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New York Times, Saturday, November 11, 1972

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { H J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 254 (avg 1.34)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 34.2
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,491
Across
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Bureaucratic specialty : REDTAPE
8
Pacify : APPEASE
15
Lack of activity : INERTIA
16
Those not of a profession : LAITIES
17
Permissive : LENIENT
18
Gothic ribs : LIERNES
19
Golden-apple thrower : ERIS
20
Rose dye : EOSIN
22
Continent: Abbr. : EUR
23
Relative of Mayday : SOS
24
Dazed : STUNNED
26
She faced life : PORTIA
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Spheres : ORBS
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Shoe part : INSOLE
34
Tablelands : PLATEAUS
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Like a pitcher's box : MOUNDED
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Turkish tobacco : LATAKIA
40
Defined exactly : PRECISED
42
___ the hounds : RIDETO
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To ___ (exactly) : ATEE
44
Crime : FELONY
46
Balustrade : RAILING
48
Cap : TAM
51
Engage in a sport : SKI
54
Emulate Hillary : CLIMB
55
Wise men : MAGI
56
Summer refreshment : ICEDTEA
58
4 or IX : NUMERAL
60
Region of northern Europe : LAPLAND
61
Causing deterioration : EROSIVE
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Understanding : ENTENTE
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Builder of castles : DREAMER
Down
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Irritates : RILES
2
Spanish month : ENERO
3
Patron saint of France : DENIS
4
Baseball's Speaker : TRIS
5
Consumed : ATE
6
Forest sights : PINETREES
7
Go to a restaurant : EATOUT
8
Taken as a whole : ALLINALL
9
"Common Sense" author : PAINE
10
Dessert : PIE
11
Being, in France : ETRE
12
Japanese native : AINU
13
Dixon, e.g. : SEER
14
Curve : ESS
21
Little cut : SNIP
24
Server in a cause : SOLDIER
25
Making little marks : DOTTING
26
Puerto Rican city : PONCE
28
Prepared : READY
29
Use the oven : BAKE
30
Chanel garment : SUIT
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Prankish one : IMP
32
Miss Bayes : NORA
33
Tallow substance : SUET
35
Famous duelist : AARONBURR
36
___ Paulo : SAO
38
Shield against frontal fire : DEFILADE
41
Store, for short : DELI
45
Portrayed : LIMNED
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"I don't have ___ to my name" : ACENT
48
River of China : TARIM
49
Sisal : AGAVE
50
Certain runner : MILER
51
Look over : SCAN
52
Held onto : KEPT
53
Without worth : IDLE
55
Flat hill : MESA
56
___ de la Cité : ILE
57
Color : TAN
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Man's nickname : MOE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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