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New York Times, Thursday, September 20, 1973

46-Down : " ... giving your heart to ___ to tear" (Kipling)

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 28.5 Grid has duplicate clues.
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E
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B
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B
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K
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E
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N
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Y
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A
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E
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L
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A
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M
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D
A
U
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B
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A
M
A
T
I
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R
A
M
A
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O
R
L
E
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P
O
M
E
R
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A
N
I
A
N
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M
A
L
A
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M
U
T
E
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E
N
A
C
T
S
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G
A
T
E
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E
D
E
N
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H
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A
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M
L
E
T
28
S
P
A
N
I
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E
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L
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S
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O
B
I
E
S
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S
P
I
L
T
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V
A
T
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M
A
C
S
36
P
E
A
C
E
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C
E
R
A
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E
T
A
39
T
I
N
T
S
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C
O
R
G
I
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R
E
S
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O
U
N
D
S
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B
E
L
T
E
D
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A
N
S
A
45
H
A
L
L
46
A
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C
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E
T
I
C
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M
A
S
T
I
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F
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F
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S
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D
A
C
H
S
H
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U
N
D
S
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E
A
R
P
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O
T
H
O
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E
R
O
D
E
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S
L
O
E
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G
O
O
F
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R
E
P
O
T
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A
G
E
© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,804
Across
1
Wane : EBB
4
Neighbor of Ethiopia : KENYA
9
Old Persian country : ELAM
13
Smear : DAUB
15
Violin label : AMATI
16
Vishnu form : RAMA
17
Heraldic border : ORLE
18
20
Dog : MALAMUTE
22
Makes into law : ENACTS
23
Postern : GATE
24
Successor of Churchill : EDEN
25
Great Dane : HAMLET
28
Dogs : SPANIELS
32
Certain awards : OBIES
33
Ran over, as milk : SPILT
34
Cask : VAT
35
Certain apples, for short : MACS
36
Word of greeting : PEACE
37
Wax, in Avila : CERA
38
Between zeta and theta : ETA
39
Dyes : TINTS
40
Dog : CORGI
41
Rings loudly : RESOUNDS
43
Struck hard : BELTED
44
Handle, in the forum : ANSA
45
Corridor : HALL
46
Vinegary : ACETIC
49
Dogs : MASTIFFS
53
Dogs : DACHSHUNDS
55
Law man of old West : EARP
56
Roman emperor : OTHO
57
Eat away : ERODE
58
Wild plum : SLOE
59
Boo-boo : GOOF
60
Change planters : REPOT
61
A dog's ___ (long time) : AGE
Down
1
Esau's land : EDOM
2
Vamp of the silents : BARA
3
Kind of terrier : BULL
4
Ruined, in Bonn : KAPUTT
5
Ham it up : EMOTE
6
Appoint : NAME
7
Suffix in rock names: Var. : YTE
8
Dog : AIREDALE
9
Verdi opera : ERNANI
10
Secular : LAIC
11
Between amas and amamus : AMAT
12
___ best friend : MANS
14
Dogs : BEAGLES
19
Concerning : ANENT
21
Murray and West : MAES
24
Great works : EPICS
25
Four-bagger : HOMER
26
Let up : ABATE
27
Layered minerals : MICAS
28
Minor disputes : SPATS
29
Turn inside out : EVERT
30
Slipper size : LARGE
31
Sedate : STAID
33
"Don't ___ boy on a man's ... " : SENDA
36
Dog : PINSCHER
37
Dogs : COLLIES
39
North African capital : TUNIS
40
Gael : CELT
42
___ allegiance : OATHOF
43
Dog : BASSET
45
Humpback salmon : HADDO
46
" ... giving your heart to ___ to tear" (Kipling) : ADOG
47
Roman statesman : CATO
48
Reflected sound : ECHO
49
Between L and Q : MNOP
50
White House dog : FALA
51
Tadpole's parent : FROG
52
Graf ___ : SPEE
54
Ending for pict and post : URE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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