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New York Times, Saturday, September 29, 1973

5-Down : Bids

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,813
Across
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Purpose : SAKE
5
Indian, for one : OCEAN
10
News item : OBIT
14
Ancient coin : OBOL
15
Word with face or front : FALSE
16
___ fide : BONA
17
G. and S. character : DUKEOFPLAZATORO
20
No-trump players' needs : STOPPERS
21
Tempts : LURES
22
Mata : HARI
23
Soft foods : PAPS
25
Essential organs : VITALS
28
Hospital users : PATIENTS
32
" ... sound of a great ___" : AMEN
33
Red dye : EOSIN
34
Indonesian islands : ARU
35
G. and S. character : LITTLEBUTTERCUP
39
Cadmus's daughter : INO
40
Assembly of ancient Greece : AGORA
41
Formerly, of old : ERST
42
Seducers : DONJUANS
44
Dogmas : TENETS
46
Increases : ADDS
47
U. S. historian : DODD
48
Vapid : STALE
51
G. and S. character : PATIENCE
55
G. and S. character : MAJORMURGATROYD
58
Spirit : ELAN
59
Kind of pigeon : STOOL
60
Poet Lazarus : EMMA
61
Punic and World : WARS
62
O'Casey et al. : SEANS
63
Judge : DEEM
Down
1
Does lawn work : SODS
2
Touch : ABUT
3
G. and S. character : KOKO
4
Trunk bearer : ELEPHANT
5
Bids : OFFERS
6
Island of song : CAPRI
7
Old measures : ELLS
8
___ rule : ASA
9
Pince ___ : NEZ
10
Kind of angle : OBTUSE
11
Rustic : BOOR
12
About : INRE
13
Western resort : TAOS
18
Girasol : OPAL
19
Of a mountain group : ALPINE
23
Macaroni, for one : PASTA
24
"While you're ___ ... " : ATIT
25
Effective : VALID
26
Of a chemical compound : IMINO
27
Western range : TETON
28
Teams : POURS
29
Mother-of-pearl : NACRE
30
Custody : TRUST
31
Overseers: Abbr. : SUPTS
33
Dark colors, old style : EBONS
36
Sir Harry : LAUDER
37
Old oath : EGAD
38
Delivered : RENDERED
43
Levelling staffs: Fr. : JALONS
44
Final box scores : TOTALS
45
Revise : EDIT
47
Philistine deity : DAGON
48
Merganser : SMEW
49
S. A. tree : TALA
50
Open : AJAR
51
Malay canoe : PROA
52
Alaskan port : NOME
53
Inflorescence : CYME
54
Cheese : EDAM
56
Compositions: Abbr. : MSS
57
Western Indian : UTE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 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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