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New York Times, Saturday, April 21, 1973

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.40, Missing: { J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 95, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 15, Grid flow: 39.2
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,652
Across
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Items for optimistic girls : HOPECHESTS
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Cavil : CARP
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Medicine-cabinet gadget : EYEDROPPER
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Mime : APER
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Places for coatracks : VESTIBULES
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___ dixit : IPSE
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N.Y.C. subway : IRT
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Spore clusters : SORI
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Waste allowances : TRETS
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Money in the bank : ASSET
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Anti-sub devices : SONARS
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Poker holdings: Abbr. : PRS
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Russian name : IVAN
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Long sleeper : RIP
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___ chic : TRES
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Soul : ANIMA
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Collection : ANA
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Psychiatric problems : HOSTILEFEELINGS
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Superlative suffix : EST
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Women's wear in India : SARIS
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Jane and Goodman : ACES
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F.D.R. agency : OPA
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Diving bird : LOON
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Thrice: Prefix : TER
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Often-wild holdings : DEUCES
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Reply to "Who is it?" : ITSME
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Fragrant root : ORRIS
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Roof material : TILE
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Foxy : SLY
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Brown kiwis : ROAS
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Gives rise to : ORIGINATES
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Kissing kin : AUNT
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"___ my dog" : LOVEMELOVE
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Certain planes : SSTS
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Cooper hero : DEERSLAYER
Down
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Malay apple : HEVI
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Court hearing : OYER
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Bore : PEST
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N. Y. summer time : EDT
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Word with cross : CRISS
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Rod riders : HOBOS
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Draught: Fr. : EPURE
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"To gladly give," e.g. : SPLITINFINITIVE
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Pipe joint : TEE
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Univ. students : SRS
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Small terrier : CAIRN
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Look : APPEARANCE
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Racket fixer, at times : RESTRINGER
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Reporter's Annie Oakley : PRESSPASS
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Of sound : TONAL
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Staff person: Abbr. : ASST
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Equal : SAME
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Doing well : PROSPEROUS
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Alice's locale : RESTAURANT
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Competes : VIES
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Wife of Justinian I et al. : THEODORAS
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Prefix for stat or sol : AERO
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Keys : ISLES
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Neighbor of Burma : LAOS
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"It must have been something ___" : IATE
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Storage pits : CISTS
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Detroit player : TIGER
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Takes off weight : SLIMS
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Trump card in klabberjass : MENEL
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Illinois village : STOY
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Erect: Fr. : LEVE
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French river : YSER
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Glory or hat : OLD
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Caviar : ROE
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___ mode : ALA

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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