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New York Times, Wednesday, February 7, 1973

19-Across : Point in an orbit

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { B J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 256 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,579
Across
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Table staple : SALT
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Homestead, in Britain : TOFT
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Isabella, e.g. : REINA
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Sheltered : ALEE
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Asian boundary river : AMUR
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Anglo-Saxon workers : ESNES
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N.Y.C. museum : CLOISTERS
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Point in an orbit : APSIS
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Vendor's wagon : HANDCART
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Withered old woman : CRONE
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Downright : SHEER
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Hiker's stopover : HOSTEL
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Silvery : ARGENT
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Heraldic design : SEME
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Nabokov title : ADA
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Hostess at tea : POURER
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Fastener : SNAP
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Card game : CANASTA
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Soft leather : MOROCCO
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Glove : MITT
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Page size : OCTAVO
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Letter : ESS
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Gallic name : ELIE
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Actor Mickey : ROONEY
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Creped fabric : PLISSE
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Cantonese or Nepalese : ASIAN
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___ in the neck : APAIN
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Merge : COALESCE
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___ into (pries) : NOSES
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Roman general : MARCELLUS
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___ Dame : NOTRE
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___ on the back : APAT
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Dillon : MATT
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Belgian town : ALOST
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Mallorca, for one : ISLA
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Votes for : AYES
Down
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Meistersigner Hans : SACHS
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Deity : ALLAH
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Sierra ___ : LEONE
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Peak on Tenerife : TEIDE
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Bye-bye : TATA
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Part of an ephah : OMER
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Aid : FURTHER
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Company officers: Abbr. : TRS
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Respond : REACT
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Heady coffee : ESPRESSO
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Haughtiness : INSOLENCE
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German negative : NEIN
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African fox : ASSE
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Discards : SCRAPS
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Kind of dog or show : ONEMAN
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Tried hard : STROVE
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Machine parts : ROTORS
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Tropical American vines : GUACOS
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Rainwear, for short : MACS
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Literary work : EPOS
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Peak : ACME
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___ Eireann : DAIL
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Appetizer on Mulberry St. : ANTIPASTO
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Workshops : ATELIERS
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Isle ___ : ROYALE
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Shoe parts : TOECAPS
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Map piece : INSET
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Alabama city : SELMA
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Island off Scotland : ISLAY
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Shrewd : ACUTE
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Homes of a kind : NESTS
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O'Neill heroine : ANNA
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Word with room or table : POOL
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Kind of surgeon : ORAL
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___ part : ACTA
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After avril : MAI

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 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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