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New York Times, Thursday, November 27, 1969

66-Across : Mountain: Prefix.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 5, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,411
Across
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Beginning. : ALPHA
6
Moving. : ASTIR
11
Vestment. : ALB
14
Large lizards. : GILAS
15
Labor man. : MEANY
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New Guinea port. : LAE
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With 59 Across, a well-known route. : OVERTHERIVERAND
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Gather. : REAP
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Name in Genesis. : ABEL
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Outing. : HIKE
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Waldorf's companion. : ASTORIA
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Asian desert. : GOBI
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Poetic preposition. : OER
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Like plywood. : LAMINOSE
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With 38 and 44 Across, a holiday destination. : GRAND
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Whatnots. : ETAGERES
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Pronoun. : HER
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See 33 Across. : MOTHERS
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Deprive of: Prefix. : DIS
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Transport. : AIRLINER
44
See 33 Across. : HOUSE
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Mobile homes. : TRAILERS
47
Spinning toy. : TOP
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Schiaparelli. : ELSA
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Where Dijon is. : COTEDOR
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Rat ___. : ATAT
56
East Indian hardwood tree. : POON
58
Baseball team. : NINE
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See 17 Across. : THROUGHTHEWOODS
63
Beverage. : NOG
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Ballerina Shearer. : MOIRA
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Examine accounts. : AUDIT
66
Mountain: Prefix. : ORO
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De Valera. : EAMON
68
Marks with dots, in editing. : STETS
Down
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Athens sight. : AGORA
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Plutarch's specialty. : LIVES
3
Skirt fold. : PLEAT
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Weapon for Ahab. : HARPOON
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One connected with: Abbr. : AST
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Protozoan. : AMEBA
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Withered. : SERE
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Part of a truck. : TAILGATE
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Bid to a party: Abbr : INV
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New York suburb. : RYE
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Kirghiz range. : ALAI
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Thin. : LANK
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George Eliot character. : BEDE
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Pelage. : HAIR
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River to the North Sea. : RHINE
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Herbert operetta subject. : REDMILL
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Sharif. : OMAR
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V.I.P. : BIGSHOT
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Annealing ovens. : LEHRS
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Turkish port on Black Sea. : ORDU
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Six in Spain. : SEIS
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Actual being. : ESSE
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Mountain pass in India. : GHAT
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Laugh: Sp. : REIR
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Irish expletive. : ARRA
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Persons. : ONES
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Ancient Hebrew household gods. : TERAPHIM
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Stay stationary, at sea. : LIETO
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Unfold. : OPENOUT
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Dial sound. : TONE
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Broadway name. : COHAN
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Electron tube. : DIODE
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Piece of gossip. : ONDIT
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Takes it easy. : RESTS
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"___ extra cost." : ATNO
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U. S. missile. : THOR
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Constellation in Milky Way. : ARGO
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Other: Sp. : OTRO
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River in Sweden. : UME
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Where Panjim is. : GOA
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Common verb. : WAS

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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