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New York Times, Friday, January 21, 1972

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 15.6
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,196
Across
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Steno's kind of bar : SPACE
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Uninteresting : TAME
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Kind of house : WARE
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Short visits : CALLS
15
Repute : ODOR
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Zest : ELAN
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French city : ARLES
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Tin Pan Alley subject : MOON
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Marmalade base : RIND
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Events for Gulliver : TRAVELS
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Puts on the stove again : REHEATS
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Compass reading : ENE
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Proverb : SAW
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___ earth : SCORCHED
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Tropical bird : TROGON
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Color : TAN
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Athirst : EAGER
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Kind of geometry : PLANE
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Theater group : ANTA
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Glossy black : RAVEN
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Brazilian cape : FRIO
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Hens' place : ROOST
46
Norsemen : DANES
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___ mot : BON
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Causing infection : SEPTIC
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Network units : STATIONS
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Greek letter : ETA
54
Number : TEN
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Manlike robot : ANDROID
59
Lads : SHAVERS
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Neighbor of Oahu : MAUI
64
Wisecrack : QUIP
66
City of N.D. : MINOT
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Burl or St. : IVES
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Beneficiary in lawsuit : USEE
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Stopping place : ETAPE
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Office piece : DESK
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Raison d'___ : ETRE
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Saw again : REMET
Down
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Shoo! : SCAT
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Young salmon : PARR
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___ breve : ALLA
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Cunning : CLEVER
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Intrinsic nature : ESSENCE
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River to Barnegat Bay : TOMS
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Fuss : ADO
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Wasteland : MOOR
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Writer Poole : ERNEST
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Horror-movie figure : WEREWOLF
11
Inter ___ : ALIA
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Carry on : RANT
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Remnants : ENDS
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Hungarian composer : LEHAR
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Lyra : HARP
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Navigation aids : STARS
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Small boat : CANOE
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"___ of old Smoky ... " : ONTOP
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Exclamation : EGAD
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Buddhist deities : DEVAS
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Star of "Ninotchka" : GARBO
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Salad vegetable : ONION
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Bright lights : NEONS
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Hire : RENT
40
Footnote indicator : ASTERISK
42
Under, in poems : NEATH
45
European leader : TITO
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Ship : STEAMER
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Levantine vessel : CAIQUE
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Attract, as trouble : INVITE
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During : AMID
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Wheel part : NAVE
57
Clubman's concern : DUES
58
Do housework : DUST
59
Ger. admiral : SPEE
60
Hindu land grant : ENAM
61
Will Rogers prop : ROPE
62
Printing word : STET
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Noun suffix : IER

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

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