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New York Times, Saturday, November 10, 1973

19-Down : Masher's bugaboo

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.33, Min Word Len: 4, Missing: { Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,855
Across
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Agree : JIBE
5
Philosophy name : KANT
9
___ in the bucket : ADROP
14
Giants' Webster : ALEX
15
Sharif : OMAR
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Utah city : PROVO
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Storm sound : CLAP
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Storage places : WAREHOUSES
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Broadway heroine : KATE
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Like the Cratchits' clothes : THREADBARE
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Home entertainment unit : STEREO
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Movie canine : ASTA
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Dope : NITWIT
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Kind of mining : PLACER
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Turkish money : ASPER
34
Oratorians' founder : NERI
36
Vasco da ___ : GAMA
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Man-about-town : FLANEUR
39
Star in Scorpio : ANTARES
41
Campus military group: Abbr. : ROTC
42
Victory margin : NECK
44
Prepare to repave : RIPUP
45
" ... as ___ see us" : OTHERS
47
Saskatchewan capital : REGINA
49
Wine: Prefix : OENO
51
___ the world (asleep) : LOSTTO
54
Southern city : TUSCALOOSA
59
So : THUS
60
Made changes on copy : INTERLINED
61
Louise : TINA
62
Music piece : ETUDE
63
Dry : SERE
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W. W. I marshal : HAIG
65
Dressed : ROBED
66
Notable times : ERAS
67
Noun ending : ENCE
Down
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Openers of a sort : JACKS
2
___ ease : ILLAT
3
Routine : BEATENPATH
4
Feel : EXPERIENCE
5
Truckle : KOWTOW
6
Asian baby-sitter : AMAH
7
Tell : NARRATE
8
Ashes, e.g. : TREES
9
Footless : APODAL
10
Thrash : DRUB
11
Sub ___ : ROSA
12
Done : OVER
13
Sit : POSE
19
Masher's bugaboo : HATPIN
23
Common French verb : ETRE
26
Concerning : INRE
28
Go ___ grain (conflict) : AGAINSTTHE
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European range : CARPATHIAN
30
Big bird : EMEU
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File : RASP
32
Hairdo : AFRO
33
Kind of machine : SLOT
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___ in (collect) : RAKE
38
Dissuade from a belief : UNSELL
40
Fates, e.g. : TRIO
43
Crosby, for one : CROONER
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Laughed : ROARED
48
Clearings : GLADES
50
" ... ___ annoys an oyster?" : NOISE
52
Garment : TUNIC
53
River to the Missouri : OSAGE
54
Rank : TIER
55
Biblical word : UNTO
56
Butt : STUB
57
Surrender : CEDE
58
Antitoxins : SERA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 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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