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New York Times, Saturday, May 27, 1972

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.59, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 308 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 44.0 Grid has double diagonal symmetry. Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,323
Across
1
Circus : BIGTOP
7
Where Libreville is : GABON
12
Lizard : IGUANA
13
Seagoing groups : ARMADAS
15
Guerrilla, at times : SNIPER
16
French armchair : FAUTEUIL
18
Faucet reading : HOT
19
Snouted ray : SAWFISH
21
Repast : TEA
22
Exam : ORAL
24
Hag : CRONE
25
Kitchen fixture : SINK
26
Circumference : PERIPHERY
28
Brazilian port : BELEM
29
Tied : BOUND
30
Muddle : BEMUSE
31
Baseball's Zach et al. : WHEATS
33
Pascal : BLAISE
34
Force : COERCE
35
German chest : BRUST
36
Reluctant : LOATH
37
Covered, as a wall : PLASTERED
41
Singer Nelson : EDDY
42
Rumor : BRUIT
43
Attractive, in a way : SEXY
44
___ loss : ATA
45
Kind of vault : GROINED
47
Haunt : DEN
48
Pearly : NACREOUS
50
Ocean sucker : REMORA
52
German wine : RHENISH
53
Incidents : EVENTS
54
Crow over : EXULT
55
Think over : DIGEST
Down
1
Knight's neighbor, on a board : BISHOP
2
Slight : IGNORE
3
Instrument : GUITAR
4
Water source : TAP
5
Bills : ONES
6
Aerial lifesaver : PARACHUTE
7
Like sand : GRAINY
8
Divert : AMUSE
9
City on the Avon : BATH
10
Poetic output : ODE
11
First nuclear sub : NAUTILUS
13
Furnish : AFFORD
14
Residents of a Tuscan city : SIENESE
17
Delibes opus : LAKME
20
Songbirds : WRENS
23
Patrick Henry word : LIBERTY
25
Phoenicians, for example : SEMITES
27
Cook, in a way : POACH
28
Beauty's friend : BEAST
30
Made empty threats : BLUSTERED
31
Sticky preservative : WOODTAR
32
Annoying problem : HEADACHE
33
Kind of drain : BRAIN
34
Recently laundered : CLEAN
35
Somewhat like the Danube : BLUISH
37
Writer Marcel : PROUST
38
Accomplished anew : REDONE
39
Strains : EXERTS
40
Ruler : DYNAST
42
Cook, in a way : BROIL
45
Knee : GENU
46
Consort of Siva : DEVI
49
Fido's friend : REX
51
Million: Prefix : MEG

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

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