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New York Times, Saturday, December 15, 1973

28-Down : Viewpoint

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { X Z }, Scrabble score: 305 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 3, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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J
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O
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C
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A
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S
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T
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A
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S
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P
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Y
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S
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H
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E
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I
R
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N
I
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N
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P
L
A
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S
T
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R
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V
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R
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Y
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C
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P
H
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R
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E
D
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M
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F
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N
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I
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A
T
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T
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A
R
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T
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S
P
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T
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S
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E
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A
O
N
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H
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M
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M
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E
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R
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A
L
M
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A
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L
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N
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T
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W
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V
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J
A
C
Q
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U
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S
C
O
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U
S
T
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A
U
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O
N
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U
P
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T
H
O
R
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E
N
D
S
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S
T
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A
D
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S
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M
T
G
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E
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S
E
E
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L
O
O
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A
H
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A
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D
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B
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L
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E
U
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N
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A
N
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T
R
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E
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V
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I
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L
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N
N
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I
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S
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T
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H
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M
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N
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E
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M
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R
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K
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69
W
A
D
70
P
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A
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,890
Across
1
Mother of Oedipus : JOCASTA
8
Mata Hari : SPY
11
Pronoun : SHE
14
Man from Teheran : IRANIAN
15
Shin or court : PLASTER
17
Bible of show biz : VARIETY
18
Zeros : CIPHERS
19
Cheeses : EDAMS
20
Winnow : FAN
21
___ dixit : IPSE
22
Perfume : ATTAR
25
Recipe measure: Abbr. : TSP
27
Lao-___ : TSE
30
First-class : AONE
31
Claw or sledge : HAMMER
35
Miss Gluck : ALMA
37
Fast time : LENT
39
Relinquish : WAIVE
40
Explorer of "Silent World" : JACQUESCOUSTEAU
43
Kind of manship : ONEUP
44
God of thunder : THOR
45
Finishes : ENDS
46
Places : STEADS
48
House debt: Abbr. : MTGE
50
Perceive : SEE
51
Card game : LOO
52
Showing the way : AHEAD
54
French color : BLEU
57
Girl's nickname : NAN
59
Fountain in Rome : TREVI
63
Comic Bruce and others : LENNIES
65
Vitamin B-1 : THIAMIN
67
Riddles : ENIGMAS
68
Eminent : RANKING
69
Bankroll : WAD
70
Before: Prefix : PRE
71
Patri and others : ANGELOS
Down
1
Hot music : JIVE
2
Toward the mouth : ORAD
3
Dear: It. : CARA
4
Soul : ANIMA
5
Nap : SIESTA
6
Work with thread : TAT
7
Some : ANY
8
Animal shelter: Abbr. : SPCA
9
Column base : PLINTH
10
Dog sound : YAP
11
Tread : STEP
12
Towel monogram : HERS
13
Gaelic : ERSE
16
Companion of 40 Across : SHIPMATE
20
What 40 Across is : FRENCHMAN
23
Japanned ware : TOLE
24
"___ of robins ... " : ANEST
26
Works on lumber : SAWS
27
Trenches: Sp. : TAJOS
28
Viewpoint : SLANT
29
Man at the mike : EMCEE
32
Airs : MIENS
33
Sidestep : EVADE
34
Make do another time : REUSE
36
Invention of 40 Across : AQUALUNG
38
___ and nail : TOOTH
41
Hair style : UPDO
42
Recommend : URGE
47
___ and yet so far : SONEAR
49
Eroding : EATING
53
English explorer : DRAKE
54
Took it on the lam : BLEW
55
Siberian river : LENA
56
Miss Bagnold : ENID
58
African fox : ASSE
60
Man's name : EMIL
61
"In ___ veritas" : VINO
62
Verb endings : INGS
64
Playful one : IMP
65
___-la : TRA
66
Chinese dynasty : HAN

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 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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