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New York Times, Wednesday, October 8, 1969

40-Across : Garb for Sir Walter.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,361
Across
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U. S. sculptor. : TAFT
5
Brief try. : STAB
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Glacial ridges. : OSAR
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Inter ___. : ALIA
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College song word. : BOOLA
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Lopez number. : NOLA
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Tip, as a plane. : BANK
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Used a scull. : OARED
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Shouts, in Paris. : CRIS
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Go to ___. : SEED
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Statute: Fr. : LOI
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Punched: Slang. : BOFFED
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Cubs' cousins. : BROWNIES
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___ a sudden. : ALLOF
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Dry measure of Brazil. : MOIO
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Auk genus. : ALCA
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Use a branding iron. : SEAR
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Strict. : RIGID
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Program. : BILL
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Marionette man. : SARG
39
Ending for tonsil. : ITIS
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Garb for Sir Walter. : CLOAK
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Small change in Madras. : ONERUPEE
43
Pleasure trips. : JAUNTS
44
Kyushu mountain. : ASO
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Excellent. : AONE
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Word of caution. : DONT
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Hawk feature. : TALON
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In bad ___. : ODOR
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Heraldic term. : ENTE
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Stabilizes. : EVENS
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Wine vessel. : OLPE
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Indicative, for instance. : MOOD
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Word for some novels. : SEXY
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Desideratum. : NEED
Down
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Forbidden. : TABU
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Heraldic dog. : ALAN
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Encounter. : FIND
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Supposes. : TAKESFORGRANTED
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___-so. : SOAND
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Raced. : TORE
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Porter and others. : ALES
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Ill will. : BADBLOOD
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Infrequently. : ONCEINABLUEMOON
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Marsh bird. : SORA
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Came down. : ALIT
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Incautious. : RASH
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Sounded off, in a way. : BOOED
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Navigational hazard. : REEF
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Use the oars. : ROW
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Singer. : BASSO
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New York city. : OLEAN
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Blaze up suddenly. : FLARE
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Hobgoblin: Var. : BOGIE
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U. S. social reformer. : RIIS
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Troy, to the Greeks. : ILION
30
Fanfare. : ECLAT
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Jonas and family. : SALKS
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Small sum. : MITE
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Comebacks. : RIPOSTES
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Tilt. : CANT
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Take advantage of. : USE
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Alden and others. : JOHNS
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Kind of newspaper column. : AGONY
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The same: Lat. : IDEM
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Words to a child. : NONO
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In the know. : ONTO
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Ecstatic review. : RAVE
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Holly. : ILEX
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At rest. : IDLE
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Slangy negative. : NOPE
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A Scott. : DRED

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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