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New York Times, Tuesday, March 14, 1972

67-Across : Unusual

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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H
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,249
Across
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Tints : HUES
5
Pro ___ : RATA
9
Withers : FADES
14
Good as ever : UNSPOILED
16
Aspiring actor's need : AGENT
17
Give a bum steer : MISINFORM
18
Gambling game : MONTE
19
Cubic meter : STERE
20
Novel by Rousseau : EMILE
22
Baste : SEW
23
Curve : ESS
25
Come-on ads : TEASERS
27
Certain merchant : RETAILER
32
Picnic pest : ANT
33
Prefix for therm or tope : ISO
34
Goose eggs : ZEROS
36
Shows affection : DOTES
40
Without thinking twice : ATTHEDROPOFAHAT
43
Bundle : SHEAF
44
Office worker : STENO
45
Macaw : ARA
46
Edge : LIP
48
In a hush-hush way : SECRETLY
50
Zealous : DEVOTED
54
Greek letter : ETA
55
Wing : ALA
56
Mall unit : STORE
59
Kind of renewal : URBAN
63
Cather : WILLA
65
Having a good memory : RETENTIVE
67
Unusual : NOVEL
68
Waxes : INCREASES
69
Strengthen : STEEL
70
German botanist : COHN
71
Exploit : GEST
Down
1
Drones : HUMS
2
Kind of convention rule : UNIT
3
Common Latin word : ESSE
4
Garden shrub : SPIREA
5
Yugoslav measure : RIF
6
African lily : ALOE
7
Duration : TERM
8
Acknowledge : ADMIT
9
Aspirations : FAMEANDFORTUNE
10
Since : AGO
11
Compact : DENSE
12
Record : ENTER
13
Dinner standbys for budgeters : STEWS
15
Words in stretch-sock ads : ONESIZEFITSALL
21
Meadow : LEA
24
Vehicle : SLED
26
Portico : STOA
27
Inlets : RIAS
28
Baltic land: Abbr. : ESTH
29
Kind of bag : TOTE
30
Strays : ERRS
31
Cheers : ROOTS
35
Graf ___ : SPEE
37
Pronoun : THAT
38
Mystery-writer Biggers : EARL
39
Detain : STAY
41
Nimbus : HALO
42
___ and for all : ONCE
47
Favorite : PET
49
Animal label : EARTAG
50
Breaks, as day : DAWNS
51
"Waste Land" poet : ELIOT
52
Flow regulator : VALVE
53
Architectural order : DORIC
57
Western city : RENO
58
Engrave : ETCH
60
Cold wind of Europe : BISE
61
Birds, as a class : AVES
62
Snug retreat : NEST
64
Shelter : LEE
66
Sea eagle : ERN

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 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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