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New York Times, Wednesday, April 25, 1973

25-Down : Luzon native

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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A
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,656
Across
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Singer Paul : ANKA
5
Places for crow's nests : MASTS
10
Hide-and-___ : SEEK
14
Conceal : VEIL
15
Yellow pigment : OCHRE
16
Escutcheon border : ORLE
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Newt: Var. : EVET
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Characteristic : TRAIT
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Duckling or American : UGLY
20
Advice to Roman shoppers : CAVEATEMPTOR
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Spanish rivers : RIOS
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Brightest star in a group : LUCIDA
28
Glossy surfaces : SHEENS
31
Godchildren : PROTEGES
33
Podge's partner : HODGE
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"The Ghost and Mrs. ___" : MUIR
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Kiln : OST
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Danish resort : ROMO
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Out of ___ : SORTS
38
Cantata part : ARIA
39
Japanese herb : UDO
40
Guilty, for one : PLEA
41
Disdain : SCORN
42
In good faith : BONAFIDE
45
Cheered : ROOTED
46
Like brides' biscuits : SODDEN
47
Oner : LULU
48
Julius Caesar's trio : VENIVIDIVICI
54
"Of ___ I sing" : THEE
57
Vapid : INANE
58
Do newspaper work : EDIT
59
Draw a salary : EARN
60
Snoops : NOSES
61
Rank high : RATE
62
Give forth : EMIT
63
Cary or U. S. : GRANT
64
Pour : TEEM
Down
1
With, in Paris : AVEC
2
Russian river : NEVA
3
Ukrainian capital : KIEV
4
Other self : ALTEREGO
5
Maxims : MOTTOS
6
Character in "The Rivals" : ACRES
7
Ersatz : SHAM
8
Stumble : TRIP
9
Property disposers, in law : SETTLORS
10
Michener title, with "The" : SOURCE
11
Energy unit : ERG
12
Building wing : ELL
13
Anthem name : KEY
21
Elder: Fr. : AINE
22
Excluded : OUT
25
Luzon native : IGOROT
26
Yen : DESIRE
27
Take ___ (be firm) : ASTAND
28
Rosebushes, e.g. : SHRUBS
29
Jinx : HOODOO
30
Writer Rostand : EDMOND
31
Thick soup : PUREE
32
Hayworth : RITA
34
Shape : MOLD
37
Spider's work : SPINNING
38
Under cover: Fr. : ACOUVERT
41
Musical renditions : SOLI
43
Time before Christmas : ADVENT
44
Honorarium : FEE
45
Most uncivil : RUDEST
47
Fine writing paper : LINEN
49
"Shall we stay ___ go out?" : INOR
50
Ducts, in biology : VASA
51
Zoological suffix : IDAE
52
Summon : CITE
53
News paragraph : ITEM
54
To a ___ : TEE
55
Radio operator : HAM
56
Silkworm : ERI

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 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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