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New York Times, Tuesday, January 9, 1973

26-Across : Desperate letters

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 45, Avg Word Len: 4.62, Missing: { F J K Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 248 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,550
Across
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Barracks beauty : PINUP
6
Dissolved, as company : PARTED
12
Snap-judgment item : CAMERA
13
Bind : OBLIGATE
16
Hostility : ANIMUS
17
False hair : POSTICHE
18
Western city : RENO
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Child's pinafore : TIER
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Blind a falcon : SEEL
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Compass point : ESE
23
Falsetto singer : TINYTIM
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Desperate letters : SOS
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Hair treatment : SINGE
28
Jan. and Dec. : MOS
30
Carried, as a canoe : PORTAGED
33
Soup, to Escoffier : POTAGE
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Scope : AREA
38
Spread : OLEO
39
Used the bulletin board : POSTED
42
Toy spaniel : PAPILLON
46
Big bird : EMU
47
Emanations : AURAE
48
Headwear : CAP
51
Lester or Drew : PEARSON
53
Card spot : PIP
56
Kind of test : ORAL
58
Picture borders : MATS
59
First-rate : AONE
60
Having delusions of grandeur : PARANOID
63
Land reclaimed from the sea : POLDER
65
Prehistoric period : STONEAGE
66
City of N. Y. : ELMIRA
67
Bouts : SETTOS
68
Convened again : RESAT
Down
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Window parts : PANES
2
Chemical compound : IMINE
3
Nautilus skipper : NEMO
4
Montevideo's land: Abbr. : URU
5
Lambasting : PASTING
6
Amazed : POPEYED
7
Quell quickly : ABORT
8
Literary initials : RLS
9
Small bird : TIT
10
Shield : EGIS
11
Carps' relatives : DACES
12
Part of c/o : CARE
14
Van Gogh's brother : THEO
15
Lampreys : EELS
20
"Picnic" author : INGE
23
Spanish relative : TIA
24
Mischievous one : IMP
25
Field sound : MOO
27
Condition : STATE
29
Scarf : STOLE
30
Political patronage : PAP
31
Spanish gold : ORO
32
___ gestae : RES
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"___ is lost" : ALL
35
Earth: Prefix : GEO
36
Long period : EON
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Ruler: Abbr. : EMP
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Scheduled : DUE
42
July 4 events : PARADES
43
Salzburg's land: Abbr. : AUST
44
Thrive : PROSPER
45
John, in Glasgow : IAN
48
Keystone people : COPS
49
Smell ___ : ARAT
50
Greek island : PAROS
52
Friend, in Sonora : AMIGO
53
Raised platforms : PODIA
54
Sluggish : INERT
55
Section of Istanbul : PERA
57
Bowling area : LANE
59
"___, for the love of Allah!" : ALMS
61
Snare : NET
62
Cereal grass : OAT
64
Bravo, in Madrid : OLE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 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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