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New York Times, Friday, June 15, 1973

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { F J Q V W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 245 (avg 1.31)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 19.1
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,707
Across
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Cavil : CARP
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Western park : ESTES
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Aftereffect : SCAR
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Man's nickname : ABIE
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Plant louse : APHID
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Arena animal : TORO
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Stingy : MEAN
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Prophets : SEERS
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Athletes in blue : ELIS
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She, in France : ELLE
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Gaelic : ERSE
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Effect's partner : CAUSE
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Dull sound : THUMP
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Texas V.I.P.'s : OILMEN
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Petty despot : SATRAP
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Early Irish noble : AIRE
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Asian sheep : URIAL
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About : INRE
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Coon's, dog's, etc. : AGES
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Colorado : CENTENNIALSTATE
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Shrew of stage : KATE
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Otherwise, in Scotland : ENSE
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Perfume : ATTAR
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Use a cat : LASH
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Spectator name : STEELE
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More costly : DEARER
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___ Peak : PIKES
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"Lead me to the ___, Walter" : ALTAR
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Old African coin : PESA
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Hamlet words : TOBE
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Vivid display : RIOT
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In any way : ATALL
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Rainbow : IRIS
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Old slave : ESNE
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Did garden work : RAKED
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Muses' number : NINE
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Gest : DEED
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Aides: Abbr. : ASSTS
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Scot : GAEL
Down
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Befell : CAME
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Genesis name : ABEL
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Teheran coin : RIAL
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Go through : PENETRATE
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Abate : EASEUP
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___ whale : SPERM
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Colorado sight : THESPANISHPEAKS
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Native sod of G.B.S. : EIRE
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Campus org. : SDS
10
Do second-story work : STEAL
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Poet Padraic : COLUM
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Rebel : ARISE
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German flowers : ROSEN
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French co. : CIE
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Nathan : HALE
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Russian city : OREL
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Use a straw : SUCK
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Zone : AREA
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Color a photo : TINT
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Dies ___ : IRAE
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___ of Court : INNS
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Certifying : ATTESTING
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Golden or garden : GATE
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Common abbr. : ETAL
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Parched : SERE
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Kind of miss : NEAR
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Cloy : SATE
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Sea god : LER
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Old Norse bards : SKALDS
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Braved : DARED
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Girl's name : ELISE
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In harmony : ATONE
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Scolded : RATED
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Cay : ISLET
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Chapters of a school org. : PTAS
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Suffixes for places : ORIA
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Plant shoot : BINE
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Donkey: Ger. : ESEL
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Constellation : ARA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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