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New York Times, Wednesday, September 6, 1972

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q U X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 35.5
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,425
Across
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Variety's Green : ABEL
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" ... and ___ golden sorrow" : WEARA
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Condensations : DEWS
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Wax: Sp. : CERA
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Monsters : OGRES
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New Haven people : ELIS
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Wheeze for rash people : HASTEMAKESWASTE
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Put in the ledger : ENTERED
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Girls' names : LEILAS
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Japanese coin : RIN
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"___ to the church on time" : GETME
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Spanish port : PALOS
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Little shaver : LAD
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London tots' transit : PRAMS
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Ladd : ALAN
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Wire measure : MIL
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Baseball name in L.A. : ALSTON
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Hatcheck item : TIP
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Surfeit : SATIATE
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Mauna ___ : LOA
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Having sword-shaped leaves : ENSATE
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Nova Scotia's Grand ___ : PRE
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Listen! : HARK
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Like some marshes : REEDY
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London specialty : FOG
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Western chaser : POSSE
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Wide awake : ALERT
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Irish group: Abbr. : AOH
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Equipment for Steichen : CAMERA
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Winner's follower : ALSORAN
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Pixilated : MADASAMARCHHARE
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Level : EVEN
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Group of three: It. : TERNA
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Dollar bills : ONES
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Bivouac gear : TENT
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Greek theater : ODEON
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Suffix for photo or rheo : STAT
Down
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Head woe : ACHE
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Vegetable : BEAN
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Formerly, in olden days : ERST
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After a while : LATERON
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Mrs. and Ms. : WOMEN
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Old oath : EGAD
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Ararat visitor : ARK
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Walked unsteadily : REELED
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Ledger entry : ASSET
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Casino workers : DEALERS
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Miss Lanchester : ELSA
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Clever ones : WITS
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Nautical reading : SSE
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Goddess of discord : ERIS
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Nun's headwear : WIMPLE
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Pine turpentine : GALIPOT
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Writer Walter : PATER
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Straighten : ALINE
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Backslide : LAPSE
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Reading course, for short : LIT
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Reference book : ATLAS
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Wastelands : MOORS
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Kind of oil or pit : SNAKE
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West : MAE
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Used up : ATE
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Fashions : STYLES
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S.A. country: Abbr. : ARG
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Unyielding : ADAMANT
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Christmas sounds : HOHOHOS
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Incriminated falsely : FRAMED
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Tony : POSH
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Muse : ERATO
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Northern highway : ALCAN
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Mammoth, for one : CAVE
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Arabian area : ADEN
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Italian river : ARNO
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Carry on : RANT
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Space : AREA
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___-ce pas? : NEST
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N.Y. opera : MET
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Common verb : ARE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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