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New York Times, Tuesday, October 24, 1972

44-Down : Walks in a way

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 3, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
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C
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,473
Across
1
Roman statesman : CATO
5
Tijuana treat : TACO
9
Sad ___ : SACK
13
Khan et al. : AGHAS
15
Cassowary's cousin : EMEU
16
Girl's name, for short : PRUE
17
With 33 and 55 Across, quote by Georges Braque : TRUTHEXISTSONLY
20
Japanese coin : SEN
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Distant : AFAR
22
Writer Ernest : POOLE
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Intellectual show-offs : PEDANTS
25
Detected, as a rat : SMELLED
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Spider-monkey genus : ATELES
28
Baltic port : KIEL
29
Joanne : DRU
30
Had on : WORE
31
Obtuse item : ANGLE
32
Biological abbr. : SSP
33
See 17 Across : FALSEHOOD
37
Kind of steak : RIB
40
Flowers : ROSES
41
Helps : AIDS
45
Chemical suffix : ENE
46
Natives of: Suffix : ITES
47
Small piano : SPINET
49
Perplexed : ATALOSS
51
Inkling : GLIMMER
52
Horned: Suffix : CERUS
53
Mountain : PEAK
54
Bee: Prefix : API
55
See 17 Across : HASTOBEINVENTED
59
Sea bird : ERNE
60
Hungarian river : EGER
61
Della : REESE
62
British medals : DSOS
63
French artist : DORE
64
Summer times: Abbr. : DSTS
Down
1
Dupe : CATSPAW
2
Consent : AGREETO
3
Speak vehemently : THUNDER
4
Grain : OAT
5
Rangers' home : TEXAS
6
Moslem noble : AMIR
7
These: Fr. : CES
8
One of three : OUT
9
Sewing-kit item : SPOOL
10
Benedict and others : ARNOLDS
11
Poultry inspectors : CULLERS
12
Excited : KEYEDUP
14
Movie hero : SHANE
18
Newts : EFTS
19
Cave: Prefix : SPELEO
24
Hebrew letter : ALEF
25
Soft sounds : SIGHS
26
Song: Prefix : MELO
28
On one's ___ (submissive) : KNEES
31
Obstinate ones : ASSES
34
Melodic : ARIOSO
35
Scads : LOTS
36
Fallow deer : DAIM
37
Attained : REACHED
38
Sobbing : INTEARS
39
___ resemblance to (unlike) : BEARSNO
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Prisoners : INMATES
43
Most abstruse : DEEPEST
44
Walks in a way : STRIDES
47
Eastern European : SLAV
48
Tinhorn : PIKER
50
Stringed instruments : LUTES
51
Category : GENRE
53
Wharf : PIER
56
Kind of board : BED
57
Psychiatrist's concern : EGO
58
Musician Rorem : NED

Answer summary:
6 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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