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New York Times, Monday, August 28, 1972

37-Across : Despondent

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,416
Across
1
Tissue, at times : SCAR
5
Tact : POISE
10
Tree genus : ACER
14
Tramp : HOBO
15
Abolish : ANNUL
16
French miss: Abbr. : MLLE
17
Mimicked : APED
18
Item for 4 Down : TENNISBALL
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Laudatory words : WELLDONE
22
Irish county : GALWAY
23
Like the Gobi : ARID
24
Ill temper : BILE
25
Sailcloth : CANVAS
28
Do arithmetic : SUBTRACT
32
Survey, old style : AVIEW
33
Breathing organs : GILLS
34
Buck's other half : DOE
35
South African : BOER
36
Veil material : TULLE
37
Despondent : BLUE
38
Permit: Abbr. : LIC
39
Unsure : SHAKY
40
Observant : ALERT
41
Builders : ERECTORS
43
Scarcity : DEARTH
44
Conrad's Jim : LORD
45
French meat : PORC
46
Spanish title : SENORA
49
Famous bridge : BROOKLYN
53
Recipe item : HEAVYCREAM
55
Football scoreboard reading : OOOO
56
River of France : ORNE
57
"Oh, how ___ to get up ... " : IHATE
58
Impulse : URGE
59
Ruler : TSAR
60
Prepared fruit : CORED
61
River duck : TEAL
Down
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G.B.S. : SHAW
2
___ with (contend) : COPE
3
Actor Walter : ABEL
4
Net star : RODLAVER
5
Dialect : PATOIS
6
Upright : ONEND
7
Olde English stopover : INNE
8
Day: Abbr. : SUN
9
Bachelor, to some : ELIGIBLE
10
Author Eric : AMBLER
11
Chela : CLAW
12
She, in Turin : ELLA
13
Count on : RELY
19
Seasons : SALTS
21
Attract : DRAW
24
Browbeat : BULLY
25
Wire : CABLE
26
Have: Fr. : AVOIR
27
Relative : NIECE
28
Fine fabrics : SILKS
29
U.S. educator : ADLER
30
Area for 4 Down : COURT
31
Drill targets : TEETH
33
Lineman : GUARD
36
Of the chest : THORACIC
37
Kind of skit : BLACKOUT
39
News account : STORY
40
Prefix for drome or sol : AERO
42
Forage plant : CLOVER
43
Fated : DOOMED
45
Talk idly : PRATE
46
Jigger : SHOT
47
Dealers in: Suffix : EERS
48
Girl's nickname : NANA
49
___ fruit (yield) : BEAR
50
Body of knowledge : LORE
51
Discipline of sorts : YOGA
52
Yuletide : NOEL
54
Greek letter : RHO

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 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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