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New York Times, Tuesday, April 25, 1972

11-Down : Very minute

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 28, Avg Word Len: 5.47, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 100, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,291
Across
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Inflated mattress : AIRBED
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Example : INSTANCE
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Piece of leg armor : GREAVE
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In no way : NOTATALL
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Decrees : IRADES
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Like a camera support : TRIPODAL
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Minor spasm : TIC
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Scottish resort : SKYE
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Adriatic port : RIMINI
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Siamese coins : ATTS
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Slav : SERB
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One of the Beatles : RINGO
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Bettor's choice : TAILS
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Gush : SPEW
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___ la vie : CEST
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French star : ETOILE
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Ages : ERAS
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Readers of Louisa May Alcott : SENTIMENTALISTS
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Swell : DUDE
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Combine : CARTEL
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Roughen : CHAP
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Since, once : SITH
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Garry or Terry : MOORE
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Of blood : HEMIC
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Stepped : TROD
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Alaskan cape : NOME
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Special cutting tool : ICESAW
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Copies : APES
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Seed : PIP
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Abuse : MALTREAT
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Spacecraft : GEMINI
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Bleach : ETIOLATE
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Unkeyed, in music : ATONAL
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Ocean paths : SEALANES
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Alone : SINGLY
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Excites : AGITATES
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Pique : IRRITATE
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Double take : REACTION
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Inferior : BAD
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Nights before : EVES
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Secretaries : DESKS
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Permeates : INTERPENETRATES
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Conjunction : NOR
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Ado : STIR
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Snouted animal : TAPIR
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Very minute : ATOMIC
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Singer Conner : NADINE
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Loud sounds : CLANGS
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U. S. zoologist : ELLIOT
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"___, I can" : YES
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Cut : SLIT
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Lahr : BERT
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Skidded : SLID
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British army woman : WAAC
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Big birds : EMUS
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Contract bid : SLAM
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Revise : EDIT
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Certain curtain material : IRON
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Bent over : STOOPING
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Grand Central, for one : TERMINAL
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In a sluggish manner : SLEEPILY
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Belfry sounds : CHIMES
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Sorceress : HECATE
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Earhart : AMELIA
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Weapon : PISTOL
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Dance : HOP
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Hurricane of 1961 : CARLA
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French painter : DEGAS
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Withdraw from a habit : WEAN
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Bristle: Prefix : SETI
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Supped : ATE
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24 blue hrs. : MON

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 3 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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