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New York Times, Monday, September 3, 1973

19-Across : ___ even keel

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 35.7
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,787
Across
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Like hula hoops or skate boards : PASSE
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Prudish : PRIM
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London cleaning woman : CHAR
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Up and about : ASTIR
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Solitary : LONE
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Branch : RAME
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Fickle ones : CHAMELEONS
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___ even keel : ONAN
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Old drinking cup : TYG
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Prolix gift : GAB
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Unidentified one : SOANDSO
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TV word : VIDEO
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Affairs of honor : DUELS
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Open courts : PATIOS
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Strip blubber : FLENSE
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Richelieu general : ROHAN
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Previously, to bards : AFORE
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Deb : BUD
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Dye plant : ANIL
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Record or family : ALBUM
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Avoid sameness : VARY
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Hebrew letter : MEM
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Deal with : TREAT
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Enter heedlessly, with "in" : BARGE
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Sounds noisily : BLARES
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One of two evils : LESSER
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"Republic" author : PLATO
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Lift up : ELATE
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Foreshadow : PRESAGE
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Little island : AIT
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Quantity: Abbr. : AMT
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Nonflying wing : LEFT
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Area for the fervent : AMENCORNER
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Fever : AGUE
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Point of time : NICK
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Open space : RANGE
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Recounted : TOLD
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Cafeteria item : TRAY
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Make one's mind known : SPEAK
Down
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Agreement : PACT
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Pale : ASHY
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Kind of party : STAG
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Metaphor's partner: Abbr. : SIM
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Ionosphere area : EREGION
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West Point classman : PLEBE
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Aussie marsupial : ROO
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Stopovers for stagecoaches : INNS
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Skin layer : MESODERM
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Witchlike women : CRONES
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Items on bikes : HANDLEBARS
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Build up : AMASS
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Western city : RENO
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Houseman youths : LADS
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Old French measure : AUNE
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Small vessel : VIAL
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No place to be caught : OFFBASE
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Baby transit : PRAM
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Tops : AONE
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Small amount : THIMBLEFUL
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Oaf : LOUT
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Sheltered : ALEE
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Impulse : URGE
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Color man : DYER
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Having hubris : ARROGANT
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Flower container : VASE
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Wodehouse goodbye : TATA
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O.T.B. users : BETTORS
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Held on : LASTED
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Secular : LAIC
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Italian's please : PREGO
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Like Gary Cooper : LANKY
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___ du jour : PLAT
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Eastern prince : EMIR
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Daughter of James II : ANNE
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Prefix for ton or phone : MEGA
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Difficult trip : TREK
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Govt. agency : ECA
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Spirit answer : RAP

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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