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New York Times, Saturday, December 16, 1972

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F H J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 31.8 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,526
Across
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Yellowish browns : TANS
5
Eastern church title : ABBA
9
Hungarian hero : ARPAD
14
Neglect : OMIT
15
Whirring sound : BIRR
16
Casals' instrument : CELLO
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Relatives of station wagons : MINIBUSES
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___ fours : ONALL
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Altar boys : ACOLYTES
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Gold or copper : METAL
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Musical piece : NONET
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Author of "Gil Blas" : LESAGE
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Area of France : ALSACE
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City in Syria, to French : ALEP
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Call for help : SOS
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Small cavity, in botany : LOCULE
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Food shop, for short : DELI
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Bonfire sound : CRACKLE
39
Austere : ASCETIC
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Part of Faisal's realm : ASIR
42
Entice : INVITE
44
Defeat in bridge : SET
45
___ contendere : NOLO
46
Steering mechanism part : TIEROD
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Kind of play : ONEACT
49
Stately : ROYAL
54
Arctic wear : PARKA
56
Show : INDICATE
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Moving : ASTIR
60
Bridge bids : OVERCALLS
61
Train : SUITE
62
Midianite king : REBA
63
Water trench, in England : LEAT
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Held at bay : TREED
65
___ Bones : BROM
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African fox : ASSE
Down
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Coin of Persia : TOMAN
2
Italian friend : AMICO
3
Curtain fabric : NINON
4
Set of steps : STILE
5
Border : ABUT
6
Cold Swiss wind : BISE
7
City on the Oder : BRESLAU
8
Skill: Lat. : ARS
9
Pueblo Indian : ACOMA
10
Traitorous : RENEGADE
11
Components of blood : PLATELETS
12
Nazimova : ALLA
13
"You're a ___!" : DOLL
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Chitchat : BYTALK
24
Custard-filled pastry : ECLAIR
25
Takes care of : SEESTO
27
Nabokov title : LOLITA
28
Kind of railway : SCENIC
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De Beaumont : ELIE
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Early Briton : PICT
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Scrutinize : SCAN
33
Thereabouts : ORSO
34
Two-eyelet shoe : SAILORTIE
38
TV newscaster : CRONKITE
40
Fauntleroy : CEDRIC
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Aromatic grass : VETIVER
48
Auriculate : EARED
50
Florida city : OCALA
51
Elihu et al. : YALES
52
Reference book : ATLAS
53
Brisk, in Paris : LESTE
54
Gone : PAST
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Assyrian god : ASUR
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Biblical mount : NEBO
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Small drink : DRAM
60
Sphere : ORB

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

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