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New York Times, Wednesday, August 9, 1972

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { Q W Y Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 54.1 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,397
Across
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Mortarboard : CAP
4
Enumerates : LISTS
9
Kind of apple : CRAB
13
Half: Prefix : SEMI
14
Shaw : ARTIE
15
Latin man : HOMO
16
Encourage : ABET
17
Thousand, in Paris : MILLE
18
Mountain goat : IBEX
19
Kipling stories, to a cynic : JUSTSOSO
21
Wisconsin city : RACINE
23
Hindu holy man : SADHU
24
Wind indicators : VANES
25
Distort : GARBLE
28
Kind of verb: Abbr. : IRREG
31
___ face : ABOUT
32
Words of understanding : ISEE
33
Louts : OAFS
37
River port : DETROITMICHIGAN
40
Scoria : SLAG
41
Ore stratum : VEIN
42
Coeur d'___ : ALENE
43
Gets wind of : HEARS
45
Beat : PULSED
46
Reprimands : SLAPS
49
Hungarian conductor Georg : SOLTI
51
Future officers : CADETS
53
Kind of rug : ORIENTAL
57
Literary river : AVON
58
Capitol unit : HOUSE
60
River near Paris : OISE
61
Honey buzzard : PERN
62
Bobble : ERROR
63
Disgusts : IRKS
64
Ferber or Millay : EDNA
65
Conduits : MAINS
66
Help! : SOS
Down
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Philippine island : CEBU
2
Singer Ed : AMES
3
Where the Ohio River begins : PITTSBURGHPENNA
4
Pie à ___ : LAMODE
5
Kind of linen : IRISH
6
River port : STLOUISMISSOURI
7
Sesame : TIL
8
Cassandra : SEER
9
Lake port : CHICAGOILLINOIS
10
Spring sign : ROBIN
11
Agreeable, old style : AMENE
12
Recites the compass points : BOXES
13
East Indian tree : SAJ
20
City of Uruguay : SALTO
22
City way: Abbr. : AVE
25
Wanders idly : GADS
26
Murder victim : ABEL
27
List : ROTA
29
Curb : REIN
30
Payment chit: Abbr. : REC
32
Roman chariot's way : ITER
34
Ripens : AGES
35
Temple, in poetry : FANE
36
Prune: Scot. : SNED
38
Marsh elder : IVA
39
Terre ___ : HAUTE
44
Founded: Abbr. : EST
45
Pincers : PLIERS
46
Scenic view : SCAPE
47
Bathed : LAVED
48
Garnish : ADORN
50
Welles or Bean : ORSON
52
Noah's eldest : SHEM
54
Novice: Var. : TIRO
55
Quizzes : ASKS
56
French article : LES
59
Mouths : ORA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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