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New York Times, Wednesday, December 19, 1973

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 23.4
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,894
Across
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Pet of F.D.R. : FALA
5
Annoy : TEASE
10
Elegant : POSH
14
___ Bator : ULAN
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Smithy's need : ANVIL
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Der ___ : ALTE
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Shakespeare's Puck : ROBINGOODFELLOW
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Strasberg : LEE
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Morays : EELS
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Cat features : CLAWS
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Part of a Louvre name : MONA
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Nimbus : HALO
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Be contingent on : DEPEND
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Atlantic islands : CANARIES
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Collar : ETON
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Prefix for ply or tude : MULTI
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Agency of the 30's : NRA
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Justice, prudence, etc. : CARDINALVIRTUES
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Gibbon : APE
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Beatrice's friend : DANTE
42
Mythical monsters : ORCS
43
Savings : NESTEGGS
45
Hut : SHANTY
47
Plain, in Spain : RASO
48
Indication : LEAD
49
___ a march on : STEAL
52
Kind of truck, for short : SEMI
53
Military address : APO
56
St. Paul's architect : CHRISTOPHERWREN
60
Age : AEON
61
Asian sheep : URIAL
62
Author James : AGEE
63
Monster's Loch : NESS
64
Class : GENRE
65
Dandies : FOPS
Down
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Roll up : FURL
2
Lily : ALOE
3
Elbe River, to Czechs : LABE
4
Cuckoo : ANI
5
Last : TAGEND
6
___ Gay : ENOLA
7
Coins of Macao : AVOS
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Caesar : SID
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Sprite : ELF
10
Wanness : PALLOR
11
Tijuana pot : OLLA
12
Put away : STOW
13
Conforms to : HEWS
18
Gas : NEON
19
Bakery offering : ECLAIR
23
Set right : MEND
24
Tie a golf hole : HALVE
25
Con : ANTI
26
Zodiac-sign division : DECAN
27
Storehouse : ETAPE
28
Studies : PORES
29
Voodooism, etc. : CULTS
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Bury : INURN
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Vertical : ERECT
32
Impertinent : SASSY
34
Tropical fruit : MANGO
37
Models : IDEALS
38
Some horses : NAGS
39
Kind of stool : TOAD
44
Metroliners : TRAINS
45
Mother of Dionysus : SEMELE
46
Kind of pin : HAIR
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Composer Franz : LEHAR
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Norway, etc.: Abbr. : SCAN
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"Get ___ to a nunnery" : THEE
51
Cupid : EROS
52
Joyride : SPIN
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Constellation : ARGO
54
Sound from a nest : PEEP
55
Bills : ONES
57
___ of war : TUG
58
Galena, for one : ORE
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Military woman : WAF

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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