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New York Times, Monday, November 17, 1969

20-Across : Passé creature of song.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,401
Across
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Marshal of W. W. I. : HAIG
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___ the belt. : BELOW
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Color. : ROSE
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U. N. initials. : USSR
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Arden. : ENOCH
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Statue in Piccadilly. : EROS
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Lopez tune. : NOLA
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___ frutti. : TUTTI
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Show no fear. : DARE
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Passé creature of song. : GRAYMARE
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Tillie was one. : TOILER
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Benefit. : SAKE
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Early colonist. : PENN
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Red hue. : CERISE
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Poe story subject. : BLACKCAT
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Portents. : OMENS
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Heavy construction rig. : CRANE
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U.S. humorist. : ADE
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Equine color. : ROAN
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Name for a pinto. : PAINT
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Club of a kind. : GLEE
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Ocean: Abbr. : ATL
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Impels. : SENDS
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Contemporary composer. : ARLEN
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Hot-weather quaff. : LEMONADE
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Light colors. : CREAMS
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Risqué. : RACY
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Fold. : COTE
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Celestial being. : SERAPH
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Stuffy one. : BLUENOSE
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Russian name. : IVAN
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Priam's son. : PARIS
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Adored one. : IDOL
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Strong taste. : TANG
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Nishapurans. : IRANI
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Pianist Peter. : NERO
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Grafted, in heraldry. : ENTE
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Used up. : EATEN
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Pleased expression. : GRIN
Down
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Juries, at times. : HUNG
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Hebrew lyre. : ASOR
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Ocean area: Sp. : ISLA
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Companion of London's Inner Temple. : GRAYSINN
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Remove oneself. : BETAKE
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Take effect. : ENURE
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Shrub of Southwest. : LOTE
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Month: Abbr. : OCT
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Termite. : WHITEANT
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Business loser's need. : REDINK
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Using speech. : ORAL
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Aggrieved. : SORE
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Danish weights. : ESER
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Assemble. : MASS
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Start of many a tale. : ONCE
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Preparations. : PLANS
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Sea of Australia. : CORAL
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Overplay. : EMOTE
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Sphere of influence. : REALM
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Wedding-day V.I.P. : BRIDE
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Lily variety. : CALLA
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Revoke, legally. : ADEEM
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Early years. : TEENS
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Licorice stick. : CANDY
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Dessert. : PEACHPIE
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Variety of apple. : GREENING
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Cookie. : SNAP
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"Vissi d'___." : ARTE
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Royal house of Netherlands. : ORANGE
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Relative. : COUSIN
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Biological gradient. : CLINE
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Place. : SITE
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Welsh name. : EVAN
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Carry on. : RANT
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Junior, at times. : BRAT
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River to the Baltic. : ODER
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Fern clusters. : SORI
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College in N. C. : ELON
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Macaw. : ARA

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

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