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New York Times, Saturday, January 13, 1973

10-Down : Imaginary

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 313 (avg 1.66)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,554
Across
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Amulet : CHARM
6
Partners of bounds : LEAPS
11
Entanglement : WEB
14
Witch : LAMIA
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God of Islam : ALLAH
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Palm frond: Var. : OLA
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Bit of magic : ABRACADABRA
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Animal's nose : NEB
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Teachers' org. : NEA
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Trees : ELMS
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Shifty trick : DODGE
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Extreme : DIRE
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Funds : MONEYS
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Admittance: Sp. : ACCESO
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"___ in the Crannied Wall" : FLOWER
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"___ Tales" : GRIMMSFAIRY
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Ballad : LAY
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Indian queen : RANI
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Aunt, in Paris : TANTE
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Dark area of moon : MARE
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Connective : AND
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City in Finland : HAMEENLINNA
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Overdoes a role : EMOTES
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Frankness : CANDOR
46
___ Christi : CORPUS
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Bumpkin : HICK
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Showing the way : AHEAD
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Origin : ROOT
52
Old Tunisian ruler : DEY
55
Formal dance: Fr. : BAL
56
Arctic ships : ICEBREAKERS
60
Container: Abbr. : BRL
61
Cord-tire material : NYLON
62
"Wonders will never ___" : CEASE
63
Affirmation : YEA
64
Romantic interludes : IDYLS
65
Tippecanoe's companion : TYLER
Down
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Group : CLAN
2
Belongings: Ger. : HABE
3
Hog plum of India : AMRA
4
Creek : RIA
5
Relative of Bud or Jack : MAC
6
Dipper : LADLE
7
Ancient kingdom : ELAM
8
Vestments : ALBS
9
Golf score : PAR
10
Imaginary : SHADOWY
11
White Rabbit's milieu : WONDERLAND
12
Gray poem : ELEGY
13
Innocents : BABES
18
Balloons : AEROSTATS
23
United : ONE
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Half: Prefix : DEMI
25
Doctrine : ISM
26
Clay mineral : MORENCITE
27
Taj Mahal city : AGRA
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Scottish swift : CRAN
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Near-misser of zero hour : CINDERELLA
30
Poetic temples : FANES
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Rock: Suffix : LITE
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Renown : FAME
35
Florence's river : ARNO
36
Time unit : YEAR
39
Kind of coat : MINK
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Subject of escape literature : HOUDINI
42
Tree resin : LAC
44
Auditing degree : MPA
46
Hack man : CABBY
47
Chicago landing place : OHARE
48
Brasses : HORNS
50
Depend : RELY
51
Old Greek coin : OBOL
52
Follow up a shuffle : DEAL
53
Gaelic : ERSE
54
French river : YSER
57
Charisse : CYD
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"___ well your part ... " : ACT
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___ West : KEY

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 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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