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New York Times, Monday, January 22, 1973

37-Across : Retirement agency: Abbr.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 256 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,563
Across
1
Alabama city : SELMA
6
Farm animal : LAMB
10
Olav's seat : OSLO
14
Davy Jones's milieu : OCEAN
15
Hebrew measure : OMER
16
Highways: Abbr. : RTES
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Bizarre : OUTRE
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Shin or rib : BONE
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Bovine sounds : MOOS
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Value, in Spain : IMPORTE
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O'Neill relative : OONA
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Port south of Milan : GENOA
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"___ House" : ADOLLS
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One with a lease : TENANT
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Accelerate : STEPUP
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Squander : WASTE
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Pinnacle : SPIRE
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Stipulations : IFS
34
English composer : ARNE
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Between quid and quo : PRO
36
Flirty look : OGLE
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Retirement agency: Abbr. : SSA
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With full force : AMAIN
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Approach, in poetry : ANEAR
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Decision : RULING
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Pries : SNOOPS
44
Castor and Pollux : GEMINI
45
Betrothal notice : BANNS
46
Doorway part : JAMB
47
Coward : DASTARD
50
Over, in Bonn : UBER
51
Cleaving tool : FROE
52
Coarse person : YAHOO
56
Writer Jaffe : RONA
57
Japanese herbs : UDOS
58
Arabian head-cords : AGALS
59
Chip in : ANTE
60
Vessels of W.W. II : LSTS
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Designates : NAMES
Down
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Great Lakes canals : SOO
2
Old French coin : ECU
3
Permit : LET
4
Season in vinegar : MARINATE
5
Flower of buttercup family : ANEMONE
6
Timber wolf : LOBO
7
Cupid : AMOR
8
Thinking process : MENTATION
9
Poultry man : BREEDER
10
Imitation gold : ORMOLU
11
Informer : STOOLPIGEON
12
Uris et al. : LEONS
13
Bones : OSSA
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Boone or O'Brien : PAT
23
High, low and neutral : GEARS
24
Process of being trapped : ENSNAREMENT
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Poetic word : OPE
27
"___ brillig and the slithy ... " : TWAS
28
Bit of holly : SPRIG
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Early explorers of Mexico : SPANIARDS
32
Plane-wing parts : FLAPS
33
Hindu weights : SERS
36
Upstate N.Y. lake : ONONDAGA
38
Name in boxing : ALI
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Attentive : MINDFUL
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Of certain European peoples : ANARYAN
42
Shadows : UMBRAE
43
U.S. agency : SBA
44
African republic : GABON
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Rights, in law : JURA
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Chimney output : SOOT
49
Hardy heroine : TESS
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Emoter : HAM
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Bullring cheer : OLE
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Sleuthing agency of W.W. II : OSS

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 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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