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New York Times, Friday, September 1, 1972

5-Down : Marked change

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { B J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 40.0
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,420
Across
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Cotton fabric : SCRIM
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Poke : PROD
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Study poetry : SCAN
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Respite : PAUSE
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Carry on : RAVE
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"___ soit ... " : HONI
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Piece of gossip : ONDIT
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Assigning a cause to : ETIOLOGIC
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Performed again : REENACTED
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"That which we call ___ ... " : AROSE
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Tangles : MATS
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Victor : WINNER
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Pretty girl's comparison : MELODY
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Neon, e.g. : GAS
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Balzac : HONORE
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Makes up : CONSISTS
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Common sale-price "suffix" : ANDUP
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Bean's milieu : POD
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Bar, in law : ESTOP
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Old wind instrument : POSTHORN
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Spring flower : AZALEA
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Unclose, in poems : OPE
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Duplicates, for short : REPROS
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Believer : THEIST
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Famous plantation : TARA
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Pétain : HENRI
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Extinct reptiles : DINOSAURS
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Overrunning : INFESTING
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Bind : STRAP
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Blue pigment : ENIN
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Behold, in old Rome : ECCE
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Gladden : ELATE
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Temple, old style : FANE
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Entraps : NETS
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Vestige : RELIC
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Seed: Prefix : SPOR
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Stick : CANE
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Uncivil : RUDE
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"The fat ___ the fire" : ISIN
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Marked change : METAMORPHOSIS
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Somewhat : PRETTY
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Grades : RATES
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Roman poet : OVID
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___ gratias : DEO
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Clipped : SHORN
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P.I. grass : COGON
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Cordial flavor : ANISE
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More pleasing : NICER
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Permit : LAISSEZPASSER
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Pet lamb : CADE
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Pallid : WAN
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Common disease, for short : MONO
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" ... that ___ well" : ENDS
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Boor : LOUT
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Zeus or Thor : GOD
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Chance : HAP
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Cheat : CON
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Munich's river : ISAR
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French town : STLO
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Digits : TOES
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Spring : SPA
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Acadians' Grand ___ : PRE
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Choose : OPT
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Prefix for drome : AERO
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Stoves : RANGES
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Larcenist : THIEF
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Hair shade : HENNA
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At last, in Paris : ENFIN
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Castle or Dunne : IRENE
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Stain : TINCT
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Cubes : DICE
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Tamarisk tree : ATLE
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Asian river : URAL
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Indian weight : RATI
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Not ordinary: Abbr. : SPEC
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Certain scholar's hour : TEN

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

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