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New York Times, Friday, December 15, 1972

27-Down : Earthquake

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,525
Across
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Type of hanger : STRAP
6
___ homo : ECCE
10
Words by Caesar : ETTU
14
Harness strap : TRACE
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Ground grain : MEAL
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Refusals : NOES
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Eisenhower items : EIGHTCENTSTAMPS
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Propound : POSE
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Pilaster : ANTA
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Forty-card game : OMBER
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Spanish hero : CID
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Ancient Iranian : MEDE
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___ as (when) : ASSOON
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Wastes time : DAWDLES
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Renter's concern : LEASE
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Like some cupboards : BARE
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Coral reef : CAY
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Lincoln items : FIVEDOLLARBILLS
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Japanese park : ASO
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Reclined : LAIN
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Rembrandt ___ : PEALE
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Esoteric persons : MYSTICS
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O. Henry : PORTER
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Captured : TOOK
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Scheduled : DUE
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Shed ___ : ATEAR
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Dip out : BAIL
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Old Indic dialect : PALI
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Kennedy items : FIFTYCENTPIECES
62
Aleutian island : ATTU
63
Scheme : PLOT
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Novarro of films : RAMON
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Washington Square flower : ROSE
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___ time : ATNO
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English river : TRENT
Down
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Stride : STEP
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Troika : TRIO
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Wipers : RAGS
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Head item : ACHE
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Sulk : PET
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Correct : EMEND
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Lincoln item : CENT
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Type of boat : CATAMARAN
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City lines : ELS
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Tooth part : ENAMEL
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Pyramid feature : TOMB
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Turkish mound : TEPE
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Eur. state : USSR
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Brother of Seth : CAIN
19
Robert ___ Lincoln : TODD
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Campus figure : COED
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Pitcher : EWER
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African grass : ALFA
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Earthquake : SEISM
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Kind of cabbage : SAVOY
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Full of: Suffix : OSE
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Certain Spanish paintings : DALIS
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Conspicuous success : ECLAT
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Room in Rouen : SALLE
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Karate expert's wear : BLACKBELT
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Belgian river : YSER
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Assortment : OLIO
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U. S. men's org. : BPOE
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Comparative suffix : IER
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Met Museum item : STATUE
46
Certain Briton : TORY
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Cheap magazine : PULP
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Duplicating machine : DITTO
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Way off : AFAR
51
European leader : TITO
52
Newts : EFTS
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At another time : ANON
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Fruit : PEAR
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High point : ACME
57
City in Mexico : LEON
58
Common contraction : ISNT
60
Figure man: Abbr. : CPA
61
N. Y. C. subway : IRT

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 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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