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New York Times, Friday, June 30, 1972

7-Down : Fair entries

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 327 (avg 1.75)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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C
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O
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C
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C
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I
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A
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H
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A
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B
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C
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A
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K
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E
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A
P
R
O
N
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S
O
M
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L
I
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N
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P
E
A
C
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S
M
O
L
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D
E
R
E
D
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E
N
Z
O
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B
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N
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R
A
S
P
S
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S
Y
N
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E
L
M
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W
A
N
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Q
U
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I
C
K
A
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S
A
B
U
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N
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N
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Y
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H
U
T
C
H
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D
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G
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P
I
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D
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T
O
I
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C
A
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V
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M
E
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N
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C
A
S
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A
W
L
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S
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M
A
J
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S
E
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V
E
R
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G
E
T
T
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H
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L
E
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A
D
O
U
T
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R
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L
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L
S
U
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L
O
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B
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E
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A
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S
E
R
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E
L
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T
K
O
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S
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F
R
E
E
R
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A
D
I
O
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D
U
N
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T
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T
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X
T
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P
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R
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A
R
O
S
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S
A
Y
S
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T
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S
T
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M
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W
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R
© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,357
Across
1
Spherical bacteria : COCCI
6
Whale chaser : AHAB
10
Encrust : CAKE
14
Plane parking lot : APRON
15
Three or more : SOME
16
Legal hold : LIEN
17
Silence : PEACE
18
Felt repressed : SMOLDERED
20
Singer Stuarti : ENZO
21
Très ___ : BIEN
22
Irritates : RASPS
23
Equivalent: Abbr. : SYN
24
Tree : ELM
25
Tired-looking : WAN
26
32
Storage chest : HUTCH
33
Late U.N. name : DAG
34
Scrambled, as type : PIED
35
French pronoun : TOI
36
Club-wielding wooers : CAVEMEN
39
Instance, in France : CAS
40
Woodworking tools : AWLS
42
Mil. rank : MAJ
43
Break off : SEVER
45
Hurry! : GETTHELEADOUT
48
Kin: Abbr. : REL
49
Southern campus : LSU
50
Hit high : LOB
52
Bar on a loom : EASER
55
Other : ELSE
56
Fight results: Abbr. : TKOS
58
Savings-account come-on : FREERADIO
60
"Who ___?" : DUNIT
61
Subject : TEXT
62
Bridge support : PIER
63
Appeared : AROSE
64
Speaks : SAYS
65
Lab work : TEST
66
Cat, e.g. : MEWER
Down
1
Matador's need : CAPE
2
Reveals : OPENS
3
Bee product : CRAZYQUILT
4
Cake topping : COCONUT
5
Like: Suffix : INE
6
As smooth ___ : ASSILK
7
Fair entries : HOMEMADEJELLIES
8
Egyptian deity : AMON
9
___ canto : BEL
10
Make a killing : CLEANUP
11
Affectations : AIRS
12
Sustenance : KEEP
13
Tips : ENDS
19
Cheerless : DRAB
21
Type of white sauce : BECHAMEL
25
Salary earned : WAGESDUE
27
Carrier agency: Abbr. : ICC
28
Actor Jaffe : SAM
29
Informative : NICETOKNOW
30
Approach : NEAR
31
Grid measures: Abbr. : YDS
32
Inventor Elias : HOWE
35
Baseball putout : TAG
37
Lace : VAL
38
Recent: Prefix : NEO
41
Places for potholes : STREETS
44
Large bird : VULTURE
46
German title : HERR
47
Classify : ASSORT
51
Northwestern city : BOISE
52
Newts : EFTS
53
Range : AREA
54
Like M. M. and B. B. : SEXY
55
Singer Adams : EDIE
57
Doer: Suffix : STER
59
Clever : APT
60
Flood-control aid : DAM

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 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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