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New York Times, Saturday, April 7, 1973

12-Down : Lighten

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.36, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 83, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has duplicate clues.
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C
2
A
3
T
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O
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C
6
E
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D
8
A
9
R
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T
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R
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E
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E
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O
R
Y
X
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A
E
R
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R
E
A
D
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M
I
R
O
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T
R
A
N
S
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V
E
R
S
E
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B
L
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N
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H
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I
M
S
P
A
N
I
E
L
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I
O
N
E
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W
O
L
D
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S
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A
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H
A
R
A
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B
O
N
E
S
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E
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T
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S
31
P
E
O
N
S
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C
U
R
S
T
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L
E
A
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A
I
R
S
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D
A
N
T
E
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F
A
S
T
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S
O
N
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F
E
T
C
H
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M
A
N
L
Y
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M
U
S
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T
A
C
H
E
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P
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N
D
A
R
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A
C
R
E
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B
A
N
D
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C
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E
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P
H
E
I
D
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V
A
R
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A
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B
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L
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E
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A
L
L
I
T
E
R
A
T
E
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N
A
I
L
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S
K
A
T
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R
A
Y
O
N
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G
A
R
B
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H
O
N
I
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S
L
A
N
T
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O
L
E
A
© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,638
Across
1
Elder or Younger : CATO
5
Lebanese feature : CEDAR
10
Actor Beerbohm : TREE
14
Antelope : ORYX
15
Condor's nest : AERIE
16
Foretell : READ
17
Spanish surrealist : MIRO
18
Shortcut road : TRANSVERSE
20
English dog : BLENHEIMSPANIEL
22
Bulwer-Lytton heroine : IONE
23
Open country : WOLD
24
Vast arid region : SAHARA
27
Thoroughworts : BONESETS
31
Laborers : PEONS
32
Damned, to poets : CURST
33
Meadow : LEA
34
Publicizes : AIRS
35
Alighieri : DANTE
36
Word for daylight time : FAST
37
Descendant : SON
38
Bring : FETCH
39
Brave : MANLY
40
T. R. feature : MUSTACHE
42
Greek odist : PINDAR
43
Israeli port : ACRE
44
Sousa's group : BAND
45
Pulsating star : CEPHEIDVARIABLE
52
Arrange words distinctively : ALLITERATE
53
Do carpentering : NAIL
54
Card game : SKAT
55
Fabric : RAYON
56
Clothes : GARB
57
"___ soit ... " : HONI
58
Bias : SLANT
59
Olive genus : OLEA
Down
1
Wave crest : COMB
2
Seed covering : ARIL
3
Phoenician city : TYRE
4
Certain English collegians : OXONIANS
5
Connected series : CATENA
6
Uncanny : EERIE
7
Sixty grains : DRAM
8
British author of 1800's : AINSWORTH
9
Choir's specialty : RESPONSE
10
Drifts : TRENDS
11
Soprano Grist : RERI
12
Lighten : EASE
13
Henry James's biographer : EDEL
19
Gentleman's gentleman : VALET
21
___ de combat : HORS
24
Muscle action : SPASM
25
Vowel recitation : AEIOU
26
French and English : HORNS
27
Sierra Leone island : BUNCE
28
Antelope : ELAND
29
Electrical pioneer : TESLA
30
Butterfly : SATYR
32
Kind of tourist town : CATHEDRAL
35
Belittlers : DECRIERS
36
Castanet dance : FANDANGO
38
Aspect : FACET
39
Skirt : MINI
41
South Pacific island : TAHITI
42
P.T.A. member : PARENT
44
Conductor's need : BATON
45
Singer Johnny : CASH
46
Nevada city : ELKO
47
Blueprint : PLAN
48
Gracious!, in Spain : VAYA
49
False god : BAAL
50
Coins in Como : LIRE
51
Island of exile : ELBA

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