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New York Times, Monday, January 24, 1972

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 52.7
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,199
Across
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Certain roulette bet : PASSE
6
On the other side : ANTI
10
Icelandic work : EDDA
14
Dog-tired : ALLIN
15
Time of day : NOON
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Return-address word : FROM
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Faulkner title, with "The" : SOUNDANDTHEFURY
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Goad, with "on" : EGG
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Stinger : BEE
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Evidence of a fine cigar : AROMA
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Poker word : SEE
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Clock device : ALARM
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Classifies : ASSORTS
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Scarecrows' wear : TATTERS
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Search thoroughly : SCOUR
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Prefix for graph : PHONO
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Hubbub : DIN
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Race-track pest : TOUT
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George Sanders role : SAINT
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Hopeless : GONE
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Tavern : INN
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Swiss city : BERNE
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River to North Sea : MEUSE
43
Puts on a new patch : REDARNS
45
Company detective : SPOTTER
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Gladden : ELATE
48
Extinct honey eaters : OOS
49
Improvise : ADLIB
50
Letter : ESS
52
Charged atom : ION
55
Melodrama ingredients : BLOODANDTHUNDER
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Problematical : IFFY
60
Shape of a tornado : CONE
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Crushed inward : STOVE
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Boobs : OAFS
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Become chipped : KNAP
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Pondered : PORED
Down
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Ballet step : PAS
2
African plant : ALOE
3
Turnstile reject : SLUG
4
Makes oneself heard : SINGSOUT
5
Call it a day : END
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Green Gables girl : ANNE
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Stem joint : NODE
8
Young one : TOT
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Aid for a cold : INHALANT
10
Exertion : EFFORT
11
Dismissed ignominiously : DRUMMEDOUT
12
Dickens girl : DORA
13
Little Woman : AMY
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Be a party to : ABET
19
Muse : ERATO
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Use poor judgment : ERR
25
Expiates : ATONES
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Up and doing : ASTIR
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Stone of ___ : SCONE
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Boasted : SOUNDEDOFF
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Scanty : SPARSE
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Hair preparation : RINSE
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Certain look : SNEER
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Hebrew measure : HIN
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Returned : SENTBACK
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Enters, as the act : GETSINTO
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Hair style : BRAID
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Pasture sound : MOO
44
Admixtures : ALLOYS
46
Fancy : POSH
49
First letter, in signaling : ALFA
50
Millay : EDNA
51
Action : STEP
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Repute : ODOR
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Firn : NEVE
55
Life: Prefix : BIO
56
French denial : NON
57
Druggists' abbr. : USP
58
Lipstick color : RED

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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