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New York Times, Friday, September 15, 1972

9-Down : Gives a right to

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 11, XRef: 2, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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B
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,434
Across
1
Kind of man : BEST
5
Hall-of-Famer Lefty : GROVE
10
Big amount : SLEW
14
Anger : RILE
15
Wisconsin city : RIPON
16
Greek letter : IOTA
17
Iris Murdoch novel : ANACCIDENTALMAN
20
Penn. artist colony : NEWHOPE
21
Imagine : IDEATE
22
___ gestae : RES
23
Note-taker: Abbr. : STEN
24
Oahu or Long : ISLAND
28
Hill of Rome : PALATINE
32
See 35 Across : STORY
33
Type of truck : PANEL
34
"Right ___" : NOW
35
Movie and novel, with 32 Across : LOVE
36
Inclinations : BENTS
37
"It's your ___" : MOVE
38
Pub fare : ALE
39
Town in Tuscany : PRATO
40
More rational : SANER
41
Earp and Haig : MARSHALS
43
Hailey novel : WHEELS
44
Made cloth : WOVE
45
Hindu title : SRI
46
Trigonometry term : COSINE
49
Medieval play : MIRACLE
54
Crichton novel : ANDROMEDASTRAIN
57
Confirm : SEAL
58
Put in office : ELECT
59
Took advantage of : USED
60
Awkward boats : ARKS
61
Carter and Adams : NICKS
62
___ wear : MENS
Down
1
Wheat husk : BRAN
2
German article : EINE
3
Side dish : SLAW
4
Georgia ___ : TECH
5
Bellyached : GRIPED
6
Coney Island treats : RIDES
7
Unfold, in poetry : OPE
8
___ Braun : VON
9
Gives a right to : ENTITLES
10
"___ Spring" : SILENT
11
Point near San Diego : LOMA
12
State: Fr. : ETAT
13
Decline : WANE
18
Like some jokes : CORNY
19
"It's ___" : ADEAL
23
___ Domingo : SANTO
24
Eastern religion : ISLAM
25
Roman garment : STOLA
26
Romeo : LOVER
27
"All The Things You ___ " : ARE
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Popular women's garb : PANTS
29
"___ ear and out ... " : INONE
30
Writing medium : NOVEL
31
Pitchers : EWERS
33
N.Y. clergyman : PEALE
36
Pyle's W.W. II book : BRAVEMEN
37
West : MAE
39
Sound: Prefix : PHONO
40
Under or T : SHIRT
42
Twists, as a skirt : SWIRLS
43
Places for cuffs : WRISTS
45
Loud kiss : SMACK
46
Señor's house : CASA
47
Expert : ONER
48
Western state: Abbr. : SDAK
50
Wake-robin : ARUM
51
Senator from N.J. : CASE
52
Property right : LIEN
53
Often-loose things : ENDS
55
Ivy man : ELI
56
Ten: Prefix : DEC

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

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