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New York Times, Friday, August 31, 1973

31-Down : Fastener

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,784
Across
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Overstate : BOAST
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Playbill words : ACTI
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Word with shape or wreck : SHIP
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Church fixture : ALTAR
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Like Twiggy : THIN
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Smooth : HONE
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Musical speeds : TEMPI
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Golf areas : TEES
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Earth goddess : ERDA
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Owly sound : HOO
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Start of a timely quotation : CLEARTHEAIR
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Horse : MOUNT
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Expenditure : OUTLAY
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Beggars, e.g. : ASKERS
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Desserts : ICES
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More of quote : CLEANTHESKY
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Nourished : FED
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Student : COED
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___ standstill : ATA
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Baseball name : ALOU
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Carpentry item : AWL
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End of quote : WASHTHEWIND
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Like some cellars : DAMP
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Go by : ELAPSE
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Resort in northern Italy : STRESA
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Tend the roses : SPRAY
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Author of quoted poem : THOMASELIOT
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Graduate degree : MSC
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Ending with buck or kang : AROO
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Insult : SLAP
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Aviator Balbo : ITALO
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Majority : MOST
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Sommer : ELKE
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Instrument : ORGAN
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"Holy ___!" : PETE
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Kind of slayer : DEER
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Ingenuous : NAIVE
Down
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Something to draw : BATH
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Table spread : OLEO
3
Prefix for sphere : ATMO
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Enervate : SAP
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Cocked hat : TRICORN
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"You used to come ___ o'clock" : ATTEN
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Mulct : CHEAT
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Stadium part : TIER
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Purchasable : INSTOCK
10
White-sale items : SHEETS
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Every 60 minutes : HORAL
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Part of C.B.I. : INDIA
13
Arctic name : PEARY
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Sin : LUST
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Long of La. : HUEY
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U. S. anthropologist : MEAD
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Medieval fabric : ACCA
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Tedious : SLOW
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Backbone of a sort : KEEL
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"They laughed when ___ ... " : ISAT
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Fastener : HASP
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Number ending : ETH
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Kind of remark : FLIP
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Time periods : EONS
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City slicker : DUDE
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Golf lie : AWAY
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"When I ___ lad ... " : WASA
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Built up : AMASSED
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Alger lad, usually : HERO
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Euphoria : ELATION
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Reduce : DEMOTE
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___ Act : STAMP
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Pang : THROE
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Aerie : ROOST
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Moderate : SLAKE
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Someone to pay : PIPER
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French pronoun : ELLE
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Biblical wise men : MAGI
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European : SLAV
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Nose ___ : CONE
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Musical syllable : TRA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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