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New York Times, Tuesday, May 2, 1972

6-Down : "There ought to be ___"

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 61, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 9, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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D
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O
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L
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L
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C
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A
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P
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T
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S
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S
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A
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D
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O
H
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O
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O
L
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N
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T
H
O
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R
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R
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M
S
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N
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S
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Y
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O
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O
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P
H
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E
T
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O
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D
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E
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L
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P
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E
R
R
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D
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V
A
L
U
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F
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R
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E
S
N
O
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C
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R
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W
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E
A
T
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E
L
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M
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R
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R
A
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T
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E
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D
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E
C
C
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E
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S
O
R
T
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S
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Y
O
R
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L
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H
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R
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N
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S
T
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S
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N
O
R
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R
O
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S
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S
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O
P
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P
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E
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C
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O
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O
M
Y
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C
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E
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M
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R
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L
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I
K
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N
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E
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S
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B
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L
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A
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R
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P
R
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S
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G
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L
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D
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A
D
A
M
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L
O
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S
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D
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L
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,298
Across
1
"Baby ___" : DOLL
5
Officers: Abbr. : CAPTS
10
Downcast : SAD
13
One of Pittsburgh's three : OHIO
14
New York city : OLEAN
15
God of storms : THOR
17
Gypsies : ROMS
18
Unpleasant : NASTY
19
Wine: Prefix : OENO
20
Wage-price game plan : PHASETWO
22
Wattle : DEWLAP
24
Stray : ERR
25
Diminish, as the dollar : DEVALUE
26
Calif. city : FRESNO
29
English poet Thomas : CAREW
30
Roadside sign : EAT
31
Rev. Gantry : ELMER
33
Graded : RATED
37
"___ homo" : ECCE
39
Out of ___ : SORTS
41
Olden days : YORE
42
"Merry Widow" composer : LEHAR
44
Sets of tables : NESTS
46
"___ gloom of night ... " : NOR
47
Cathedral windows : ROSES
49
Defy : OPPOSE
51
Concern of 20 Across : ECONOMY
54
Letter : CEE
55
Nautical : MARINE
56
Similarity : LIKENESS
61
Dark : EBON
62
Petrarch's inspiration : LAURA
64
Malay canoe : PROA
65
"I Never ___ for My Father" : SANG
66
Furrowed : LINED
67
Economist Smith : ADAM
68
Spanish article : LOS
69
English art patron : SLADE
70
Norse first name : LARS
Down
1
Hamlet : DORP
2
Words of dismay : OHOH
3
Peruvian city : LIMA
4
Financial report items : LOSSES
5
Word with wage and price : CONTROLS
6
"There ought to be ___" : ALAW
7
Money in Acapulco : PESO
8
Make lace : TAT
9
Treasury head under H.S.T. : SNYDER
10
Airline nuisance : STOWAWAY
11
"Can make ___ of heaven ... " : AHELL
12
River of Wien : DONAU
16
Lasso : ROPE
21
Sea bird : ERNE
23
Kind of glade or green : EVER
25
Pub game : DARTS
26
Perceive : FEEL
27
America's Cup, e.g. : RACE
28
Engrave : ETCH
29
Goddess of grain : CERES
32
Marks and lire : MONEY
34
Wells's "___-Bungay" : TONO
35
God of love : EROS
36
"___ Mable" : DERE
38
Annual-report items : EARNINGS
40
Frontier structure : STOCKADE
43
Darling: Irish : ROON
45
German admiral : SPEE
48
Sniffs : SMELLS
50
Correspondent of sorts : PENPAL
51
Uncles, in Scotland : EMES
52
Plotter's group : CABAL
53
Maine city : ORONO
56
Moon goddess : LUNA
57
Incensed : IRED
58
"Rheingold" role : ERDA
59
Rise : SOAR
60
Defense missiles : SAMS
63
Suffer : AIL

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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