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New York Times, Friday, September 28, 1973

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.64, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 59, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 18.4
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,812
Across
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Scarlett's home : TARA
5
Network : WEB
8
Barnyard sound : MAA
11
F.B.I. man : AGENT
13
___'clock scholar : TENO
14
House plant : FERN
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Horror films, in show-biz parlance : FRIGHTWIGS
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Mideast land: Var. : IRAK
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Light color : TAN
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Old big-game gun : ROER
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Pokey one : SNAIL
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Franchot : TONE
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Practical : USEABLE
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Highway to north : ALCAN
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Kind of floss : DENTAL
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German poet : RILKE
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___ majesty : LESE
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Fan-dancer Sally : RAND
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Cap-___ (head to foot) : APIE
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Lends a hand : HELPS
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Table item : OLEO
38
Catcalls' relatives : BOOS
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Thought: Prefix : IDEO
40
Accolade : KUDOS
41
Toscanini : ARTURO
43
Silly : INANE
44
Brightener : SUNBEAM
47
Alan of films : LADD
49
Criminal-card notation : ALIAS
50
Russian city : KIEV
51
Evangeline's Grand ___ : PRE
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Exploit : GEST
55
Change : TRANSITION
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Eastern nursemaid : AMAH
59
Wagnerian series : RING
60
Likewise : DITTO
61
___ Antonio : SAN
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Mary Todd's husband : ABE
63
G. B. or Artie : SHAW
Down
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Robert or Lorado : TAFT
2
Taj Mahal site : AGRA
3
Control : REIN
4
Having corners: Abbr. : ANG
5
River dam : WEIR
6
Chang's twin : ENG
7
Guys : BOS
8
Daughter of Saul : MERAB
9
Thin as ___ : ARAIL
10
Quit a job, Variety style : ANKLE
12
Seat for Charlemagne : THRONE
13
Alice's entertainer : TWEEDLEDUM
14
End of a prize fight : FINALROUND
16
Weight unit : TON
20
Aral or Dead : SEA
21
Goes bust, on Broadway : TAKESABATH
22
Trade's word for a film showing : UNSPOOLING
23
French holy people: Abbr. : STES
24
The Sheik, for one : ARAB
25
Chinese poet : LIPO
26
Muse of history : CLIO
28
Fisherman : EELER
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Soprano Frances : ALDA
33
Kind of sign : NEON
34
Relative of dese and dem : DOSE
36
Japanese city : HITA
40
Children's TV, à la Variety : KIDVID
42
___ publica : RES
44
Heroic tales : SAGAS
45
Moslem body of scholars : ULEMA
46
Jewish month : NISAN
48
Roman money : AES
50
Orson Welles role : KANE
51
Helmet material : PITH
52
Church court : ROTA
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" ... were Paradise ___!" : ENOW
55
Refrain syllable : TRA
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Tease : RIB
57
Poetic word : TIS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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