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New York Times, Saturday, September 30, 1972

61-Across : Split into layers

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 4.89, Missing: { J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 8.5
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,449
Across
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Relative of a headhunter : CANNIBAL
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Cheerless : DISMAL
15
Do labor recruiting : UNIONIZE
16
Entirely : INTOTO
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Beset by mosquitoes : BITTENUP
18
Night sounds : SNORES
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Mauna ___ : LOA
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Writer Zane : GREY
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Stage lights : SPOTS
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Did field work, in Scotland : FEERED
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French number : UNE
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Inane one : GOOSE
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Sailing vessel : SLOOP
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Jesse Owens, for one : ATHLETE
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Fate : LOT
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Decline : EBB
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Phone-booth artist : DOODLER
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Rochester's waterfront : ONTARIO
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Quiet! : SSH
43
Seine area : ILE
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Kind of willow : WEEPING
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Attempts : STABS
47
Musical instruments : REEDS
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Manx : CAT
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Medicinal plant substances : RUTINS
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Intrigue : CABAL
55
Epic account : SAGA
56
Uncertainties : IFS
59
Lacking principles : AMORAL
61
Split into layers : LAMINATE
64
Bring to one's attention : REMIND
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Ultimate : EVENTUAL
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Carpenters' tools : PLANES
67
Abrogates : RESCINDS
Down
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Certain Chicagoan : CUB
2
Indigo : ANIL
3
Climbing fern : NITO
4
"___ chance!" : NOTA
5
Chemical suffix : INE
6
Carousal : BINGE
7
Sky color : AZURE
8
Outcasts : LEPERS
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Underworld god : DIS
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___ of Court : INNS
11
Clog : STOPUP
12
Imbecile : MORON
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Téte-___ : ATETE
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Ledger entry : LOSS
21
Kind of journalism : YELLOW
23
"I ___ in my bones" : FEELIT
24
Lorna : DOONE
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Roams : GADS
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Indians of West : OTOS
28
Words of surprise : OHOH
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Left port: Abbr. : SLD
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Fun-loving swimmers : OTTERS
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Of a tissue : TELAR
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Nether region : EREBUS
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Canal : ERIE
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Tie : BIND
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Mires : BOGS
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Tarzan's friend : APE
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Have a leading part : STARIN
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More trite : STALER
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Beast of burden : CAMEL
49
Constrictor : ABOMA
51
"___ at the office" : IGAVE
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Appoints : NAMES
53
Complain : CARP
54
Maiden ___ : LANE
56
Inca sun god : INTI
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Sylvan deity : FAUN
58
African village : STAD
60
Noblemen: Abbr. : LDS
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Company abbr. : INC
63
City lines : ELS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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