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New York Times, Saturday, April 8, 1972

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 39.3
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,274
Across
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Classify : SORT
5
Mideast capital : AMMAN
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African nation : CHAD
14
Repute : ODOR
15
Painter Rivera : DIEGO
16
Vigorous : HALE
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Novel printed in installments : FEUILLETON
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Austen book : EMMA
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Surgical saw : TREPHINE
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Part of O'Neill title : ICEMAN
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Garment flaps : TABS
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Reticent : CLOSE
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Sojourns : STAYS
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Nonsense : FOLDEROL
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Old headwear for women : MOBCAP
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"Eri Tu," for one : ARIA
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Exclamation : FIE
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Ocean fish : OPAH
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Kind of acid : AMINO
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Soft palates : VELA
39
Famed Giant : OTT
40
Bremen brew : BIER
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Spreads, as rumors : NOISES
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Advantages of a kind : TOEHOLDS
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Your: Fr. : VOTRE
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Agnes De ___ : MILLE
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Cat's-paw : TOOL
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Program : AGENDA
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Kind of board : BULLETIN
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Phoned : RANG
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Unmoving : STATIONARY
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Der ___ : ALTE
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Painter Andrea del ___ : SARTO
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Algonquian : CREE
61
One of the clefs : BASS
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City near Dallas : ENNIS
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Bridge position : EAST
Down
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Subdued : SOFT
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Stettin's river : ODER
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Rake : ROUE
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Paneled art for an altar : TRIPTYCH
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Improvise : ADLIB
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Airs : MIENS
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Dole out : METE
8
Gone : AGO
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One followed by 30 zeros : NONILLION
10
Port-Salut, e.g. : CHEESE
11
Europe's northernmost city : HAMMERFEST
12
Crimean battle river : ALMA
13
College official : DEAN
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Capital of Tibet : LHASA
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Musical ending : CODA
24
Grain : CORN
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___-Hawley tariff : SMOOT
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From ___ bottom : TOPTO
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Diminutions : ABATEMENTS
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Exhibitions : FAIRS
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Houston pro : OILER
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Let : LEASE
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Straw mattress : PAILLASSE
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Ancient Asian : MEDE
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Intense action : VIOLENCE
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Daring : BOLD
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Convex molding : OVOLO
44
Turns on : HINGES
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All, in music : TUTTI
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Miscellanies : OLIOS
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Native of Kuwait : ARAB
50
Fete : GALA
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Home, to some owls : BARN
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Scarlett's home : TARA
53
Cholers : IRES
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U.N. veto : NYET
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Miami by-product : TAN

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

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