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New York Times, Thursday, November 2, 1972

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 29.5
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,482
Across
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Window-___ : SHOP
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Equip : FITUP
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Galileo's birthplace : PISA
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Wilson : EARL
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Make up for : ATONE
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Economist Smith : ADAM
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Essay name : ELIA
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Souvenir : RELIC
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Show approval : CLAP
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Bamboozle : PLAYFORASUCKER
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Rubber trees : ULES
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New Guinea port : LAE
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University : CAMPUS
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Minimize : PLAYDOWN
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Leaves out : OMITS
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Shoeshine boy, in London : BOOTS
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Asian people : TAI
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Venus de ___ : MILO
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___ of Louisville : BELLE
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Short poems : LAYS
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Consumed : ATE
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Stopover spot : MOTEL
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Girl's name : BERTA
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Blood-pressure readings : SYSTOLES
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Encouraging words to a musician : PLAYON
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Like 3 or 5 : ODD
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Washbasin item : SOAP
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Going after : MAKINGAPLAYFOR
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Tarzan's wife : JANE
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Flynn : ERROL
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Island republic : EIRE
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" ... nor ___ bars a cage" : IRON
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Inasmuch as : SINCE
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Word of lament : ALAS
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___ wear : MENS
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Tend the fire : STOKE
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Divided : RENT
Down
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Permeate : SEEP
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Building area : HALL
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Places: Suffix : ORIA
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Apple-polish : PLAYUPTO
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Atlantic islands : FAROES
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Brain passages : ITERS
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Indian weight : TOLA
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Les Etats ___ : UNIS
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Embezzle : PECULATE
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Jammed : PACKED
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___ rich : IDLE
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River to the Moselle : SAAR
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Elec. unit : AMP
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Winter ailments : FLUS
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Small islands : CAYS
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States of torpor : COMAS
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Goodwill : AMITY
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"___ to go before I ... " : MILES
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Vaulters' needs : POLES
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Laze : LOLL
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Eared seal : OTARY
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"The ___ a man's heart ... " : WAYTO
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Jewish month : NISAN
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Animal, in France : BETE
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Effrontery : BOLDNESS
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Spinsters' time : LEAPYEAR
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Procedures : MODI
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Nonsense : BLAA
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Turnstile fodder : TOKENS
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Gallup collaborator : POLLEE
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Doctor-author : SPOCK
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___ nostrum : MARE
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Soon : ANON
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Spirit : GRIT
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Cartoonist : ARNO
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___ B (wastebasket) : FILE
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Algerian city : ORAN
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Support : REST
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Huck's raftmate : JIM

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

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