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New York Times, Monday, November 5, 1973

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 31.4
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,850
Across
1
Ooze : SEEP
5
Extended period : COMMA
10
Get the pistol ready : LOAD
14
Wintry quarters : IGLU
15
Benefit : AVAIL
16
Partner of facto : IPSO
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Where Vientiane is : LAOS
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Henna job : RINSE
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Irish meet : FEIS
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Veteran : OLDHAND
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Kind of account : EXPENSE
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Swiss canton : URI
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Rehearse : DRILL
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Sojourn : STOPOVER
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Wooing one : SUITOR
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Confess : OWN
35
___ nerves : WAROF
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Cut, as leather : SKIVE
38
Fighting weapon : FIST
40
Lazuli's mate : LAPIS
42
Small case : ETUI
43
Sour : ACERB
45
Bracer : TONIC
47
Eel-shaped amphibian : OLM
48
Tennis shot : RETURN
50
Upsets : UNNERVES
52
Portray : ENACT
54
Pig ___ poke : INA
55
Talkative : VERBOSE
58
Swift-footed bird : OSTRICH
62
Soviet city : OREL
63
Angle : SLANT
65
Small box : INRO
66
Stead : LIEU
67
___ guard : ELITE
68
Theater gallery : TIER
69
Receipts : TAKE
70
Copter mechanism : ROTOR
71
React to home movies : YAWN
Down
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Farm unit : SILO
2
Equal, in France : EGAL
3
Hypothetical force : ELOD
4
Calisthenics standby : PUSHUP
5
Mardi gras event : CARNIVAL
6
Roman poet : OVID
7
Valet : MAN
8
Penny pincher : MISER
9
Actress Smith : ALEXIS
10
Realistic : LIFELIKE
11
Kind of house or hearth : OPEN
12
In statu quo : ASIS
13
Rx quantity : DOSE
21
Lined up : AROW
23
Dry-cell sign : PLUS
25
Quitter of a sort : DROPOUT
26
Up to now : SOFAR
27
"Once bitten, ___ ... " : TWICE
28
Beginning : ONSET
29
Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
31
Russian spaceman : TITOV
32
Small egg : OVULE
33
French cathedral city : REIMS
36
Helsinki citizen : FINN
39
Loyal : TRUEBLUE
41
Evil : SINISTER
44
Moravian city : BRNO
46
Monetary unit : CENT
49
Egyptian name : NASSER
51
Unusual occurrence : RARITY
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Piatigorsky's instrument : CELLO
55
Electric unit : VOLT
56
Silkworm : ERIA
57
Fume : REEK
58
Undeceived : ONTO
59
Amazon cetacean : INIA
60
Shell men : CREW
61
Cornucopia : HORN
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Island in a river : AIT

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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