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New York Times, Tuesday, November 4, 1969

22-Across : Limestone deposit in a cave.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J K Q W X Y }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,388
Across
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Composer. : BACH
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School chore. : THEME
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"What ___ God wrought!" : HATH
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Pain. : ACHE
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Less frequent. : RARER
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Monster. : OGRE
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Gunlock catch. : SEAR
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Jimmy Valentine, for one. : ALIAS
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Sail aloft. : SOAR
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___ Doctrine. : TRUMAN
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Limestone deposit in a cave. : STALAGMA
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___ Triste. : VALSE
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Narrow: Prefix. : STEN
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Unpopular vine. : CLINGING
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Acme. : ZENITH
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Chinese dynasty. : HAN
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Fragrant oil. : ATTAR
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Hindu title. : RANEE
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Eye part. : IRIS
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Flavor. : SAPOR
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Math ratio. : SINE
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Nidi. : NESTS
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Strikes out. : DELES
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Man's nickname. : TED
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Respect. : ESTEEM
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Marl and tartar. : DEPOSITS
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Carrots' friends. : PEAS
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Balkan capital. : SOFIA
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Tyro. : BEGINNER
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Motley crowd. : RAGTAG
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Landed. : ALIT
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Special tidbit. : TREAT
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Shade of green. : NILE
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Pacific sea. : SULU
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Once-popular stocking fabric. : LISLE
68
Welsh name. : EVAN
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Cuff. : SLAP
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Put in the ledger. : ENTER
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Try out. : TEST
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Cordage fiber. : BAST
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Genus of maple. : ACER
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Superpatriot. : CHAUVINIST
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Musician Woody. : HERMAN
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Passes over. : TRANSITS
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Name for Henry VIII. : HAL
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Greek goddess. : ERIS
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Protein foods. : MEATS
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Not the real McCoy. : ERSATZ
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Shouts of praise. : HOSANNAS
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Excited. : AGOG
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English vehicle. : TRAM
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Greek Juno. : HERA
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Seaweed. : ALGA
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Nasty look. : LEER
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Toward the center. : ENTAD
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Backbone of an animal. : CHINE
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Household gods. : LARES
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Yawned. : GAPED
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Get-up-and-go. : INITIATIVE
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Belief. : TENET
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Minds. : HEEDS
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Parts. : ROLES
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Get a move on. : STEPITUP
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Leg man. : REPORTER
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Noted. : SEEN
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Living-room piece. : SOFA
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Mickey. : MANTLE
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Small seal. : SIGNET
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Finch. : SERIN
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Fish. : BASS
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Hebrew month. : ELUL
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Western river. : GILA
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Take it easy. : REST
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Too bad. : ALAS
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Man, informally. : GENT
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Drink. : ALE

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

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