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New York Times, Monday, October 16, 1972

7-Down : French recreation area

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: 276 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,465
Across
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High spot for tourists : TIBET
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"Planet of the ___" : APES
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Arabian gulf : OMAN
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Growing out : ENATE
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School study : MATH
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San ___ : REMO
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Brilliancy : ECLAT
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Ponte Vecchio's crossing : ARNO
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Arabian port : ADEN
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Kentucky attraction : MAMMOTHCAVE
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Identical : ONE
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Miss Claire and others : INAS
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Legislates : ENACTS
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Spanish poet : ALONSO
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Deliver the ___ : GOODS
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Miss Farrow : MIA
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Newspaper photos : HALFTONES
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Hard-wood center : PETRIFIEDFOREST
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With pleasing effect : MUSICALLY
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Measure of heat: Abbr. : BTU
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David's friend et al. : LISAS
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In flower : ABLOOM
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Famous express : ORIENT
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La Scala feature : ARIA
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Crew : MEN
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Ferde Grofé subject : GRANDCANYON
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Too : ALSO
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Angered : IRED
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Pygmy cattle of S.A. : NIATA
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Yesterday, in Calais : HIER
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___ of peace : DOVE
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Coins : CENTS
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Part of a Paris opera : ACTE
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Pitcher : EWER
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Dialect : ARGOT
Down
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Proliferate : TEEM
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S.A. native : INCA
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___ in Gilead : BALM
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Star in Draco : ETAMIN
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Scenic area in Northwest : TETONS
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Indian nurses : AMAHS
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French recreation area : PARC
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Sicilian sight : ETNA
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Get going : SHOVEOFF
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Mouths : ORA
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Wine of France : MEDOC
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Catkin : AMENT
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Roman date : NONES
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Truth, in China : TAO
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Put an ___ (stop) : ENDTO
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Hebrew lyre : ASOR
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Initials on a bus transfer : AMPM
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In ___ of : LIEU
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Farm crop : OATS
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Highlanders : GAELS
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Film of yesteryear: Var. : OLDY
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Bean scars : HILA
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Biblical mountain : NEBO
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That, in Spain : ESTO
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Grape refuse : STUM
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Peeve : RILE
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Cake feature : ICING
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Concorde offering : FASTRIDE
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Bow : ARC
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Italian Blanche : BIANCA
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Poet Sidney : LANIER
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City on the Missouri : OMAHA
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Memento : RELIC
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Garment part : INSET
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Snake : ADDER
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" ... all in ___" : AROW
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Snow glacier : NEVE
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Yin's counterpart : YANG
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Holy Roman emperor : OTTO
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Cartoonist : NAST
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Danish coin : ORE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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