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New York Times, Monday, July 9, 1973

45-Down : On the ___ (inactive)

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 6, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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S
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L
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A
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V
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B
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A
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N
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D
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P
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L
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A
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T
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H
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R
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G
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S
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O
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D
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G
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B
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A
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J
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C
H
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L
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D
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A
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F
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N
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W
H
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F
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A
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T
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H
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H
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M
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S
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G
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M
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L
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O
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W
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L
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M
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D
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D
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R
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S
© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,731
Across
1
Bohemian : SLAV
5
MacNamara's group : BAND
9
Accordion or box : PLEAT
14
Israeli dance : HORA
15
Locale : AREA
16
Gunnery officer's concern : RANGE
17
See 43 Down : EVIL
18
Zoo attraction : SEAL
19
Word after home : OWNER
20
Perry's secretary : DELLASTREET
23
Merkel : UNA
24
Foil's relative : EPEE
25
Writ of execution : ELEGIT
27
___ the moon : BAYAT
29
Have force : AVAIL
30
Certain box occupant : JUROR
31
Conveyed, as through a pipeline : CHANNELED
35
Seemingly : ASIF
36
Fern leaf : FROND
37
See 2 Down : NOTE
38
"These mortals," a la Shakespeare : WHATFOOLS
40
Chekhov : ANTON
41
Medieval guild : HANSE
42
Kind of dynamo : HUMAN
43
Pottery fragments: Var. : SHERDS
45
Calcutta garb : SARI
46
Earth: Prefix : GEO
47
Item for a sweet tooth : MARSHMALLOW
52
"___ Love You Tonight" : LETME
54
City on the Oka : OREL
55
Electrified, as a wire : LIVE
56
Lend ___ : ANEAR
57
Salt tree : ATLE
58
Camelot lady : ENID
59
See 4 Down : DOLLS
60
Zany : DAFT
61
Colors : REDS
Down
1
Get rid of : SHED
2
Billet-doux, with 37 Across : LOVE
3
Seed coat : ARIL
4
Book and movie, with 59 Across : VALLEYOFTHE
5
Hunter's companion : BASSET
6
Mountain ridge : ARETE
7
In the wind : NEAR
8
Well-known Hollywood spouse : DALEEVANS
9
Body-energy source : PROTEIN
10
Gresham's ___ : LAW
11
Playboy's malady : ENNUI
12
Theatrical or chemical : AGENT
13
Japanese monastery : TERA
21
Armadillo : APAR
22
African antelope : ELAND
26
Jimmy Stewart portrayal : GLENNMILLER
27
Vannevar ___ : BUSH
28
Singer's tour de force : ARIA
29
In ___ (having difficulty) : AHOLE
30
Beat the gums : JAW
31
Cloverleaf's cousin : CROSSROAD
32
Indian water vessel : LOTA
33
Gladstone's school : ETON
34
Rumpus room : DEN
36
Alias "Young Mr. Lincoln" : FONDA
39
Old MacDonald et al. : FARMERS
40
Radiation : AURA
42
Tragedian's role : HAMLET
43
Monkey counsel, with 17 Across : SEENO
44
Baum's "Grand ___" : HOTEL
45
On the ___ (inactive) : SHELF
46
Elated : GLAD
48
Girl of Madrid: Abbr. : SRTA
49
End to end, in football : LINE
50
Latin poet : OVID
51
Unionizes, in a way : WEDS
53
Bad: Prefix : MAL

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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