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New York Times, Monday, August 28, 1972

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 29.3
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,416
Across
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Tissue, at times : SCAR
5
Tact : POISE
10
Tree genus : ACER
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Tramp : HOBO
15
Abolish : ANNUL
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French miss: Abbr. : MLLE
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Mimicked : APED
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Item for 4 Down : TENNISBALL
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Laudatory words : WELLDONE
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Irish county : GALWAY
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Like the Gobi : ARID
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Ill temper : BILE
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Sailcloth : CANVAS
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Do arithmetic : SUBTRACT
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Survey, old style : AVIEW
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Breathing organs : GILLS
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Buck's other half : DOE
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South African : BOER
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Veil material : TULLE
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Despondent : BLUE
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Permit: Abbr. : LIC
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Unsure : SHAKY
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Observant : ALERT
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Builders : ERECTORS
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Scarcity : DEARTH
44
Conrad's Jim : LORD
45
French meat : PORC
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Spanish title : SENORA
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Famous bridge : BROOKLYN
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Recipe item : HEAVYCREAM
55
Football scoreboard reading : OOOO
56
River of France : ORNE
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"Oh, how ___ to get up ... " : IHATE
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Impulse : URGE
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Ruler : TSAR
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Prepared fruit : CORED
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River duck : TEAL
Down
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G.B.S. : SHAW
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___ with (contend) : COPE
3
Actor Walter : ABEL
4
Net star : RODLAVER
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Dialect : PATOIS
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Upright : ONEND
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Olde English stopover : INNE
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Day: Abbr. : SUN
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Bachelor, to some : ELIGIBLE
10
Author Eric : AMBLER
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Chela : CLAW
12
She, in Turin : ELLA
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Count on : RELY
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Seasons : SALTS
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Attract : DRAW
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Browbeat : BULLY
25
Wire : CABLE
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Have: Fr. : AVOIR
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Relative : NIECE
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Fine fabrics : SILKS
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U.S. educator : ADLER
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Area for 4 Down : COURT
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Drill targets : TEETH
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Lineman : GUARD
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Of the chest : THORACIC
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Kind of skit : BLACKOUT
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News account : STORY
40
Prefix for drome or sol : AERO
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Forage plant : CLOVER
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Fated : DOOMED
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Talk idly : PRATE
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Jigger : SHOT
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Dealers in: Suffix : EERS
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Girl's nickname : NANA
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___ fruit (yield) : BEAR
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Body of knowledge : LORE
51
Discipline of sorts : YOGA
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Yuletide : NOEL
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Greek letter : RHO

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

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