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New York Times, Thursday, August 2, 1973

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 31.8 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,755
Across
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Dame Myra : HESS
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High golf stroke : LOFT
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Canyon's relative : CHASM
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For life: Fr. : AVIE
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Roman poet : OVID
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Asian capital : HANOI
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Sinks in : REGISTERS
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Miss Dickinson : ANGIE
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Pure : PRISTINE
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Does nothing : IDLES
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Alabama city : SELMA
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Nasty one : MEANIE
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Black snakes : RACERS
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Plant shoot: Var. : CION
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Aves. : STS
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Wading birds : CRANES
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English composer : ARNE
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Relative of "Look out!" : WATCHIT
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Fruit dessert : COMPOTE
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Irish exclamation : ARRA
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Guard : SENTRY
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Show recognition : NOD
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Runs : GOES
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Targets of monopoly laws : TRUSTS
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"Alone ___" : ATLAST
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Drum : TABOR
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House servant, in India : HAMAL
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Carryall : RETICULE
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Amphitheater : ARENA
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Soft jobs : SINECURES
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Vamp : SIREN
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___-cake : PATA
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Light shade : TINT
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Must : HASTO
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Old zither : ASOR
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___ en pointe : ENTE
Down
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Musical instruments : HARPS
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Suburb of Brussels : EVERE
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Seal : SIGIL
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Earthquake : SEISM
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French novelist : LOTI
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Oast : OVEN
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Buyers of Dalmatians : FIREMEN
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Football scores: Abbr. : TDS
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Word with gang or stitch : CHAIN
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Belmont feature : HANDICAP
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Steel cleat : ANGLEIRON
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French silk : SOIE
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___ van der Rohe : MIES
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Vigor : STARCH
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Sets up : ERECTS
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Classify : ASSORT
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Awn : ARISTA
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Does banquet work : CATERS
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Aware of : ONTO
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Requirement : NEED
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Loot : SWAG
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Pacific plant : TARO
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Big headlines : STREAMERS
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Spanish-dance item : CASTANET
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Occult : MYSTIC
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Light-brown furs : NUTRIAS
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South American plain : LLANO
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Sharp : ACUTE
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Engraving tool : BURIN
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Fragrant : OLENT
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Remainder, in France : RESTE
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Jumble : HASH
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Song : ARIA
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Within: Prefix : ENTO
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Rent : TEAR
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Evian, for one : SPA

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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