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New York Times, Saturday, February 10, 1973

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { H J Q X }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 34.8
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,582
Across
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Warm-water fish : SCAD
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Clean the frying pan : SCOUR
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Nutty : GAGA
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Small shark : TOPE
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Analyze in grammar class : PARSE
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Bigwig : LION
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Ed or Nancy : AMES
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Standish stand-in : ALDEN
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Island in Formosa Strait : AMOY
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Nixon Cabinet man : ROGERSMORTON
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Liquors : RUMS
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Calif. town : ARCATA
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Splits : REAVES
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Israeli official : ABBAEBAN
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Start : ENTER
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Give the third degree to : GRILL
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Lap robe : RUG
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Abbr. on a fork or spoon : STER
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Famous mutiny of fiction : CAINE
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Naval officer : MATE
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Renaissance, for one : ERA
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Goldbricked : LAZED
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Castro : FIDEL
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Assassinated Premier of Jordan : WASFITAL
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Ethan and others : ALLENS
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Asparagus servings : SPEARS
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Hatched : BRED
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Japanese Premier : KAKUEITANAKA
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Capri, e.g. : ISLE
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Pointless : INANE
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Although : EVEN
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Golda : MEIR
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Anon : LATER
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Unit of loudness : SONE
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Victim : PREY
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Robust : LUSTY
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Edgar or C.P. : SNOW
Down
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Twinkler : STAR
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Singer Perry : COMO
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Take down ___ : APEG
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Worthy one : DESERVER
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Bursts of energy : SPASMS
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Lulls : CALMS
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Ecclesiastical book : ORDO
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Customer : USER
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Available, as an apartment : RENTABLE
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Quick look : GLANCE
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Ambition : AIM
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Sticky stuff : GOO
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At all : ANY
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Sorry one : RUER
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Exam : ORAL
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Scrape : ABRADE
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Take out the slack : TAUTEN
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Halo wearers : ANGELS
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Patches : RESEWS
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Ambush : ENTRAP
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Military command : ATEASE
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Spirit in "The Tempest" : ARIEL
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Restrict : BIND
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Controversial Strip : GAZA
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Van Winkle's range : CATSKILL
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Gentleness : MILDNESS
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Turkish money : LIRA
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Insect : FLEA
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Flimflammery : FAKERY
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Main channel : ARTERY
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___-Simon test : BINET
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Two-toed sloth : UNAU
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Dines : EATS
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River in England : AVON
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Lotto-like game : KENO
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Over again : ANEW
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Brat : IMP
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Indian weight : SER
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Trygve : LIE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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