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New York Times, Tuesday, August 8, 1972

15-Across : Bootleg stuff

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,396
Across
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Golf stroke : BAFF
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Musical sections : CODAS
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Italian cathedral town : ATRI
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Jai ___ : ALAI
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Bootleg stuff : HOOCH
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Go away! : SHOO
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Black, in France : NOIR
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Loos : ANITA
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"... in corpore ___" : SANO
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With 47 Across, what Yellowstone is doing : CELEBRATINGITS
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Sounds of surprise : HOOS
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W. W. I. weapon : GAS
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___ as possible : ASSOON
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Dears, to Zsa Zsa : DAHLINGS
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Type notations: Abbr. : ITALS
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Flower part : PETAL
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Violinist Bull : OLE
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Completed : DONE
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Principal: Prefix : ARCHI
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Type of oil gas : BLAU
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With 42 Across, a landmark : OLD
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Silly chatterings: Var. : BLAAS
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Western park sights : BEARS
42
See 39 Across : FAITHFUL
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Pooh creator and family : MILNES
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Continent: Abbr. : EUR
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Bear-market order : SELL
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See 20 Across : CENTENNIALYEAR
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Willie : MAYS
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Boxoffice concerns : SEATS
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Renown : FAME
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"Rule Britannia" composer : ARNE
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Welland, for one : CANAL
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Showing wear : USED
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Do a lawn chore : WEED
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Eared seal : OTARY
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Camera piece : LENS
Down
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Judge's seat : BANC
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Century plant : ALOE
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Go under : FAIL
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Yellowstone river : FIREHOLE
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Boatman of myth : CHARON
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Charlie's wife et al. : OONAS
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"Let George ___" : DOIT
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Hart's story : ACTI
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Kidnap in a way : SHANGHAI
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Saint's birthplace : ASSISI
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Pronoun : THAT
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Ziegler et al. : RONS
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Yellowstone's age, parkwise : IOO
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Gallery sounds : BOOS
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Effrontery : GALL
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"... to the ___ their party" : AIDOF
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Roman maxi : STOLA
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Town in India : SANDI
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Windshield paste-on : DECAL
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Sports: Abbr. : ATHS
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Actor Lloyd : NOLAN
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Look daggers : GLARE
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Dr. ___, juvenile writer : SEUSS
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Indonesian craft : PRAU
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Outdoors : ALFRESCO
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More than enough : BELLYFUL
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Hindu demon : BHUT
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Common piece of mail : BILL
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Stiffened : TENSED
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Ridiculously small : MEASLY
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Hindu lute : SITAR
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Part of c/o : CARE
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Eyes, old style : EYNE
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Straight : NEAT
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Zola title : NANA
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Taking one's ___ : EASE
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___ Ra of myth : AMEN
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Ohio team : REDS
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Gullet : MAW

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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