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New York Times, Friday, March 9, 1973

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 2, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 51.6
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,609
Across
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Suffix for leg or fall : ACY
4
Drink : ALE
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Piece of information : DATUM
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Hillside for Burns : BRAE
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B.C. and A.D. : ERAS
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Degrade : ABASE
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Quartet singer : ALTO
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Like sale items : PICKEDOVER
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Corny offer, with 36 Across : LETMETAKEYOU
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Eastern faith : ISLAM
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Spleen : IRE
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Time or Newsweek, for short : MAG
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Flag : ENSIGN
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Author de Beauvoir : SIMONE
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Place for tests : LAB
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Wild party : ORGY
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Actress Lenya : LOTTE
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See 18 Across : AWAYFROMALLTHIS
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Street show : RAREE
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Guarded : WARY
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Nationality: Suffix : ESE
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Repulsive women : CRONES
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Canopy : TESTER
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Barnyard creature : HEN
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Tepid, in Munich : LAU
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Fools : ASSES
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Risky route : PRIMROSEPATH
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Park-bench sign : FRESHPAINT
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Dies ___ : IRAE
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Tree house : AERIE
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Sojourn : STAY
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Napoleon et al.: Abbr. : EMPS
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Grieg and Flagstad : NORSE
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Parallel word: Abbr. : SYN
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Direction: Abbr. : SSE
Down
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Van Gogh–Gauguin locale : ARLES
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Nobleman, ranch style : CATTLEBARON
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Type of service : YEOMAN
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"Depuis le jour," e.g. : ARIA
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Glacial ridge : ESKER
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Wall section : DADO
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___ Ben Adhem : ABOU
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Hebrew letter : TAV
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Custom : USE
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Mal de ___ : MER
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Island east of Java : BALI
13
I.R.S. business levy: Abbr. : EPT
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Black and blue : EYES
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German spa : EMS
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Baby's haven : MOTHERSARMS
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Naysayers : ANTIS
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Ninnies : GEESE
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Comparative suffix : IOR
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Develop : GROW
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State: Abbr. : ILL
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Word, in Paris : MOT
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Evergreen : LARCH
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Informed : AWARE
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Responsive, as a ship : YARE
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Craving : YEN
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Charge : FEE
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Fleur-de-___ : LYS
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Often-pink item : SLIP
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To, in Scotland : TAE
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Discovers : ESPIES
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Stock up : AMASS
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Storehouse : ETAPE
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"___ the joy of my life" : SHES
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Greek letters : PSIS
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Syngman : RHEE
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Son of Judah : ONAN
57
Farm unit : STY
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Buff : FAN
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Former auto : REO
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Cause a snafu : ERR

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

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