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New York Times, Saturday, June 10, 1972

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 308 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 46.1 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,337
Across
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Beaded lizard : GILA
5
Western capital : SALEM
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Largemouth bass : CHUB
14
Resembling: Suffix : ULAR
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Kipling's wolfpack leader : AKELA
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Ready : RIPE
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Actor Tamiroff : AKIM
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Carrousel bonuses : BRASSRINGS
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Drop cooky : MACAROON
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Apaches : TONTOS
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Left or U : TURN
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Chisel : GOUGE
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Priam's wife : HECUBA
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Border of shrubs : HEDGEROW
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Wing-shaped : ALARY
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Light boat : CANOE
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C'est ___ (it is he) : LUI
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Message : WIRE
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Stately dance: Var. : PAVIN
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But, in France : MAIS
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African antelope : KOB
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Sun hat : TOPEE
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Famous jockey : SANDE
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Certain passenger : STOWAWAY
42
Greek odist : PINDAR
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Greases : LARDS
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Sonoran : SERI
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Pure : CHASTE
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Gas-station gadget : DIPSTICK
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Some picnickers : LITTERBUGS
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English painter : OPIE
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Sheltered : ALEE
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Resin : ELEMI
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Sharpness : BITE
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Legumes : PODS
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Singer Bob : DYLAN
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French name for a Syrian city : ALEP
Down
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Pacific island : GUAM
2
Miss Chase : ILKA
3
Secular : LAIC
4
Framework for a sculpture : ARMATURE
5
Ancient Jewish scholar : SABORA
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Ohio city : AKRON
7
Sparse : LEAN
8
City transit lines : ELS
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Gigantic creature : MASTODON
10
Cower : CRINGE
11
Back country : HINTERLAND
12
Ascent : UPGO
13
Queenly nickname : BESS
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Cosmetic : ROUGE
21
Gem : RUBY
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Islamic spirit: Var. : GENIE
25
Peddles : HAWKS
26
Author of "Romola" : ELIOT
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Containing a certain acid : CARBOLATED
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___-cavey : HAVEY
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Writer de la Ramée : OUIDA
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Older and ___ : WISER
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Matadors' cloaks : CAPAS
35
Like some sugar : POWDERED
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Winnipeg's province : MANITOBA
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French pastry : TARTE
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Galahad and Bors : SIRS
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Fritters : WASTES
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Digestive aid : PEPSIN
44
Greek letter : SIGMA
45
Sharp sound : CLAP
46
Hawaiian port : HILO
47
Contest : DUEL
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P. I. hardwood tree : IPIL
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Mention : CITE
50
Stronghold : KEEP
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World traveler Nellie : BLY

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 11 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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