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New York Times, Thursday, February 22, 1973

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F Q X Y }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
David Steinberg notes:

Clue for 9-Down is as it appeared, but "language" should have been "languages" — Kiowa-Tanoan is a family of languages.

1
M
2
A
3
O
4
R
5
I
6
T
7
W
8
I
9
T
10
M
11
E
12
S
13
A
14
A
D
M
E
N
15
R
I
G
A
16
A
J
A
R
17
R
I
A
N
T
18
A
N
O
N
19
T
E
N
O
20
S
T
R
E
E
21
T
22
P
R
O
23
J
E
C
T
S
24
G
R
I
25
L
L
26
A
O
R
T
A
E
27
G
28
R
29
E
E
N
T
E
A
30
N
U
N
31
A
I
M
32
S
I
N
C
33
E
34
R
A
35
B
36
A
37
T
38
Z
A
M
39
A
40
S
T
E
A
41
D
42
L
A
V
E
43
A
L
A
C
44
K
45
O
A
T
E
46
N
47
L
I
E
48
R
O
49
C
50
N
E
P
O
51
T
I
S
M
52
D
53
E
54
M
O
T
E
55
D
R
O
M
E
56
I
C
E
B
O
A
57
T
S
58
T
I
N
59
S
60
E
61
L
62
S
O
D
A
63
S
O
H
64
O
65
N
U
L
L
I
66
A
L
I
T
67
E
R
O
S
68
A
R
U
B
A
69
S
E
A
S
70
S
O
W
S
71
L
E
G
E
R
© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,594
Across
1
Polynesian : MAORI
6
Tease : TWIT
10
New Mexico sight : MESA
14
Madison Ave. people : ADMEN
15
Latvian port : RIGA
16
Open : AJAR
17
Cheerful : RIANT
18
Soon : ANON
19
___'clock scholar : TENO
20
Wall, for one : STREET
22
Schemes : PROJECTS
24
Cross-examine : GRILL
26
Large vessels : AORTAE
27
Kind of beverage : GREENTEA
30
Type of buoy : NUN
31
Desire : AIM
32
Because : SINCE
34
Moroccan port : RABAT
38
Punic War battleground : ZAMA
40
Place : STEAD
42
Wash : LAVE
43
Cousin of alas : ALACK
45
Of a grain : OATEN
47
Former U.N. name : LIE
48
Mythical creature : ROC
50
Easy way to get ahead : NEPOTISM
52
Lower : DEMOTE
55
Suffix for velo or hippo : DROME
56
Winter sport items : ICEBOATS
58
Showy pretense : TINSEL
62
Bar item : SODA
63
London district : SOHO
65
None: Prefix : NULLI
66
Disembarked : ALIT
67
Greek god : EROS
68
Vacation island : ARUBA
69
Seven ___ : SEAS
70
Does farm work : SOWS
71
French artist : LEGER
Down
1
Space target : MARS
2
Mine access : ADIT
3
Arabian name : OMAR
4
Make a bridge error : RENEGE
5
Student teachers : INTERNS
6
Singing sound : TRA
7
Across the board : WINPLACEANDSHOW
8
Borodin's prince : IGOR
9
Indian language : TANOAN
10
Kind of instinct : MATERNAL
11
Put out : EJECT
12
___ Ana : SANTA
13
Revolted : AROSE
21
Birds of S. A. : TITIS
23
Bon ___ : JOUR
25
Slow, in music : LENTO
27
Troubled Strip : GAZA
28
Iranian coin : RIAL
29
Poet Lazarus : EMMA
33
Hungry fellow : EATER
35
"Virgins of ___" : BALI
36
Rara ___ : AVIS
37
Abound : TEEM
39
Limber ones : ACROBATS
41
End of the line : DEPOT
44
Japanese zither : KOTO
46
So-called : NOMINAL
49
Desists : CEASES
51
Time in office : TENURE
52
African orchids : DISAS
53
French school : ECOLE
54
Radio, TV, etc. : MEDIA
57
Picador's adversary : TORO
59
Strike hard : SLUG
60
North Sea tributary : ELBE
61
Ananias : LIAR
64
Cloak-and-dagger org. : OSS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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