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New York Times, Friday, October 6, 1972

3-Down : Working material for Mme. Tussaud

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.57, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 335 (avg 1.72)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,455
Across
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Weaverbirds : BAYAS
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Hindu title : SRI
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Embrace : CLASP
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"If ___ Would Leave You" : EVERI
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Swindle : CON
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Tunes : LILTS
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Surprise : BOLTFROMTHEBLUE
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___ burner : OIL
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Aerial cable car : TELPHER
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Father, in Arabic names : ABU
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Continue : PROCEED
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Was : EXISTED
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Watch and ___ : WARD
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Epoch, in Venice : EPOCA
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Whine : MEWL
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Suffer bewilderment : BEINADAZE
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Madison Ave. symbol : GRAYFLANNELSUIT
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Quantum theory developer : MAXPLANCK
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Press group: Abbr. : ANPA
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Sequence, in Paris : SERIE
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Spotted rodent : PACA
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Absorption process : OSMOSIS
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Namby-pamby affair : PINKTEA
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Zuider ___ : ZEE
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Feb. 22 cake ornament : HATCHET
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Indian bean : URD
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Fail to show a profit : OPERATEINTHERED
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Radioactive element : NITON
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Car of yore : REO
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Resin : ELEMI
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Facilitated : EASED
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Rocket weapon: Abbr. : SSM
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Grain sorghums : MILOS
Down
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Jazz form : BEBOP
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Have: Fr. : AVOIR
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Working material for Mme. Tussaud : YELLOWWAX
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Carney : ART
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Flour utensil : SIFTER
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Berate : SCOLD
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Gambol : ROMP
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Hale : INTHEPINK
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Kind of office work : CLERICAL
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Women's ___ : LIB
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___ once (suddenly) : ALLAT
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Beer tavern : STUBE
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False: Prefix : PSEUD
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Walter or Willis : REED
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Chemical solvent : HEXONE
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Ad-lib song of West Indies : CALYPSO
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Inept G.I. : SADSACK
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Scotsman's once : EENCE
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Movie initials : MGM
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Time period : ERA
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Sliding places of sorts : BANISTERS
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Nude : AUNATUREL
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Fasten in a way : ZIP
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Greek letter : ETA
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___ blood (offspring) : FLESHAND
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Cowboy gear : LARIAT
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Magpie : PIET
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"Marseillaise," for one : ANTHEM
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Pure air : OZONE
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Brown pigment : SEPIA
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Encounters : MEETS
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___ Penh : PHNOM
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Solitary: Prefix : EREMO
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___ Ababa : ADDIS
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French companies: Abbr. : CIES
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Deer : ROE
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Samuel's teacher : ELI

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 10 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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