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New York Times, Wednesday, November 29, 1972

24-Down : Watch bearing

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,509
Across
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___ California : BAJA
5
Debate : ARGUE
10
Kind of bag or bane : FLEA
14
Test : ORAL
15
Welland or Kiel : CANAL
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Swoboda and others : RONS
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Gemstone : OPAL
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Royal Russian : CZAREVITCH
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Famous word butcher : MALAPROP
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Luggage item : VALISE
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French river : YSER
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Become clear : JELL
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Toast : PROSIT
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___ strength : TENSILE
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Washroom: Abbr. : LAV
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Asian antelope : SEROW
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Growing out : ENATE
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Reed : OBOE
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Office implement : DATER
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Mardi ___ : GRAS
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Port of Majorca : PALMA
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Jeeves, e.g. : VALET
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Mimic : APE
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Fasten, in carpentry : TOENAIL
48
Container : VESSEL
50
Laugh, in Lyon : RIRE
51
Warm-sea fish : MERO
52
Friday's friend : CRUSOE
55
Use of a wrong term : MISNOMER
59
Canadian city : TORONTOONT
61
Basilica part : NAVE
62
Arabian area : OMAN
63
Therefore : HENCE
64
Journalism's Abel : ELIE
65
Mineo et al. : SALS
66
Invited : ASKED
67
Use the dice : ROLL
Down
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Bust's companion : BOOM
2
Harp, in Italy : ARPA
3
Kind of African goat : JAAL
4
Eases : ALLAYS
5
Grew together : ACCRETED
6
Gear for Figaro : RAZOR
7
Scottish morsel : GNAP
8
Cairo initials : UAR
9
Rams or Lions : ELEVEN
10
Gathered edge : FRILLING
11
Writer Pierre : LOTI
12
Letter inserts: Abbr. : ENCS
13
Tennis-tour name : ASHE
19
"___ Triste" : VALSE
21
Greek letters : PSIS
24
Watch bearing : JEWEL
25
Splashing sound : PLOP
26
North African port : RABAT
27
Convex molding : OVOLO
28
Complete : TOTAL
29
Zhivago's love and others : LARAS
30
Storehouse : ETAPE
33
Delighted, in Paris : RAVIE
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Donkey, in Bonn : ESEL
37
Ralph and Faye : EMERSONS
39
Reinstated : REVESTED
42
Negatively charged atom : ANION
44
Sea bird : TERN
47
Singer Franklin : ARETHA
49
Oklahoman : SOONER
51
Dice : MINCE
52
Musical pieces: Abbr. : CTOS
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City on an Italian map : ROMA
54
Soviet river : URAL
55
Pianist Thelonious : MONK
56
Saint ___ (Channel gulf) : MALO
57
Malignant : EVIL
58
Dance : REEL
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Faroe winds : OES

Answer summary:
5 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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