RECOUNTS
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Slow one : SNAIL
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Fix : ARRANGE
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Of the blood : HEMAL
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Texas street of N. Y. : HOUSTON
Down
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Umbrella of a sort : SMILE
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Undergo : TASTE
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Highways: Abbr. : RDS
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Word of choice : EITHER
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Birthright name : ESAU
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Entire: Prefix : TOTI
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Kind of thief : SNEAK
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Irish exclamation : AROO
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Ferment : LEAVEN
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Minute Men's avenue : LEXINGTON
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Happening : EVENT
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Marsh plant : SEDGE
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Kind of shot : MUG
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Street for N. Y. judges : CHAMBERS
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Amount : SUM
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Textile fibers : RAMIES
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"Orange-juice Gulch" : BROADWAY
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Strengthened : SHORED
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W. W. II agency : OSS
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Article : THE
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Revolutionary : RED
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Hans Brinker's avenue : AMSTERDAM
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Ironsides or Vic : OLD
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Kind of light : ARC
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One under a mattress : PEA
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Believer in Jesus: Abbr. : CHR
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Pronoun : ITS
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Evangeline's land : ACADIA
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Large jibs : GENOAS
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Hide the loot : STASH
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Velvet finish : PANNE
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Body of Jewish law : TORAH
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Dance : TANGO
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Consumed : EATEN
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Ethiopian prince : RAS
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Berlin ___ : WALL
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But: Sp. : PERO
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Color : ECRU
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European mole : UNT

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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