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New York Times, Thursday, March 8, 1973

5-Down : Blacksmiths

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,608
Across
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Nutmeg spice : MACE
5
Plant shoot : SPEAR
10
Urge : PROD
14
Cupid : AMOR
15
Creator of Ah Sin : HARTE
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Annoy : RILE
17
Flower of a Western state : CALIFORNIAPOPPY
20
Pittsburgh athlete : STEELER
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Camera parts : LENSES
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Like a mineral : ORY
23
Power : DINT
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Chemical compounds : ESTERS
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State flower of La. and Miss. : MAGNOLIA
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Hawaii's state flower : LEHUA
33
Idles, in Scotland : SORNS
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French donkey : ANE
35
Song : ARIA
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Images : IKONS
37
Harbor cities: Abbr. : SPTS
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Writer Anais : NIN
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Scott and others : DREDS
40
Bull: Prefix : TAURO
41
State flowers of Va. and N. C. : DOGWOODS
43
Old state flower of Tenn. : MAYPOP
44
Blyth and Dvorak : ANNS
45
Mild oath : GEE
46
Hold in ___ : ESCROW
49
Los ___ : ANGELES
54
State flowers of Conn. and Pa. : MOUNTAINLAURELS
57
Diminish : PARE
58
Early fiddle : REBEC
59
Kiln : OAST
60
Tore : SPED
61
Remove : ERASE
62
Ladies, in Madrid: Abbr. : SRAS
Down
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Certain apples, for short : MACS
2
Common Latin word : AMAT
3
Porter : COLE
4
N. Y. canal : ERIE
5
Blacksmiths : SHOERS
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Dodge : PARRY
7
Sea bird : ERN
8
Panay native : ATI
9
Trues up : REALIGNS
10
Right away : PRONTO
11
Van Winkle et al. : RIPS
12
Wine pitcher : OLPE
13
Old Turkish rulers : DEYS
18
Goddess for 17 Across : FLORA
19
William and family : PENNS
23
Does mending : DARNS
24
African antelope : ELAND
25
___-comic : SERIO
26
Item : THING
27
U. S., to French : EUA
28
Tempers : MOODS
29
Take in eagerly : LAPUP
30
Emcee's job : INTRO
31
Fabulist : AESOP
33
Timetables, for short : SKEDS
36
Heavy pans, etc. : IRONWARE
37
Declare : SAY
39
"___ disturb" : DONOT
40
Korean city : TAEGU
42
Gave notice to : WARNED
43
Threaten : MENACE
45
Winds : GALES
46
Rulers: Abbr. : EMPS
47
Washstand item : SOAP
48
Kill or ___ : CURE
50
Greek god : EROS
51
Limerick name : LEAR
52
Lanchester : ELSA
53
Fast planes : SSTS
55
Comparative suffix : IER
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Knicks' org. : NBA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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