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New York Times, Monday, October 22, 1973

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J K Q X Y }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 40.0
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,836
Across
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Romantic isle : CAPRI
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Buddhist shrine : TOPE
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Old English legal word : NAAM
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Constellation : ORION
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Spoken : ORAL
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All: Prefix : OMNI
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Relinquish : DEMIT
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Prop for a fairy godmother : MAGICWAND
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Deadlock : STALEMATE
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Seeps : OOZES
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Appraise : RATE
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Demon in Arabian myth : AFREET
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Quickly : PRONTO
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Lively: Fr. : VIF
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Fragrances : AROMAS
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One of four between N. Y. and Cal. : TIMEZONE
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Wont : HABIT
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Branch : ARM
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Red dye : EOSIN
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Dialogue for Pearl White : SUBTITLE
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Coral islands : ATOLLS
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Grain : OAT
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Office people : STENOS
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Sheen : PATINA
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Asian tea : THEA
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Miss St. Johns : ADELA
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___ realm : COINOFTHE
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Podunk : SMALLTOWN
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More unique : RARER
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"For ___ jolly good ... " : HESA
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" ... whose name was ___ in water" (Keats) : WRIT
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Winter mecca : MIAMI
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Dill herb : ANET
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Aware of : ONTO
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Violinist Mischa : ELMAN
Down
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Fish and Cape : CODS
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Reckon, in old days : ARET
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Egyptian cotton : PIMA
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Stir up : ROIL
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I.B.M. unit : INTERNATIONAL
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Salad staple : TOMATO
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Harangue : ORATE
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Book part : PAGE
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Yale man : ELI
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"It's ___ never" : NOWOR
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Astound : AMAZE
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Year: Fr. : ANNEE
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Interior : MIDST
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Stewardess's story : COFFEETEAORME
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Wrestling pads : MATS
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Prepare to fire : AIM
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Outrigger of East : PRAU
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Johnson in-law : ROBB
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Pass over : OMIT
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Pep : VIM
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Exclamations : AHS
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Three, in Rome : TRE
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Animal: Suffix : ZOON
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Northern capital : OSLO
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Asther of old movies : NILS
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Print measures : ENS
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Height: Abbr. : ALT
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Chinese pagoda : TAA
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Solar disk : ATEN
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Japanese religion : SHINTO
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Turkish official : PASHA
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Madison Ave. people : ADMEN
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Tantalize : TEASE
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___ ease : ILLAT
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That is to say : TOWIT
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Wheezy stuff : CORN
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Miss : FAIL
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Mine car : TRAM
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Blood: Prefix : HEMA
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Sligo's land : ERIN
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___ of a kind : TWO

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3 unique to this puzzle, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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