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New York Times, Friday, May 26, 1972

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.47, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 16, FITB: 1, XRef: 1, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 74.3
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,322
Across
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Burns's river : AFTON
6
Miss Lee : LILA
10
Regarding : APROPOS
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Motion picture : CINEMA
14
Nanking market cashiers : CHINESECHECKERS
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Lobster coral : ROE
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Equipment for 12 Across : SCREEN
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Ghetto problem : RAT
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Imarets : INNS
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Countesses' spouses : EARLS
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Latvian port : RIGA
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Antics : DIDOS
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Fairy-tale irritant : PEA
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Scenery : DECOR
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Asserts : ALLEGES
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Former Harvard president : CONANT
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Hindu exercisers : YOGIS
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Synthetic wrap : SARAN
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Words for Musial : THEMAN
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Economizes : SCRIMPS
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King or ten : HONOR
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Depot: Abbr. : STA
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Closes off : SEALS
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Kiln : OVEN
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Laver and Ashe, at times : ACERS
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Ear part : DRUM
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Radiation unit : REM
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Relatives of jerks : CREEPS
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Link : TIE
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Goal of some interns : PRIVATEPRACTICE
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Manatee or dugong : SEACOW
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Naval builders : SEABEES
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Affront : SLUR
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On the glacial side : STOSS
Down
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Loss of voice : APHONIA
2
1923 Broadway comedy : FRIENDLYENEMIES
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Vogue : TON
4
Begins, poetically : OPES
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___ te ipsum : NOSCE
6
Legal concerns : LIENS
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Company abbr. : INC
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Albanian coin : LEK
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Progressive and Conservative : AMERICANPARTIES
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Sharp : ACRID
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Mexican blankets : SERAPES
12
Lobster's claw : CHELA
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Spanish region : ARAGON
15
Largest asteroid : CERES
16
Jump : START
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Pacific island group : SOLOMON
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Designated anew : RENAMED
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Stogie: Var. : SEGAR
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Duke : DORIS
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Tonic's companion : GIN
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Kind of pool : CAR
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Ghosts and skeletons, e.g. : SCARERS
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Hamlet : THORP
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What a hummingbird does : HOVERS
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Soak : STEEP
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Flushes, as a deck : SLUICES
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Propeller : SCREW
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Ducks : SMEES
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ANTA member : ACTOR
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Foretells, in Aberdeen : SPAES
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Git! : SCAT
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Fine lace : VAL
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Needle: Prefix : ACU
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Stage-lighting abbr. : TBO

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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