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New York Times, Wednesday, June 6, 1973

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 46, Avg Word Len: 4.71, Missing: { F Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 3, XRef: 5, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 26.7
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,698
Across
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Scout doing : DEED
5
Kind of whisper : STAGE
10
Card game : SKAT
14
Poetic word : UNTO
15
Memorize : LEARN
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One, in Munich : EINE
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Aleutian island : ATTU
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Baseball statistic : ERROR
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Prefix for phone or ton : MEGA
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Grammatical no-no : DOUBLENEGATIVE
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Kind of service or stick : LIP
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Political party: Abbr. : GOP
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Bloodless : ANEMIC
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Swerving : VEERING
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Expert : ACE
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Harden: Var. : ENURE
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Portent : OMEN
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Yule fuel : LOG
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Barnyard sound : GRUNT
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Gardner : AVA
40
Reckon, old style : ARET
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Facial features : BROWS
44
Understand : GET
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Do additional duty, with 4 Down : INBRASS
48
Word with goose or hood : MOTHER
50
Wave: Sp. : OLA
51
Comprehend : SEE
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Constitutional no-no : DOUBLEJEOPARDY
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Pointed remark : BARB
61
Burglar ___ : ALARM
62
God: Sp. : DIOS
63
Asian sea : ARAL
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Revile : ABUSE
65
Anglo-Saxon laborer : ESNE
66
Take out : DELE
67
Hair growths : MANES
68
Bring up : REAR
Down
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Pair : DUAD
2
Inner: Prefix : ENTO
3
Famous last words : ETTU
4
See 45 Across and 29, 41 and 49 Down : DOUBLE
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At rest : SLEEPING
6
Sea bird : TERN
7
Swiss river : AARE
8
Sailor's drink : GROG
9
Anger : ENRAGE
10
Part-time athlete : SEMIPRO
11
Russian city : KIEV
12
French seraph : ANGE
13
Beverage for two : TEA
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Fruit : LIME
22
Digit : TOE
25
Squash variety : ACORN
26
Israeli desert: Var. : NEGEB
27
Restrains : CURBS
28
Malice : VENOM
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Vision problem, with 4 Down : IMAGE
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At no time : NEVER
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Small biter : GNAT
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Jai ___ : ALAI
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Robot drama : RUR
38
Golf groupings : TWOSOMES
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Intensified woe, with 4 Down : TROUBLE
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"___ to the rear" : STEP
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Vestment : ALB
47
Moslem greeting : SALAAM
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Fan's bonus, with 4 Down : HEADER
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Challenge : DARE
53
Spoken : ORAL
54
Napoleon's island : ELBA
55
Calcutta conveyance : JAUN
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Gaelic : ERSE
57
Shine's partner : RISE
58
Spanish lady : DONA
59
French river : YSER
60
Kind of temper : BAD

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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