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New York Times, Wednesday, October 31, 1973

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 4.77, Missing: { Q V W Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 29.8
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,845
Across
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Verb suffix : ISE
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Sharp ridge : ARETE
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Chanteuse Edith : PIAF
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Goddess of night : NOX
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Solar ___ : PLEXUS
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Prod : URGE
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___ carte : ALA
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Radio newscaster : ROBERTTROUT
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Former boxing great : JACKSHARKEY
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Born: Fr. : NEE
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Part of a play : ACTI
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Lawyer: Abbr. : ATT
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Lee's men : REBS
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Signifies : MEANS
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That: Sp. : ESA
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Miss Lee : LILA
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Sticky stuff : GOO
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Befogged : CLOUDED
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N. Y. Congressman, to friends : HAMFISH
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Vocations : CAREERS
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Stars: Fr. : ETOILES
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Third man in the ring : REF
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Writes : PENS
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Spanish uncle : TIO
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Catalogue-senders' needs : LISTS
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Spurious : SHAM
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___ loss : ATA
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Suffix with rheo or thermo : STAT
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Fitting : APT
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Former Chief Justice : SALMONCHASE
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Fabric pattern : HERRINGBONE
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Chinese name element : TSE
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German river : EDER
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Fence steps : STILES
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Electric ___ : EEL
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Mr. Hart : MOSS
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Suffixes of action : ESCES
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Foxy : SLY
Down
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Beset with trouble : INAJAM
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Console : SOLACE
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O.T.B. feature : EXACTA
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Island farewell : ALOHA
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Return : REBATE
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Wields : EXERTS
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Anatolian native : TURK
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Organic compound : ESTER
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Unsullied: Fr. : PUR
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TV role for Burr : IRONSIDE
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Fit of shivering : AGUE
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Gala : FETE
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Twosomes: Abbr. : PRS
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Nautical rope : TYE
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Huey Long : KINGFISH
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Atlantic angler's catch : BLUEFISH
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Dirt : SOIL
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C.P.A. : ACC
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Celtic sea god : LER
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Sale notices : ADS
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Full of: Suffix : OSE
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Gibbon : LAR
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Russian city : OREL
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On the ball : HEP
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Consumed : ATE
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Huge animals, in France : MONSTRES
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Presidential monogram : HST
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Of a poetic foot : IAMBIC
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Actor Peter : OTOOLE
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N. Y. and N. J., for example : STATES
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Ornamental tuft : TASSEL
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Hard and unyielding : STEELY
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"___ live and breathe!" : ASI
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Clergyman's home : MANSE
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English queen et al. : ANNES
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Throat-clearing sound : AHEM
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Foot: Prefix : PEDO
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Ceiling fixtures: Abbr. : LGTS
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These: Fr. : CES
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Penn Central, etc.: Abbr. : RRS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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