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New York Times, Thursday, May 25, 1972

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 59, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 46.6
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,321
Across
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Musial : STAN
5
Attempts : STABS
10
Entrance : ADIT
14
"The Rains ___" : CAME
15
Dress material : ORLON
16
Kind of bone : WISH
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Wolf-whistler's words : HUBBAHUBBA
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Gray : ASHY
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Roof piece : EPI
21
___ Santos : LOS
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Sanctions : OKAYS
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Type that has been set : METAL
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Dover ___ : SOLES
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Egg: Prefix : OVI
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Birthplace of a saint : ASSISI
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Meal items : RISSOLES
35
Fine mist : SEREIN
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Part of the eye : UVEA
38
Headlong : HELTERSKELTER
42
King of ditty : COLE
43
List : ROSTER
44
Relayed : PASSEDON
47
Storehouses : ETAPES
51
Famous nickname : ARI
52
Parson's house : MANSE
54
Gut leader : SNELL
55
Relative : NIECE
57
Bombay resort : ABU
59
Hind : DOE
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Old coin of Greece : OBOL
62
Jumble : HODGEPODGE
65
Become lively : PERK
66
Other: Fr. : AUTRE
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Fruit decay : BLET
68
Bull's-___ : EYES
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Wedding official : USHER
70
Willard : JESS
Down
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General outline : SCHEMA
2
Gray colors : TAUPES
3
Boundaries : AMBITS
4
Neighbor of Kan. : NEB
5
London area : SOHO
6
Bind : TRUSS
7
Vestment : ALB
8
Songbirds : BOBOLINKS
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Adders : SNAKES
10
Take ___ : AWAY
11
Movie transition : DISSOLVE
12
Somewhat: Suffix : ISH
13
Pronoun : THY
18
Ready : ALLSET
23
Beast of burden : ASS
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Theater areas : AISLES
27
Prayers : ORISONS
29
Swerve : VEER
30
"This ___ test" : ISA
32
Pique : IRE
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Led the field : OUTRAN
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Wrong : ERRONEOUS
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Rime : HOAR
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Hamlet's home : ELSINORE
40
Summer in Corse : ETE
41
Eases : LETSUP
42
Auditor: Abbr. : CPA
45
Uncle, in Scotland : EME
46
City near Munich : DACHAU
48
Hawk : PEDDLE
49
Funeral orations : ELOGES
50
Precipitations : SLEETS
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Tidal flow : EAGRE
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Kinds : ILKS
58
Lager : BEER
60
Poetic start : OPE
61
Turkish title : BEY
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Religious degree : DTH
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Thing: Abbr. : OBJ

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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