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New York Times, Monday, June 18, 1973

5-Across : Of a central point

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { B J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 9, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,710
Across
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With 22 Across, critical spot during 40 Down : FORT
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Of a central point : FOCAL
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___ la vie : CEST
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Washington Sq. sight : ARCH
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Catalogue: Sp. : LISTA
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"What ___ God wrought!" : HATH
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Preposition : INTO
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Illinois city : ALTON
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See 58 Down : ERIE
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Ends : RESULTS
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See 1 Across : MCHENRY
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Obtain : GET
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Views : SEES
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See 40 Down : EIGHTEEN
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See 40 Down : TWELVE
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Summer drink : ADE
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"___ we trust" : INGOD
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Blue and White : NILES
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Part of R. and R. : REST
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Kind of boom : SONIC
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So much: Fr. : TANT
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"___ of righteousness" : PATHS
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Climb : SCALE
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Never: Ger. : NIE
49
Dozes : SLEEPS
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Roosevelt et al. : ELEANORS
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Scottish inventor : WATT
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Exist : ARE
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Story teller : RELATOR
59
See 65 Down : ORLEANS
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Flower extract: Var. : ATAR
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Open region : RANGE
66
Minced oath : DRAT
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Large shark : MAKO
68
Tinker to ___ to ... : EVERS
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Grafted, in heraldry : ENTE
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Hebrew letter : ALEF
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Boer politician : DEWET
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Fate : DOOM
Down
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Passing mark : FAIR
2
Caen's river : ORNE
3
New army men: Abbr. : RCTS
4
Even if : THOUGH
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Deflates : FLATTENS
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Items on a palette : OILS
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Fort Worth time : CST
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Particles : ATOMS
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Surgical instrument : LANCET
10
"___, the cops!" : CHEESEIT
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Merit : EARN
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Bustle : STIR
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___ say : THEY
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Islands off Timor : LETI
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Cut : HEWN
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Wyatt and family : EARPS
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Model : IDEAL
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Beau ___ : GESTE
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Selves : EGOS
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Present occasion : NONCE
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Plain of Southwest : LLANO
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Come: Fr. : VENIR
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Rocky Mountain park : ESTES
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Phone : DIAL
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With 26 and 31 Across, historic conflict : THEWAROF
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Most distinct : CLEAREST
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Quarrel : SPAT
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Nobelman : EARL
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Laid away : STORED
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Lacked : NEEDED
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Crossbeam : TRAVE
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Thai king : RAMA
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Relative of etc. : ETAL
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With 19 Across, naval victory during 40 Down : LAKE
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Monster : OGRE
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Florence's river : ARNO
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Western alliance : NATO
62
Ski turn : STEM
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With 59 Across, victory during 40 Down : NEW

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 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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