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New York Times, Friday, December 14, 1973

65-Across : End of quote and name of author

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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C
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A
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B
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L
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B
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H
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,889
Across
1
Secret group : CABAL
6
North Carolina cape : FEAR
10
Morse or area : CODE
14
Declaim : ORATE
15
Latest thing : RAGE
16
Seed appendage : ARIL
17
Start of a Russian author's quote : MANISBORNTOLIVE
20
Threatening words : ORELSE
21
Sprat's preference : LEAN
22
Southern German: Abbr. : BAV
23
Aquatic bird : TERN
25
Raphael's Madonna : SISTINE
27
Gibraltar denizen : APE
30
Marine hazard : REEF
32
Golfer's concern : LIE
33
Joined the fox hunt : RODE
35
White House pet : FALA
37
Sorrowful, poetically : DREAR
41
More of quote : ANDNOTTOPREPARE
44
Animal : BEAST
45
Rodent : HARE
46
Aftermath of a scrape : SCAB
47
Hagen : UTA
49
Mack and Lewis : TEDS
51
Part of a G. & S. title : HMS
52
Cinematography effect : FADEOUT
56
Dance step : SHAG
58
Bronze or Iron : AGE
59
Musical prince : IGOR
61
"___ of Honey" : ATASTE
65
End of quote and name of author : TOLIVEPASTERNAK
68
Forthwith : ANON
69
Flying prefix : AERO
70
Roman official : EDILE
71
For fear that : LEST
72
Lack : NEED
73
Neck parts : NAPES
Down
1
Perry of song : COMO
2
Sandarac tree : ARAR
3
Ruin : BANE
4
Lopsided : ATILT
5
Antilles group : LESSER
6
To's companion : FRO
7
Title : EARL
8
Miss de Mille : AGNES
9
Merchandising level : RETAIL
10
Coolidge : CAL
11
African antelope : ORIBI
12
Soft seat : DIVAN
13
French pupil : ELEVE
18
Deprived : BEREFT
19
Kind of football kick : ONSIDE
24
Below, in poems : NEATH
26
Prehistoric mounds : TERPS
27
Muscat resident : ARAB
28
Corn bread : PONE
29
Old Norse work : EDDA
31
Fountain order : FLOAT
34
Follow : ENSUE
36
"___ moi ... " : APRES
38
"To ___ his own" : EACH
39
Ancient Syria : ARAM
40
Dissidents, for short : REBS
42
Holy Roman emperor : OTTOIV
43
Cardinal : REDHAT
48
Stables cleaned by Hercules : AUGEAN
50
Shiny cotton : SATEEN
52
Disastrous : FATAL
53
___ goose : AGONE
54
Apollo's birthplace : DELOS
55
Pith helmet : TOPEE
57
Italian lake : GARDA
60
Distinctive : RARE
62
Small piece : SNIP
63
Falsehood : TALE
64
___ out (makes do) : EKES
66
Cockney's clue : INT
67
Sward : SOD

Answer summary:
3 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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