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New York Times, Friday, October 27, 1972

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J Q X Y }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 25.7
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,476
Across
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Fervor : ZEAL
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Give service to : CATER
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Records of deeds : ACTA
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Seagoing saint : ELMO
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Ross Sea cape : ADARE
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Arab sailboat : DHOW
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Mechanical device catches fire : ROBOTBURNS
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Apportion : METE
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Reveal poetically : OPE
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Hawaiian grass : HILO
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Puckered fabric : PLISSE
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Domestic : SERVANT
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South Africans : BOERS
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Measures : ENS
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Table of ___ : CONTENTS
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Mud volcano : SALSE
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James and Carrie Jacobs : BONDS
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English river : URE
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Diagram : PLAT
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Canute et al. : DANES
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Put away : STOW
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Long time : EON
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Vapors : MISTS
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Puts on the record : POSTS
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Inferior in status : DECLASSE
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Close friend : PAL
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An ___ the ground : EARTO
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Diamond in the rough : SANDLOT
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Satirist Anatole : FRANCE
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Carnelian : SARD
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Verb ending : IZE
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French composer : LALO
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Product of a chatterbox : NATURALGAS
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Stagg : AMOS
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Northern constellation : DRACO
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Forest greenery : VERT
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Flying device : KITE
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River of Ukraine : SERET
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Annoys : IRKS
Down
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Ciphers : ZEROS
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Slip off : ELOPE
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Brownish-yellow : AMBER
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Card game : LOO
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Rustic homes : CABINS
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Of age : ADULT
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Edible root : TARO
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Sea bird : ERN
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Answers : RESPONDS
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Esteem : ADMIRE
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Fischer and Spassky : CHESSNUTS
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Little ones : TOTS
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"___ doch-an'-dorris" : AWEE
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Scottish V.I.P. : THANE
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Rents : LETS
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Wearing apparel : VEST
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Carpi : BONES
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Short story : CONTE
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Easy gait : TROT
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Does mending : SEWS
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Hurried : SPED
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Drug plant : ALOE
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What some surgeons do : LANCEALOT
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Opera heavy : BASSO
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Enlarges : DISTENDS
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Auctioneer's word : SOLD
40
Connelly : MARC
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Washington zoo star : PANDA
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Woolly : LANOSE
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Tropical bird : PARROT
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Food additive : SAUCE
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Hybrid cat : LIGER
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Midwest range : OZARK
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Ordeals : TESTS
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Antiaircraft fire : FLAK
51
Branches : RAMI
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Asterisk : STAR
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Common verb : ARE
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First-century date : LVI

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

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