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New York Times, Wednesday, August 2, 1972

55-Down : "'Tis a cruelty to ___ falling man"

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { G Q X Y }, Scrabble score: 306 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 6, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,390
Across
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Rumanian coins : BANI
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Do a sewing job : HEM
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See 20 Across : SPORTS
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Jewish month : ADAR
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From ___ Z : ATO
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Fender décor : CHROME
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Precise : NICE
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Correlative : NOR
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Kind of baron : ROBBER
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Authority on 8 and 40 Across and 54 Down : JOHNFKIERAN
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Explosive : TNT
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Bone: Prefix : OSTEO
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Fleecy beasts : LLAMAS
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Nautical position : ABEAM
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Hub of Bolivia : LAPAZ
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Entertainer MacRae : SHEILA
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Creek : RIA
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Baseball name : BABE
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See 20 Across : WILLSHAKESPEARE
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Asian sea : ARAL
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Fresco and Hirt : ALS
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Jed or Phil : HARRIS
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Czech statesman : BENES
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Refuges : OASES
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Palm Springs, for one : RESORT
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Somali measure : TABLA
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"___ steals my purse ... " : WHO
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With 69 Across, request to 20 Across : INFORMATION
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Señora's shawl : REBOZO
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Egyptian initials : UAR
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Hill, to Bobby Burns : BRAE
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"It was ___ and his lass ... " : ALOVER
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Compass point : NNE
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Egyptian skink : ADDA
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See 60 Across : PLEASE
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Phone operation: Abbr. : DDD
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Ruler : TSAR
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Kind of clock : BANJO
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Cousin of adieu : ADIOS
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German night : NACHT
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Good-night girl : IRENE
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Slugger Aaron : HANK
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French star : ETOILE
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What a bird-watcher might want : MORELARKSAROUND
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Beat it! : SCRAM
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Of speech sounds : PHONAL
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Sphere : ORB
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___ E. Lee : ROBT
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Feds : TMEN
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Muralist : SERT
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Horses : FOALS
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Fiber plant : RAMIE
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With "wing," a hummingbird : SABER
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___ Ullah, Persian leader : BAHA
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Carson's predecessor : PAAR
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Shelter: Fr. : ABRI
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Letters : ZEES
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Wash the deck : SWAB
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Engage : HIRE
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Esprit : ELAN
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Actress Wendy, cockney style : ILLER
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Tennis ace : ASHE
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Stand-offish : ALOOF
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Spaghetti : PASTA
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Grabs : SEIZES
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Beach : STRAND
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Night music : SNORE
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Casey's place : ATBAT
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See 20 Across : BIRDS
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"'Tis a cruelty to ___ falling man" : LOADA
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Close by, to poets : ANEAR
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Covering : WRAP
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___ diver (grebe) : HELL
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Woodwind : OBOE
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Talking horse of TV : MRED
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Egg cells : OVA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 4 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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