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New York Times, Saturday, January 11, 1969

53-Across : Vergil word.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,091
Across
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Relief-pitchers' area. : BULLPEN
8
Southern Battlefield site. : COWPENS
15
Lack of energy. : ANEURIA
16
Small opening. : AREOLET
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Glowing. : RADIANT
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___ France. : LABELLE
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More, in music. : PIU
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Truly. : YEA
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Pronoun. : ITS
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Miquelon. : ILE
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Little terrors. : IMPS
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Ski area. : SLOPE
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Philippine tree. : IPIL
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Colonist's Indian friend. : NETOP
30
Nigerian town. : EDE
31
Bat man. : CASEY
32
Diner menu listing. : DONUT
34
Royal raiment. : ERMINES
36
Bound. : TRUSSED
38
Candia people. : CRETANS
41
Cardiff citizens. : WELSH
45
Cautious. : CHARY
46
He's ___ it. : HAD
48
Go over briefly. : RECAP
50
Own. : HAVE
51
Describing some shad. : BONED
53
Vergil word. : ARMA
54
Nepal peak. : API
55
Pro. : FOR
56
Islet. : CAY
58
Against: Abbr. : OPP
59
Motto's cousins. : SLOGANS
61
Au courant. : ALAMODE
63
Scarlett's friend. : MELANIE
64
Boss. : MANAGER
65
Wages. : STIPEND
66
Sties. : PIGPENS
Down
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Brooch. : BARPIN
2
Pointed, as at random. : UNAIMED
3
Paved the way. : LEDUPTO
4
French pronoun. : LUI
5
Beseech. : PRAY
6
___ Tages (one day): Ger. : EINES
7
Christmas, in Italy. : NATALE
8
Measuring instrument. : CALIPERS
9
Take the stump. : ORATE
10
Flies' hazards. : WEBS
11
U. S. writer. : POE
12
Geometrical figure. : ELLIPSE
13
Nice or nervous. : NELLIES
14
Hard. : STEELY
24
Family member. : SON
26
South Russian. : ODESSAN
27
Fleming. : IAN
29
Soft material. : PUTTY
31
Drink. : CIDER
33
Song syllable. : TRA
35
Pet sound. : MEW
37
Thrown, in a way. : UNHORSED
38
Necklace. : CHAPLET
39
Pasta dish. : RAVIOLI
40
Before. : ERE
42
Grazing area. : LEA
43
Dickens character. : SCROOGE
44
Memorable U. S. actor. : HAMPDEN
45
Abysses. : CHASMS
47
Skip out. : DECAMP
49
Documents. : PAPERS
51
W. Pacific island group. : BONIN
52
___ Lama. : DALAI
55
Temple, old style. : FANE
57
Goose honk. : YANG
60
Space. : GAP
62
Diagram. : MAP

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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