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New York Times, Monday, August 20, 1973

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F J Q X }, Scrabble score: 304 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 23.3
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,773
Across
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"Critique" philosopher : KANT
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Swing jazz : BEBOP
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Coarse hominy : SAMP
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Dies ___ : IRAE
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All-inclusive word : EVERY
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Familiar pseudonym : ELIA
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Zodiac division : SIGN
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Sarah's rival : HAGAR
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Squad or versa : VICE
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Let up : SLACKENED
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Menagerie attraction : ZEBRA
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Assault : ONSET
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Shackle : PINION
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Batters' wear : HELMETS
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Thoreau's milieu : POND
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Varnish resin : ANIME
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Moon phases : CRESCENTS
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Short syllable : MORA
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Lachrymose : TEARY
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August, in Paris : AOUT
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Valedictories : SWANSONGS
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Confuse : ADDLE
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Powder : DUST
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Polluted : UNCLEAN
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London Bridge's crossing : THAMES
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Secular body : LAITY
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Synonym man : ROGET
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Gave pros and cons : DISCUSSED
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Symbol of strength : IRON
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Sun-dried brick: Var. : DOBIE
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Where Drake U. is : IOWA
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Lingo : CANT
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Pinafore : APRON
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Estonian weight : NAEL
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Largo and West : KEYS
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Pont-Neuf's crossing : SEINE
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Nimble : SPRY
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Rodin subject : KISS
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Seed part : ARIL
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Cobra : NAGA
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Behavior guideline : TENCOMMANDMENTS
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Order : BEHEST
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Fleeting : EVANESCENT
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Engender : BEGET
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Mouthward : ORAD
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Heat: Prefix : PYR
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Pride, lust, etc. : SEVENDEADLYSINS
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Excuse : ALIBI
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Infinitesimal : MICRO
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Exultant music : PAEAN
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Kind of bend : KNEE
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Galvanizing agent : ZINC
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Nosegay : POSY
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Amateur sparks : HAMS
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Sufficient, in verse : ENOW
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Currency in Trieste : LIRA
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Religious belief : PERSUASION
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Kind of time : RAG
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Plant joint : NODE
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Russian city : TULA
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British gun : STEN
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Movement in sleep : TOSS
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Tallow ingredient : SUET
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In ___ (existent) : ACTU
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Kind of creed : NICENE
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One of a bridge 13 : TRICK
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Season's goddesses : HORAE
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___ column : AGONY
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Archive books : LIBRI
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Solve, with "out" : DOPE
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Saddle ___ : SOAP
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Pitcher : EWER
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Former TV host John : DALY
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Prosecutors: Abbr. : DAS

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2 unique to this puzzle, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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