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New York Times, Tuesday, September 12, 1972

56-Down : Animal: Fr.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J W X Z }, Scrabble score: 310 (avg 1.66)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 26.3 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,431
Across
1
Musical note : SOL
4
Improvise : ADLIB
9
Boundary : AMBIT
14
Dernier ___ : CRI
15
Lariat : REATA
16
Valley in Devonshire : DOONE
17
City in Germany : ULM
18
French revolutionist : MARAT
19
Indian dwelling : HOGAN
20
Moving man : BOBBYFISCHER
23
Have ___ (be represented) : AVOICE
24
Pronoun : HER
25
Hint : CUE
28
___ boom : SONIC
31
South Vietnam delta : MEKONG
33
Number : EIGHT
36
N.Y. stadium : SHEA
38
Slangy negative : NOPE
39
Guthrie : ARLO
40
Ruler : QUEEN
41
Eisenhower and others : IKES
42
Kind of opera : SOAP
43
Home of 56 Across: Abbr. : USSR
44
Deputy : AGENT
45
Isolate : ENISLE
47
Airy being : SYLPH
49
Pancake cover: Abbr. : SYR
50
Poetic word : EEN
52
Root out : UPTEAR
56
Moving man : BORISSPASSKY
59
Pilgrim settler : ALDEN
62
Preside at a meeting : CHAIR
63
___ la : TRA
64
Part of Hispaniola : HAITI
65
Greek dialect : KOINE
66
Time period : EON
67
Amphetamines: Slang : SPEED
68
Swiss sound : YODEL
69
Hosp. aides : RNS
Down
1
Diving gear : SCUBA
2
Favorite of Catherine II : ORLOV
3
West Indian dance : LIMBO
4
Barracks furniture : ARMYCOT
5
Stun with noise : DEAFEN
6
Gull family : LARI
7
Take___ it comes : ITAS
8
Quantity of baked goods : BATCH
9
Cling : ADHERE
10
Secure a boat : MOOR
11
Spongy ground : BOG
12
Win ___ walk : INA
13
Number : TEN
21
Prelates : BISHOPS
22
Virile one : HEMAN
25
U.S. financier Jay : COOKE
26
Let loose : UNPEN
27
Discharge : EGEST
29
Pogo's "the enemy ___ " : ISUS
30
Game : CHESS
32
Men on horseback : KNIGHTS
33
Mitigates : EASES
34
Bitter humor : IRONY
35
White of egg : GLAIR
37
Spooky : EERY
40
Odd : QUEER
44
Clothing : APPAREL
46
Brezhnev : LEONID
48
Wolfish : LUPINE
51
Man's nickname : NICKY
53
Chemical compound : ESTER
54
Ohio city : AKRON
55
O'Neal and others : RYANS
56
Animal: Fr. : BETE
57
Chase away : SHOO
58
Aforementioned : SAID
59
Exclamations : AHS
60
Fold over : LAP
61
Stamping device : DIE

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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