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New York Times, Tuesday, February 6, 1973

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { B J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 42.2
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,578
Across
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Puccini's Butterfly : MADAME
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Merrily wild : MADCAP
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One marked by a throwback : ATAVIST
15
Redeye dispensers : SALOONS
16
Guatemala's leader : PERALTA
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Baseball hits : TRIPLES
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Mud height, sometimes : ANKLE
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African chief : KAID
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Far or Middle : EAST
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Barnyard pests : HORSEFLIES
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Press : IRON
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Pipe wrench, e.g. : TOOL
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Greek mountain : ATHOS
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Cockney cussword : LOR
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Father of Jane and Peter : HENRY
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Rock with crystal center : GEODE
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Foot part : INSTEP
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Search out : FERRET
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"It's ___" : ADEAL
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Florida player : GATOR
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Falstaff, e.g. : SOT
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Italian painter : DOSSI
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Sevareid : ERIC
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Western city : RENO
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Oldtimers' game : HORSESHOES
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Fifty-two cards : DECK
52
P. I. natives : ATAS
53
Gertrude of rose fame : STEIN
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Laertes' sister : OPHELIA
58
Seemingly magical : UNCANNY
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Kind of puzzle : CHINESE
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What time does : ELAPSES
62
South Carolina river : SANTEE
63
Phase 1 : FREEZE
Down
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Entry in a Spanish atlas : MAPA
2
Amenhotep's god : ATEN
3
Presidential hopefuls : DARKHORSES
4
Frankie : AVALON
5
Four-minute man : MILER
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N. Y. time : EST
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___ Gras : MARDI
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Heavyweight name : ALI
9
Student of the race sheets : DOPESTER
10
Soft drink : COLA
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Chemical suffixes : ANES
12
Attention-getting sound : PSST
14
Hire : TAKEON
15
"Oft in the ___ night" : STILLY
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___ effort : AFOR
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Dance unit : STEP
24
Athirst : EAGER
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Trojan War story : ILIAD
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Musical form : RONDO
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Ability to come in out of the rain : HORSESENSE
30
"___ a Grecian Urn" : ODEON
31
Fracas : SETTO
33
Prefix for trope or stat : HELIO
36
Oasis in Uzbek : TASHKENT
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W. W. I marshal : FOCH
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Res ___ : GESTAE
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Space : AREA
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Paper hankie : TISSUE
45
Do over, as a TV show : RETAPE
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Bridge bid : RAISE
48
Wilde : OSCAR
49
"Gunsmoke" man and others : DOCS
50
Hebrew measure : EPHA
51
Glass or cleft item : CHIN
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Don Juan's mother : INEZ
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Amex's counterpart : NYSE
57
Shelter : LEE
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Vietcong org. : NLF

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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