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New York Times, Thursday, May 17, 1973

54-Down : "It's ___ to tell ... "

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { H Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 253 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 4 (2 double stacks), Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,678
Across
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Pokey : JAIL
5
___ States : PAPAL
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Peruvian : INCA
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Athletic juggernaut : ALLAMERICANTEAM
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European area : BALKANPENINSULA
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Lanchester : ELSA
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Delightful spot : EDEN
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Actress Debra : PAGET
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Ring setting : OPAL
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Macaw : ARARA
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Essential : VITAL
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Cheering word : OLE
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___ prius (writ) : NISI
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Sulky : MOROSE
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Cover : LID
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Quarter décor : AMERICANEAGLE
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Harem room : ODA
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Declaims : ORATES
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Relative : AUNT
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Blackbird : ANI
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Where Mt. Snowdon is : WALES
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Mary of films : ASTOR
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Marshy tracts : FENS
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Brain passages : ITERS
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Melville novel : OMOO
54
Flying prefix : AERO
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Excessive pressures : OVERINSISTENCES
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King Philip et al. : AMERICANINDIANS
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Tim : TINY
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Sphere of conflict : ARENA
66
Church feature : APSE
Down
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Boxing blow : JAB
2
Winglike part : ALA
3
Kind of advised : ILL
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U. S.-Canada divider : LAKEERIE
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Indites : PENS
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Harp, in Italy : ARPA
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Bakery item : PIE
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Ailment of youth : ACNE
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Put down : LAID
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"___ trouble at all" : ITSNO
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Recent, in Bonn : NEU
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Neighbor of Ore. : CAL
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Candlenut tree : AMA
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Medit. island : MALTA
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Compass point : NNE
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Pastoral god : PAN
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Cretan labyrinth girl : ARIADNE
22
Fuel conduit : GASMAIN
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Corrupt : POLLUTE
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Property transferrer : ALIENOR
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Induced : LED
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Outspoken : VOCAL
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Seething : IRATE
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Shades : TONES
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"___ Death" : ASES
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Meadow : LEA
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Star in Cetus : MIRA
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Fracas : ROW
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City in N. C. : GASTONIA
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Blockhead : OAF
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Board officials: Abbr. : TRS
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Ventilated : AIRED
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Pitiful : SORRY
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Roman 1,002 : MII
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Weight unit of Portugal : ONCA
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Glacial ridges : OSAR
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"It's ___ to tell ... " : ASIN
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Sicily's peak : ETNA
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Cereal grain : OAT
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Lexington campus : VMI
58
Poetic word : EEN
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Chemical suffix : INE
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Headwear item : CAP
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Printing measures : ENS
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Direction: Abbr. : SSE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 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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