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New York Times, Friday, October 26, 1973

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 83, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 56.4 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,840
Across
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Explosives : TNTS
5
Polio vaccine man : SABIN
10
"___ La Douce" : IRMA
14
Mies van der ___ : ROHE
15
___ of one's own medicine : ADOSE
16
Armstrong : NEIL
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Lackluster murder inquiry : OPENANDSHUTCASE
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___ bas (condescendingly): Fr. : DEHAUTEN
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Ballet ___ : RUSSE
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Perfume essence : ATTAR
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African capital : CAIRO
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Met performers : TENORS
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Weak, as an excuse : LAME
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Business org. : NAM
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Irate : ANGRY
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Black-and-blue : LIVID
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Primate : APE
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Etats-___ : UNIS
35
Showed the flag : WAVED
36
Hard efforts: Abbr. : LBRS
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Kind of buoy : NUN
38
Like some canaries : CAGED
39
Eyelashes : CILIA
40
Playful poke, in Scotland : TIG
41
Smell : ODOR
42
Swedish philanthropist et al. : NOBELS
43
Harry or Henry : JAMES
45
Called : NAMED
46
Sea froth : SPUME
48
Cockpit aides : COPILOTS
51
Words heard at a trial : ORDERINTHECOURT
54
Theater area : LOGE
55
Hold: Fr. : TENIR
56
Ancient Teutonic tribe : UBII
57
River to the Baltic : ODER
58
Irascible : TESTY
59
Warehousing: Abbr. : STOR
Down
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Walked : TROD
2
Slangy denial : NOPE
3
Murder-trial figure of old West : THEHANGINGJUDGE
4
Congress members : SENATORS
5
Jolly types : SANTAS
6
Snake : ADDER
7
Petty officer : BOSN
8
Somewhat: Suffix : ISH
9
Honshu town : NEU
10
Bring on : INCUR
11
Murder-trial issue : REASONABLEDOUBT
12
Muffet or America : MISS
13
Sheltered : ALEE
18
Singer Gene : AUTRY
19
True's partner : TRIED
23
Collapsed, with "in" : CAVED
24
Surrounded by : AMID
25
Ridicule : TAUNT
26
Boredom : ENNUI
27
Paté ingredient : LIVER
29
Month : APRIL
30
Hills of Southwest : MESAS
32
Nigerian port : LAGOS
35
Move slowly : WADE
36
Defamatory : LIBELOUS
38
Promising one : COMER
39
Kind of opera or strip : COMIC
42
Linen : NAPERY
44
Eastern title : AMEER
45
___, no-run : NOHIT
46
On one's own : SOLO
47
Urge : PROD
48
Cardboard boxes: Abbr. : CTNS
49
Combo : TRIO
50
Excite : STIR
52
Big-Board initials : ITT
53
Wedding-notice word : NEE

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

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