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New York Times, Friday, April 6, 1973

38-Down : Optimist's coloring

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 27, Avg Word Len: 5.50, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 92, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 0, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,637
Across
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Muffin : POPOVER
8
Heart-helping condition : ABSENCE
15
Greed : AVARICE
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Tennis shots : VOLLEYS
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Remembers : RECALLS
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Constituent : ELEMENT
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Noah's masterpiece : ARK
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Suffer humiliation : EATCROW
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Stamping tool : DIE
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Tell on : BLAB
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Yonkers events : TROTS
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Blue or green color : BICE
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Goods cast overboard : LAGAN
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Psyche units : IDS
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Flash of light : GLEAM
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Telescope part : EYEPIECE
33
Boors : CHURLS
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Civil wrong : TORT
35
Roebuck : DEER
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Writer : SCRIBE
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Takes the stage again : REENTERS
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Opted : CHOSE
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Balloon contents : AIR
45
Siouan home : TEPEE
46
Kind of home : REST
47
Origin : START
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Jackknife or swan : DIVE
50
Soul: Fr. : AME
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Scored : TALLIED
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Caesar : SID
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Easy hand to play : PIANOLA
56
Hairy : CRINOSE
58
Properties : ESTATES
59
Masseuse or bread-maker : KNEADER
60
Most abstruse : DEEPEST
61
Bird dogs : SETTERS
Down
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Allegory : PARABLE
2
Superimpose : OVERLAY
3
Kind of deal : PACKAGE
4
Mouths : ORA
5
Kind of durance : VILE
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Brilliance : ECLAT
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Limit : RESTRICT
8
Wards off : AVERTS
9
Machetes : BOLOS
10
Emulated Cain : SLEW
11
Shade tree : ELM
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More in want : NEEDIER
13
Distrustful : CYNICAL
14
Thinks highly of : ESTEEMS
21
Secrecy medium : CODE
24
Epithet for John, with "the" : BAPTIST
26
Spoke impulsively : BLURTED
28
Mythical woman of tears : NIOBE
30
Treaty city : GHENT
32
Present, in Soho : ERE
33
Letter : CEE
35
Oil-drilling needs : DERRICKS
36
Worked with sandpaper : SCRAPED
37
Undergarment : CHEMISE
38
Optimist's coloring : ROSEATE
39
Iranian coin : RIAL
40
Film unit for Pearl White : EPISODE
41
One who edits : REVISER
42
Farmers, at times : SEEDERS
44
Finally : ATLAST
47
Profit generators : SALES
48
Tin-lead alloy : TERNE
51
Carry : TOTE
52
Regimen : DIET
55
Interlude for a tot : NAP
57
Reds' league: Abbr. : NAT

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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