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New York Times, Wednesday, June 28, 1972

3-Down : Tops

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { G J Q X Y }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,355
Across
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Riches : PELF
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___ Lama : DALAI
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Sharpness : BITE
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Cap-___ : APIE
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Indian salts : USARS
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Mother of Don Juan : INEZ
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City of U.S.S.R. : LIDA
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Ironing: It. : STIRO
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Rise up : REAR
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On cloud nine : ECSTATIC
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English painter Alma-___ : TADEMA
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Tiny fraction : HAIR
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Deprivation : LOSS
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Lower in dignity : DEMEAN
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Having a feeling of well-being : EUPHORIC
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German river : EDER
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Memento ___ : MORI
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Season : FALL
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Note : MEMO
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Kind of law : SALIC
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Wild ox : ANOA
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Foreboding : OMEN
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Desertlike : ARID
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Complain : FUSS
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Islands off Spain : BALEARIC
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Experts : ADEPTS
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Surface : SIDE
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Epithet of Athena : ALEA
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Quickly! : PRONTO
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"Toys in ___" : THEATTIC
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French dream : REVE
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From ___ (at once) : NOWON
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Salt: Prefix : HALO
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Numbers : ONES
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"___, I saw ... " : ICAME
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Stretches, with "out" : EKES
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Wine : PORT
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Instances : CASES
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Nap : REST
Down
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Dim : PALE
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Certain poetry : EPIC
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Tops : LIDS
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Molt profitably : FEATHERONESNEST
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Hoffman : DUSTIN
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Up and about : ASTIR
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Noncleric : LAIC
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Timetable abbr. : ARR
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Of an atomic form : ISOTOPIC
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Symbols of togetherness : BIRDSOFAFEATHER
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Arrow poison : INEE
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Kind of effort : TEAM
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Biblical priest : EZRA
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Drivers' group: Abbr. : AAA
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Residue : ASH
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Gruesome : LURID
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Leave the service, in Britain : DEMOB
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Swelling ailment : EDEMA
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Lithuanian port : MEMEL
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Borne by the winds : EOLIC
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What the mouse did to the clock : RANUP
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Nonwinner's lament : ILOST
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Social rank : CLASS
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Dressler : MARIE
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Cynical : SARDONIC
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River island : AIT
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Awls, in France : ALENES
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Goddess: Lat. : DEA
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"Oh, give me ___ where ... " : AHOME
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Support : PROP
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City near Virginia City : RENO
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At an end : OVER
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First word of Moore poem : TWAS
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Movie-shooting unit : TAKE
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French land areas : ILES
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Outlay : COST
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Edible root : OCA

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 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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