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New York Times, Tuesday, December 5, 1972

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { F K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 61, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 26.9
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,515
Across
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W. W. I plane : SPAD
5
Site of Taj Mahal : AGRA
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___-free : SCOT
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Son of founder of Troy : ILUS
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Biblical deity : BAAL
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Garden bloom : PEONY
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Hearts, for instance : MAJORSUIT
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___ Mongolia : INNER
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Erwin : STU
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Slippery customers : EELS
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Fruits : SLOES
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Ruhr city : ESSEN
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Cafe patrons : EATERS
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Spanish pronoun : ESTE
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City on the Volga : SARATOV
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Certain roads : EXPRESSWAYS
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Medical suffix : OMA
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Nut part : MEAT
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Through : PER
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Oriental rulers : AGAS
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Office-holders : INS
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Distressed : SOREATHEART
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Opera composer : ROSSINI
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Apparatus : GEAR
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Chooses : ELECTS
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Spice : THYME
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Redskin : BRAVE
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Emanation : AURA
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Keats specialty : ODE
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___ restante : POSTE
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Photographers' concerns : EXPOSURES
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Clerics : ABBES
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Land measure : ROOD
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Optometrist's concern : LENS
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Beans : SOYS
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Queen's name : ANNE
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"Or ___!" : ELSE
Down
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U. S. admiral of W. W. I : SIMS
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Batter's spot : PLATE
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Serving style for meat : AUJUS
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British award: Abbr. : DSO
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Stays away : ABSENTS
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Ancient France : GAUL
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Poker maneuver : RAISE
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Map abbr. : ALT
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Spanish lady : SENORA
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Covered wagon : CONESTOGA
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Individuals : ONES
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Son of Odin : TYR
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Storage workers : PILERS
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Peewee : REESE
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Suspension : STAY
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Spanish painter : SERT
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Limp ___ : ASARAG
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Lively wit : ESPRIT
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Gen. Bradley : OMAR
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Enormous : VAST
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Eastern ruler : EMIR
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Alien: Prefix : XENO
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Strollers : PASSERSBY
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Willie Winkie : WEE
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Lofty home : AERY
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Kitchen items : SIEVES
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Fairy-tale word : ONCE
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Vacuum tube : TETRODE
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Sounds of gaiety : HAHAS
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Politicians' concerns : SLATES
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Englishman : SAXON
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Edible mushroom : MOREL
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Wonderful places : EDENS
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African tree : BOBO
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See 41 Down : UPON
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Actual being : ESSE
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Dance step : PAS
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Period : ERA
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Rubber tree : ULE

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

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