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New York Times, Tuesday, February 6, 1973

59-Down : Vietcong org.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { B J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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M
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,578
Across
1
Puccini's Butterfly : MADAME
7
Merrily wild : MADCAP
13
One marked by a throwback : ATAVIST
15
Redeye dispensers : SALOONS
16
Guatemala's leader : PERALTA
17
Baseball hits : TRIPLES
18
Mud height, sometimes : ANKLE
19
African chief : KAID
21
Far or Middle : EAST
22
Barnyard pests : HORSEFLIES
25
Press : IRON
27
Pipe wrench, e.g. : TOOL
28
Greek mountain : ATHOS
32
Cockney cussword : LOR
33
Father of Jane and Peter : HENRY
34
Rock with crystal center : GEODE
35
Foot part : INSTEP
37
Search out : FERRET
38
"It's ___" : ADEAL
39
Florida player : GATOR
42
Falstaff, e.g. : SOT
43
Italian painter : DOSSI
44
Sevareid : ERIC
45
Western city : RENO
46
Oldtimers' game : HORSESHOES
49
Fifty-two cards : DECK
52
P. I. natives : ATAS
53
Gertrude of rose fame : STEIN
56
Laertes' sister : OPHELIA
58
Seemingly magical : UNCANNY
60
Kind of puzzle : CHINESE
61
What time does : ELAPSES
62
South Carolina river : SANTEE
63
Phase 1 : FREEZE
Down
1
Entry in a Spanish atlas : MAPA
2
Amenhotep's god : ATEN
3
Presidential hopefuls : DARKHORSES
4
Frankie : AVALON
5
Four-minute man : MILER
6
N. Y. time : EST
7
___ Gras : MARDI
8
Heavyweight name : ALI
9
Student of the race sheets : DOPESTER
10
Soft drink : COLA
11
Chemical suffixes : ANES
12
Attention-getting sound : PSST
14
Hire : TAKEON
15
"Oft in the ___ night" : STILLY
20
___ effort : AFOR
23
Dance unit : STEP
24
Athirst : EAGER
25
Trojan War story : ILIAD
26
Musical form : RONDO
29
Ability to come in out of the rain : HORSESENSE
30
"___ a Grecian Urn" : ODEON
31
Fracas : SETTO
33
Prefix for trope or stat : HELIO
36
Oasis in Uzbek : TASHKENT
37
W. W. I marshal : FOCH
39
Res ___ : GESTAE
40
Space : AREA
41
Paper hankie : TISSUE
45
Do over, as a TV show : RETAPE
47
Bridge bid : RAISE
48
Wilde : OSCAR
49
"Gunsmoke" man and others : DOCS
50
Hebrew measure : EPHA
51
Glass or cleft item : CHIN
54
Don Juan's mother : INEZ
55
Amex's counterpart : NYSE
57
Shelter : LEE
59
Vietcong org. : NLF

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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