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New York Times, Thursday, July 26, 1973

40-Across : ___ belli

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,748
Across
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Likely : APT
4
Having footwear : SHOED
9
Growl : GNAR
13
King, in Spain : REY
14
Arctic plain : TUNDRA
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Belmont or Derby : RACE
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Poetic contraction : EEN
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V.I.P.'s on the dais : EMCEES
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Irish exclamation : ARRA
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Opera extras : SPEARMEN
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Used certain paper : SANDED
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Tricia Cox, ___ Nixon : NEE
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Kind of barrier : SOUND
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Conditions of frankness : CANDORS
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Ready to overflow : BRIMFUL
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Bakery employes : ICERS
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Snack-tray spread : PATE
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English composer : ARNE
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Wander : ROVE
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___ belli : CASUS
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Fashion : MODE
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Men in a shell : CREW
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Skills : ARTS
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U. S. marine painter : HOMER
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No one knows all of them : ANSWERS
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Desk items : ERASERS
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Elihu et al. : YALES
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Mine material : ORE
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Singer Ethel : WATERS
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Angels of a sort : SPONSORS
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Neglect : OMIT
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"Get me to the church ___" : ONTIME
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Not together: Abbr. : SEP
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Solemn promise : OATH
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Status of a weak bridge hand : NOACES
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Doris ___, U. S. painter : LEE
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British awards: Abbr. : DSOS
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Reunion people : GRADS
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Quaint : ODD
Down
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Greek god : ARES
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Incubator sound : PEEP
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River of England : TYNE
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Music-store offerings : STEREOS
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Bee, for one : HUMMER
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___ over lightly : ONCE
7
Gardens : EDENS
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Seminary official: Abbr. : DRE
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Anna Mary Robertson : GRANDMAMOSES
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Ointment : NARD
11
Unit of area : ACRE
12
Well-___ (literate) : READ
15
Guarantees : ASSURES
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Paintings by a certain American : ANDREWWYETHS
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Blackbird : ANI
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Unobservant : OBTUSE
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About, in dates : CIRCA
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Motif for a chair finial : ACORN
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Granular snows : NEVES
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Scanty : SPARSE
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Wharton farmer : FROME
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"___ $5" ($4.99, usually) : UNDER
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Villainous looks : LEERS
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Time zone east of N. Y. : AST
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U. S. landscapist : CARLSON
44
Auto-seat safety gear : HARNESS
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"Give every man thy ___" : EAR
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Lodged : ROOMED
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Spectral type : SSTAR
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Painter of "American Gothic" : WOOD
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Candlenut trees : AMAS
54
European leader : TITO
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Type size : PICA
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European capital : OSLO
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Walter of medicine : REED
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Hurried : SPED
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Holiday drink : NOG

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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