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New York Times, Thursday, December 28, 1972

3-Down : Ring-tailed animal

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.68, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 2, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,538
Across
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Places : LOCI
5
Furniture piece : SOFA
9
Climb : SCALE
14
Power source : ATOM
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Kitchen or den : ROOM
16
Ship deck : ORLOP
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Title of a familiar poem, with 67 Across : STOPPINGBYWOODS
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Russian girl's name : SONIA
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Chill : AGUE
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Kind of stick : POGO
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Class members: Abbr. : SRS
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___ Anne : STE
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Gender: Abbr. : FEM
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Locale of the poem : NEWHAMPSHIRE
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Environment: Prefix : ECO
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Common abbr. : ETC
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"___ Shrugged" : ATLAS
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First words of the poem : WHOSEWOODSTHESE
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Present time : TODAY
46
Japanese herb : UDO
47
Pronoun : SHE
48
Last words of the poem : BEFOREISLEEP
53
State: Abbr. : FLA
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Sloth, for one : SIN
57
Have second thoughts : RUE
58
Baltic port : RIGA
60
Spot for a farmer : DELL
63
Medium : RADIO
67
See 17 Across : ONASNOWYEVENING
70
Fight : SETTO
71
"___ virumque cano" : ARMA
72
Shred : TEAR
73
Step : TREAD
74
In the past: Abbr. : YEST
75
Bone: Prefix : OSTE
Down
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Young girl : LASS
2
Preminger : OTTO
3
Ring-tailed animal : COON
4
Mischievous : IMPISH
5
Mister, in India : SRI
6
O'Neill name : OONA
7
Harvard museum : FOGG
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Waylay : AMBUSH
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Farm animal : SOW
10
Trim a photo : CROP
11
Distant : ALOOF
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Fraternal branch : LODGE
13
English Derby town : EPSOM
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S. A. rubber : PARA
19
Abominable Snowman : YETI
24
Merganser : SMEW
26
Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
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Salamander : NEWT
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Reverberation : ECHO
30
Golf club : WOOD
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Reader's instruction: Abbr. : PTO
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Do a kitchen job : SCOUR
33
Suffix for numbers : ETH
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___ majesty : LESE
38
Arthur of the courts : ASHE
39
Flow slowly : SEEP
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Rest day: Abbr. : SAB
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Facial features : EYES
43
Presidential monogram : DDE
44
Paris evening : SOIR
49
Canine John Doe : FIDO
50
Kind of ticket : ONEWAY
51
Of course! : SURE
52
Shelter : LEANTO
53
Author of the poem : FROST
54
Ship : LINER
55
Marble : AGATE
59
Lassie's precursor : ASTA
61
Musical instrument : LYRE
62
Moon vehicles : LEMS
64
Machine tools : DIES
65
___ the finish : INAT
66
Scary one : OGRE
68
Indicate assent : NOD
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Cistern : VAT

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

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