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New York Times, Tuesday, January 2, 1973

28-Down : Big Ben sound

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 14, XRef: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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C
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,543
Across
1
See 33 Across : CITY
5
Disgusted : FEDUP
10
Rizzuto or Foster : PHIL
14
Sounds of laughter : HAHA
15
Idolize : ADORE
16
Pro ___ publico : BONO
17
"___, I vote" : IMAN
18
Mad dogs' milieu : NOONDAYSUN
20
Violin-string base : CATGUT
22
Berliner's negative : NEIN
23
Before : ERE
24
Summitry topic : TRADE
26
Hot coal : CINDER
28
Cleaning fluid : BENZINE
31
Docile : TAME
32
Hautboy : OBOE
33
Part of Peking, with 1 Across : FORBIDDEN
38
Word with hair or fish : NET
39
Copa's city : RIO
40
Dutch town : EDE
41
Asian wonder, with 45 Down : GREATWALL
45
Girl's name in Moscow : OLGA
46
"___ also serve ... " : THEY
47
Like some lettuce heads : LEAFIER
50
New York city : ELMIRA
53
"A Dandy in ___" : ASPIC
54
Recent: Prefix : NEO
55
Corrupt : EVIL
57
"Do unto ___" : OTHERS
61
Some orators : LONGWINDED
64
News filler : ITEM
65
B'way group : ANTA
66
Snow: Sp. : NIEVE
67
"Nobody Knows My ___" : NAME
68
Elbe tributary : ISER
69
Paris depots : GARES
70
Drug plant : ALOE
Down
1
Smart : CHIC
2
"___ Camera" : IAMA
3
"They went ___-away" : THAT
4
3400-mile river : YANGTZE
5
Gambling game in Shanghai : FANTAN
6
Nigerian people : EDO
7
Lorna : DOONE
8
Container, in France : URNE
9
Transportation in Orient : PEDICAB
10
W.W. II Navy plane : PBY
11
Doused : HOSED
12
Toughen : INURE
13
Hermit : LONER
19
Souls: Lat. : ANIMI
21
Swiss canton : URI
25
Bear, as expenses : DEFRAY
27
Sparks of the movies : NED
28
Big Ben sound : BONG
29
Hebrew ancestor : EBER
30
Word with mash or key : NOTE
31
Fishes in a way : TROLLS
34
"___ for the Lamps of China" : OIL
35
Food store, for short : DELI
36
"The Razor's ___" : EDGE
37
Kind of beer or miss : NEAR
42
Panay native : ATI
43
Tossed : THREW
44
Spider's activity : WEAVING
45
See 41 Across : OFCHINA
48
Poetic forms : EPODES
49
Small islet : AIT
50
Chou ___ : ENLAI
51
M. Bloy and M. Blum : LEONS
52
___ Cassino : MONTE
53
Northern tree : ALDER
56
Dolphin of the Amazon : INIA
58
Latin catch-all : ETAL
59
San ___ : REMO
60
Duck : SMEE
62
Civil War initials : GAR
63
"The ___ of St. Agnes" : EVE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 8 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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