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New York Times, Friday, March 23, 1973

41-Down : Walter or Jean

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 301 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
1
S
2
O
3
B
4
S
5
D
6
A
7
C
8
C
9
A
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S
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O
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Y
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A
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W
R
A
P
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E
R
R
O
R
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U
P
O
N
17
A
N
N
I
18
L
E
A
S
T
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P
E
G
S
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G
O
D
T
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H
A
A
B
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I
23
B
E
R
I
A
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T
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N
S
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S
C
A
R
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C
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A
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S
I
N
O
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H
E
L
L
B
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E
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N
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T
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A
G
I
N
G
34
C
A
R
E
D
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D
O
R
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B
I
N
G
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V
A
N
E
S
38
C
I
T
Y
39
I
L
E
40
T
A
C
O
S
41
K
A
N
E
S
42
N
E
W
43
D
E
L
H
I
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R
E
P
A
S
T
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A
C
H
E
46
P
E
R
I
47
C
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H
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A
C
H
A
50
K
H
A
R
T
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O
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U
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M
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L
O
S
T
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L
56
L
O
Y
D
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A
G
R
I
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A
R
T
Y
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L
A
P
S
E
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L
E
N
S
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D
A
I
L
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A
B
H
O
R
63
S
E
S
S
© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,623
Across
1
Shows emotion : SOBS
5
Bengali city : DACCA
10
Bean : SOYA
14
Kitchen foil : WRAP
15
Baseball statistic : ERROR
16
"Once ___ a ... " : UPON
17
Livy's years : ANNI
18
At ___ : LEAST
19
Cribbage-board pieces : PEGS
20
City of Greenland : GODTHAAB
22
Peninsula of Europe : IBERIA
24
Light colors : TANS
25
Mark : SCAR
26
Nevada fixture : CASINO
29
Determined : HELLBENT
33
Growing : AGING
34
Felt for : CARED
35
Insect : DOR
36
First name in crooning : BING
37
Weather implements : VANES
38
London's financial area : CITY
39
French land body : ILE
40
Mexican food : TACOS
41
Fictional citizen and family : KANES
42
Indira's haunt : NEWDELHI
44
Lunch : REPAST
45
Suffer : ACHE
46
Persian fairy : PERI
47
Dance : CHACHA
50
City at junction of White and Blue Niles : KHARTOUM
54
Ruined : LOST
55
British insurance pioneer : LLOYD
57
Vergil's pastures : AGRI
58
Affected : ARTY
59
Minor error : LAPSE
60
Eye part : LENS
61
___ Eireann : DAIL
62
Abominate : ABHOR
63
Meeting: Abbr. : SESS
Down
1
Booty : SWAG
2
Whether ___ : ORNO
3
Alexander's, for one : BAND
4
Kind of image : SPITTING
5
Part of F.D.R. : DELANO
6
Fields : AREAS
7
Zodiac sign : CRAB
8
Lettuce : COS
9
Magazine offerings : ARTICLES
10
Exquisite : SUPERB
11
Music drama, in Berlin : OPER
12
Gil's successor : YOGI
13
Handle: Lat. : ANSA
21
Knack : HANG
23
Unadorned : BALD
25
Barren periods : SERES
26
Cruise-ship area : CABIN
27
Spry : AGILE
28
Muscle : SINEW
29
Asian city : HANOI
30
Minneapolis suburb : EDINA
31
Observes : NOTES
32
Get-together of sorts : TRYST
34
Hidden goods : CACHE
37
Shrine : VALHALLA
38
5, 20, 42 and 50 Across and 29 Down : CAPITALS
40
Georgia or Cal : TECH
41
Walter or Jean : KERR
43
Poetic measure : DACTYL
44
McGuffey's offering : READER
46
Bladder: Prefix : PHYSO
47
Attired : CLAD
48
Israeli dance : HORA
49
___ spumanti : ASTI
50
Hebrew letter : KOPH
51
Curved molding : OGEE
52
Receptacles : URNS
53
Muffet, for one : MISS
56
Scientist's area : LAB

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 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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