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New York Times, Wednesday, September 19, 1973

1-Down : Composer

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,803
Across
1
Nonsense! : BOSH
5
Italy's La ___ : SCALA
10
Sailing vessel : YAWL
14
Scope : AREA
15
Kind of wave : TIDAL
16
Word of agreement : OKAY
17
Common swift : CRAN
18
Sea call : AVAST
19
Slow horses : NAGS
20
Climbing method : HANDOVERHAND
23
Fatty stuff : SUET
24
Town officers : REEVES
28
Move quickly : SCOOT
31
Baltimore boy who made good : BABERUTH
33
Interdiction : TABU
34
Photo-studio gear : TRIPOD
36
Papal name : LEO
37
Dill : ANET
38
Poet of Midwest : RILEY
39
Soil: Prefix : AGRO
40
Follower of Feb. : MAR
41
Bookbindery workers : LACERS
42
Incline : CANT
43
Desecrates : PROFANES
45
Lands : ACRES
46
Church assemblies : SYNODS
47
Place for feed : SILO
49
Important trial figures : EYEWITNESSES
55
Word of interruption : AHEM
58
Capital of Crete : CANEA
59
Kind of dancer : TAXI
60
"___ today ... " : HERE
61
Influential one : TITAN
62
Old expletive : EGAD
63
Word of agreement : AMEN
64
Tend the fire : STOKE
65
Mosque feature : DOME
Down
1
Composer : BACH
2
Odd, in Scotland : ORRA
3
O'Casey : SEAN
4
Distributes : HANDSOUT
5
Part of a poem : STAVE
6
Perfume source : CIVET
7
Jewish month : ADAR
8
Fasten : LASH
9
Acolytes : ALTARBOYS
10
Over there : YONDER
11
Vine of N. Z. : AKA
12
Witty fellow : WAG
13
French river : LYS
21
Umpire's call : OUT
22
A friend in ___ : NEED
25
Uncouth : VULGAR
26
Endless, to poets : ETERNE
27
Sprigs : SHOOTS
28
G.P.O. items : STAMPS
29
Stoolpigeon : CANARY
30
Shakespearean character : OBERON
31
Body fluids : BILES
32
Mimic : APER
34
Cuts across : TRANSECTS
35
Grantland or Elmer : RICE
39
Approached : ACCOSTED
41
Kind of bug or finger : LADY
44
Enemies : FOEMEN
45
Drink : ALE
47
Delmonico, for one : STEAK
48
Silly : INANE
50
Pedestrian-sign word : WAIT
51
Division word : INTO
52
Starchy food : SAGO
53
Classroom event : EXAM
54
Kind of effect : SIDE
55
Cry of triumph : AHA
56
Cousin of haw : HEM
57
Before : ERE

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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