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New York Times, Wednesday, November 12, 1969

20-Across : Turn yellow.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F G J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,396
Across
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Underground group. : CELL
5
The real ___. : MCCOY
10
Over, in Germany. : UBER
14
Name for Athena. : ALEA
15
"Mighty lak' ___." : AROSE
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Transient star. : NOVA
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Pole, for one. : SLAV
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Sources. : ROOTS
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" ... whose name was ___ in water." : WRIT
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Turn yellow. : TAKETOONESHEELS
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Recess. : NOOK
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Adjective suffix. : IAL
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Depress. : SADDEN
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Sky blue. : CERULEAN
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Wandered. : ERRED
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Roadside place. : MOTEL
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Word before down or low. : LIE
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Storyteller. : LIAR
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Two tablespoonfuls. : OUNCE
38
Go piggyback. : RIDE
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A queen's way out. : ASP
40
Building recesses. : APSES
41
Parceled out. : METED
42
Unobservant. : HEEDLESS
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Broadway fare. : COMEDY
45
Celtic name. : IAN
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Exposed. : BARE
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Redeye, for one. : SNAKEBITEREMEDY
55
Plant. : WORT
56
Shade of green. : OLIVE
57
Color for Alice. : BLUE
58
Building pier. : ANTA
59
Earthenware jars. : OLLAS
60
Dash. : ELAN
61
Outdo. : BEST
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Wails. : KEENS
63
Cincinnati players. : REDS
Down
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Playbill listing. : CAST
2
Fitzgerald. : ELLA
3
Slip out, as news. : LEAK
4
Scent. : LAVENDER
5
Shade of red. : MAROON
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Bend. : CROOK
7
Ringtailed animal. : COON
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Bone: Prefix. : OSTE
9
Emphatic affirmative. : YESSIREE
10
Ailing. : UNWELL
11
Drill. : BORE
12
Sinister. : EVIL
13
Betrayers. : RATS
21
Nailed obliquely. : TOED
22
Cart. : HAUL
25
Biblical term. : SELAH
26
Begin. : ARISE
27
Arrange in folds. : DRAPE
28
Pine-tree products. : CONES
29
Extras: Abbr. : ETCS
30
Cream. : ELITE
31
Helped. : AIDED
32
Destitute. : NEEDY
34
Disarrange. : MUSS
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Something easily understood. : OPENBOOK
38
Convey greetings. : REMEMBER
40
Wings. : ALAE
41
Additional. : MORE
43
Harsh unilateral settlement. : DIKTAT
44
Pet. : CARESS
46
Former British Laborite. : BEVAN
47
Mop. : SWAB
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___ of your business. : NONE
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Field of study. : ARTS
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That: Lat. : ILLE
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Drainage pipe. : TILE
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She, in Paris. : ELLE
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Pair. : DUAD
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Urges. : YENS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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