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New York Times, Saturday, October 21, 1972

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.33, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 41.5 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,470
Across
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Gardener's byproduct : COMPOST
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Prepare : SETUP
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Confront : FACEUPTO
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Yoga postures : ASANAS
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"___fire, pull handle" : INCASEOF
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Slackens : LETSUP
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Garden event : BOUT
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Man's name : RUFUS
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Room, in Mexico : SALA
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British naval group: Abbr. : RNR
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Party supplier : CATERER
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Irish sea god: Var. : LIR
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Emerson work : ESSAY
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Brain record: Abbr. : EEG
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Skirt style : ALINE
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Blemish : SCAR
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Jet units : ENGINES
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In a cautious way : WARILY
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Certify : ATTEST
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Dodging : ELUDING
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So-so : FAIR
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Drama dialogue : LINES
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Exclamation : AHA
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Disorderly : MESSY
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___ Moines : DES
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Italian port : TRIESTE
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___ snail's pace : ATA
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Tennyson heroine : ENID
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" ... and ___ grow on" : ONETO
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Pack : STOW
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Fasten again : RENAIL
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Ship mark : LOADLINE
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Establish : SETTLE
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Won over : ENDEARED
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Gets the laundry ready : SOAKS
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Mended : RESEWED
Down
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Bodies of rules : CANONS
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Befalls : OCCURS
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Meal course : MEAT
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Hindu month : PUS
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Covent Garden offering : OPERA
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More solidly built : STOUTER
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Chewy British candy : TOFFEE
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Mud volcano : SALSE
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Compass point : ESE
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Makes lace : TATS
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Like the Great Lakes : UNSALINE
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Girl of the perils, and others : PAULINES
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Slender filament : FIBRE
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Most scanty : SPAREST
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Spur : URGE
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Velodrome racer : CYCLIST
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Hot rhythm : RAGTIME
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Digression : ASIDE
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Liquid measure : LITRE
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Novelist Rand : AYN
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Air group: Abbr. : NAA
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Metal workers : WELDERS
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Receivers of property : ALIENEES
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Meets by chance : RUNSINTO
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Attain : GAIN
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Pull a ___ (cheat) : FASTONE
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Ward figure : HEELER
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Lampoon : SATIRE
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Soused : STONED
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Deviated from course : YAWED
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Actor's quests : ROLES
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Tailless creatures : TOADS
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Facts : DATA
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Side dish : SLAW
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Kind : ILK
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Scottish river : DEE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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