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New York Times, Friday, September 14, 1973

18-Down : See 4 Down

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 301 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 2, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 31.2 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,798
Across
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Get-together : BEE
4
Greek philosopher : PLATO
9
Rugged vehicle : JEEP
13
Stage great : LUNT
15
Wore : HADON
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Winnie ___ Pu : ILLE
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One of "them" : ORGANIZATIONMAN
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California city : BERKELEY
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Nerve-cell processes : AXONS
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Sister of Ares : ERIS
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Ump's call : SAFE
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Gabfest staple : GOSSIP
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Place for coffee or tea : CANISTER
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"Brute's" predecessor : ETTU
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Author Romains : JULES
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Australian coin feature : EMU
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Thrice: Prefix : TER
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Ball star : BELLE
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Engendered : BRED
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In elaborate style : ORNATELY
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Kind of root or shooter : SQUARE
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Potato eyes : BUDS
47
Be petulant : POUT
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Environs : AREAS
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Magnificent : PALATIAL
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Grafted, in heraldry : ENTE
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Moon of Uranus : ARIEL
60
Force : DINT
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Campus figure : COED
62
Comedian Jack : BENNY
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Help! : SOS
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Amorphous mass : BLOB
2
Seine feeder : EURE
3
M.I.T. grad : ENGR
4
Italian saint, with 18 Down : PHILIP
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Takes it easy : LAZES
6
" ... difference ___ makes" : ADAY
7
Small drink : TOT
8
Navy info org. : ONI
9
Hoodoos : JINXES
10
Sailor's saint : ELMO
11
Vivacity : ELAN
12
Ballpoints : PENS
14
Assumes : TAKESUP
18
See 4 Down : NERI
19
Socially inept : OAFISH
23
Mud volcano : SALSE
24
French writer : ANET
25
Reach : GETTO
26
Additional : OTHER
27
Hind part : STERN
28
Like some hair : CURLY
29
Numerical prefix : TETRA
30
Glowing coal : EMBER
31
___ la Paix : RUEDE
33
Crystallizes : JELLS
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Thickheaded : OBTUSE
37
Garden interloper : WEED
38
Was proximate : ABUTTED
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Eased up : ABATED
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Unaided : SOLELY
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Periodical: Abbr. : QUAR
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Metal disk : PATEN
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With, in Vichy : AVEC
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Western city : RENO
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Beatrice d'___ : ESTE
51
Nabokov title : PNIN
52
Upper Thames : ISIS
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Physicist's concern, for short : ATNO
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W.W.II ships : LSTS
56
Sample : DAB
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Dudgeon : IRE

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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