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New York Times, Wednesday, April 11, 1973

9-Down : Vale

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 258 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,642
Across
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Easy match : SETUP
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Lighthearted : GLAD
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Gaelic : ERSE
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Trash : TRIPE
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Oil, to a garage man : LUBE
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Disorder : RIOT
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Proficient : ADEPT
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Lacking grace : INELEGANT
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Sesame : TIL
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Welles : ORSON
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___-time continuum : SPACE
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Put on : DON
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Golf-course area : TEE
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Letter : CEE
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Put frosting on : ICED
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Practice : ISM
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"Not ___!" : ONABET
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Portico : STOA
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Levant : OSCAR
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Kind of pigeon : CLAY
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Lively dance : CANCAN
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Whitney or Wallach : ELI
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Lawn equipment : HOSE
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Navy officer: Abbr. : ENS
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Bard's word : EEN
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Tiny : WEE
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Ankles : TARSI
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Geographer's need : ATLAS
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Drink : ALE
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Musical movement : SOSTENUTO
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"Blue Angel," for one : MOVIE
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Kind of deep : KNEE
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Arab prince : EMIR
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Furnace's relatives : OVENS
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Bristle : SETA
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Brisk : SPRY
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Slangy interjection : NERTS
Down
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Pierce : STAB
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Earth goddess : ERDA
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Gets high : TIESONEON
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Crust of a sort : UPPER
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Warm-sea fishes : PETOS
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Fluency : GLIBNESS
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Moon goddess : LUNA
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Adam's son : ABEL
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Vale : DELL
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Work unit : ERG
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Lasso : RIATA
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Kind of barrier : SONIC
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Intent, in Scotland : ETTLE
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Ruhr city : ESSEN
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Small articles : NOTIONS
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Tattle : PEACH
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Jockey of a sort : DISC
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Eight: Prefix : OCTA
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Night-club host : EMCEE
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Greek gulf : CORINTH
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Freshwater fishes : DACES
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Subsides : BLOWSOVER
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Relieve : EASE
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Chinook salmon : TYEE
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Pertaining to luck : ALEATORY
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Oleoresin : ANIME
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Assignments : TASKS
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Exclusively : ALONE
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Do over, as a type job : RESET
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Dud : LEMON
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Upstairs : ABOVE
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Chemical suffixes : INES
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Reservoir : SUMP
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Flurry : STIR
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Slangy contraction : AINT
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Hardy heroine : TESS
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Reception : TEA

Answer summary:
7 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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