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New York Times, Wednesday, August 1, 1973

2-Down : Mercury, in alchemy

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J Q X }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,754
Across
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Sugar or candy : CANE
5
Strikebreakers : SCABS
10
"Being read to by ___ ... " : ABOY
14
Russian sea : AZOV
15
Fortune-telling card : TAROT
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Puerto ___ : RICO
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French cooking word : ROTI
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Scene of Nelson's Nile victory : ABOUKIRBAY
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Inclined : ATILT
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Malay gibbon : LAR
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Novelist Hamilton : BASSO
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Character in "The Turn of the Screw" : THEGOVERNESS
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On a grand scale : EPIC
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"All About ___" : EVE
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Egg cells : OVA
32
Tied : EVEN
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U.S. missile : SAM
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Of a battery part : ANODIC
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Places : LOCI
40
Riding whips : CROPS
42
Swerve : VEER
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One-seeded fruit : ACHENE
45
Parson bird : TUI
46
East, in Spain : ESTE
47
Recent: Prefix : NEO
48
Conjunctions : ORS
50
Black, in Paris : NOIR
52
Remark by Juliet : WHATSINANAME
57
Hawaiian island : LANAI
60
Dogdom's org. : AKC
61
Playing cards : NINES
62
Fare for armchair athletes : SPORTSNEWS
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Prepares : GETS
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Turn the ___ : TIDE
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One of five : OCEAN
68
Symbol of a giddy brain : HARE
69
Back talk : SASS
70
Aquarium fish : TETRA
71
___ bien : TRES
Down
1
Gem weight : CARAT
2
Mercury, in alchemy : AZOTH
3
Have ___ to (be unattached) : NOTIE
4
Islamic spirit : EVILGENIE
5
Railroad stop: Abbr. : STA
6
Transit in S. F. : CABLECAR
7
In a tumult : AROAR
8
Boundary, to Hamlet : BOURNE
9
Wall St. purchase: Abbr. : STK
10
Tapestry : ARRAS
11
Nursery mealtime wear : BIBS
12
Wood sorrels : OCAS
13
Up-and-down toy : YOYO
19
"Wild Duck" author : IBSEN
21
Surpass : TOP
25
Abdominal organs : VISCERA
26
Subterfuge : EVASION
29
Pindar specialties : ODES
30
Word with Nam or Cong : VIET
31
Port of Israel : ACRE
32
Impetuosity : ELAN
33
Sotto ___ : VOCE
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Lover of Narcissus : ECHO
36
Witticism : MOT
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Kind of bag : OVERNIGHT
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Rome-Carthage conflict : PUNICWAR
44
___ game (pitcher's feat) : NOHIT
49
Posture : STANCE
51
Rhodesia's Smith : IAN
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Merchandise : WARES
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Trapshooting : SKEET
54
Close to, to poets : ANEAR
55
Unit of length : METRE
56
Curves : ESSES
57
Vessels of W.W. II : LSTS
58
Port of Samoa : APIA
59
" ... even good old Homer ___" : NODS
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Barfly : SOT
64
Wild sheep : SNA

Answer summary:
5 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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