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New York Times, Tuesday, May 9, 1972

1-Across : Very cold

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.76, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 314 (avg 1.73)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,305
Across
1
Very cold : GELID
6
To the point : APT
9
Thrash : BELT
13
On to : AWARE
14
Rounded lump : GLOB
16
Forum drink : AQUA
17
Untamed : FERAL
18
Football scoreboard entry : OOOO
19
Pick out : CULL
20
Often : FREQUENTLY
22
Throw out, as type : KILL
23
Letter : ESS
24
Carefree : GAY
25
Aroint! : SCAT
27
Hindrance : LET
28
Olfactory stimuli : ODORS
31
German numeral : DREI
34
Thorny plants : WAITABITS
38
Handyman : JACKOFALLTRADES
41
Kind of geometry : SPHERICAL
42
Red item : CENT
43
Kind of battery : SOLAR
44
River of Wales : USK
46
Don Juan's mother : INEZ
48
G.I. initials : USA
49
Initial trio : ABC
52
School study : MATH
55
Columbia River dam : BONNEVILLE
58
Taft territory : OHIO
59
Was short : OWED
60
Environs : AREAS
61
Artillery supplies : AMMO
62
A Louis : XIII
63
Italian lake : GARDA
64
Obligation : NEED
65
Run out : END
66
Register : ENTER
Down
1
Boo-boo : GAFFE
2
Pitchers : EWERS
3
Household gods : LARES
4
Mideast land : IRAQ
5
Swamp : DELUGE
6
Kind of newspaper column : AGONY
7
Writer's concern : PLOT
8
Workbench items : TOOLS
9
Consecutive : BACKTOBACK
10
Prefix for poise : EQUI
11
Soothe : LULL
12
Kind of story : TALL
15
Shun in a way : BOYCOTT
21
___ one's words : EAT
26
Month after Shebat : ADAR
27
Probability : LIKELIHOOD
29
Outing : RIDE
30
British firearm : STEN
31
Platter-spinners : DJS
32
Séance signals : RAPS
33
Repeat : ECHO
34
Servicewoman : WAC
35
Neighbor of Ga : ALA
36
Neighbor of Ky. : ILL
37
Plane initials : SST
39
Medit. port : ORAN
40
Boiler chamber : FIREBOX
44
Operate : USE
45
Wild : SAVAGE
47
Comic-strip sound : ZOWIE
48
Disassembled : UNDID
49
Open-eyed : ALERT
50
Oar : BLADE
51
Franck : CESAR
52
Complain : MOAN
53
Alas! : AHME
54
Occasion : TIME
56
Dissent, in Bonn : NEIN
57
Persepolis's land : IRAN

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