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New York Times, Friday, November 24, 1972

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J V X }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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C
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A
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F
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E
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F
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D
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S
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R
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R
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T
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O
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P
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N
C
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D
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K
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K
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G
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C
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G
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M
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R
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Z
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H
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S
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G
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M
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C
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K
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,504
Across
1
Sad ballad subject : CAFE
5
Dims : FADES
10
Being: Lat. : ESSE
14
Image : IDOL
15
Rule the ___ : ROOST
16
Hard or soft item : ROLL
17
Starch root : TARO
18
African mammal : OKAPI
19
Army men: Abbr. : NCOS
20
Corrects : EMENDS
22
City in Illinois : KANKAKEE
24
West German city : GOTTINGEN
26
Mid-Atlantic map listing : CANARYIS
29
Riddle : ENIGMA
33
"It's ___" : ADATE
34
Peter and Ivan : TSARS
36
Governor's nickname : RON
37
Winged Victory : NIKE
38
Biblical well : AIN
39
Persian writing : ZEND
40
Golf equipment : TEE
41
Youngman : HENNY
43
Garbo, for one : SWEDE
44
Abrupt : SUDDEN
46
Auto parts : GASLINES
48
Ballet posture : ARABESQUE
50
V.I.P. in a strike : MEDIATOR
53
Suave : URBANE
57
Alaskan Governor : EGAN
58
Native of Tabriz : IRANI
60
Locale : AREA
61
Forty days : LENT
62
Levant : OSCAR
63
Spiteful ones : CATS
64
Card : TREY
65
Clear: Fr. : NETTE
66
Heal : KNIT
Down
1
Recall : CITE
2
Furniture style : ADAM
3
Golf word : FORE
4
Extend : ELONGATE
5
Name for a snowman : FROSTY
6
Approval, astronaut style : AOK
7
Disappear : DOAKISSINGERACT
8
"___ Harlem" (piano piece) : ESPAN
9
Bar order : STINGER
10
Verdi opera : ERNANI
11
"___ it to me!" : SOCK
12
Wild plum : SLOE
13
Otherwise : ELSE
21
Schary : DORE
23
Murray et al. : KENS
25
Giant : TITAN
26
Result of ifs and buts : CANTS
27
Farewell : ADIEU
28
Defenseless : NAKED
30
Immature : GREEN
31
Haut ___ : MONDE
32
Mountains : ANDES
35
Writer Seton and others : ANYAS
39
Biscuit : ZWIEBACK
41
Wife of Zeus : HERA
42
Maternal kinship : ENATION
43
Affront : SLUR
45
Delicate : DAINTY
47
Escort : SQUIRE
49
Purse: Ger. : BORSE
50
Dissolve : MELT
51
Czech river : EGER
52
Melancholy one : DANE
54
Islands near Galway : ARAN
55
Pacific grass : NETI
56
Near or Far : EAST
59
Writer Hentoff : NAT

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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