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New York Times, Wednesday, November 5, 1969

61-Across : Atavistic traits.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,389
Across
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Art movement. : DADA
5
Water plant. : TRAPA
10
Rope. : STAY
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Tiff. : SPAT
15
Rise up. : REBEL
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Weapon: Fr. : ARME
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Associates. : COLLEAGUES
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Cuts off. : LOPS
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Asssorted. : MISCELLANEOUS
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Triumphant cry. : AHA
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Half a score. : TEN
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Part of the head. : TEMPLE
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Companion. : MATE
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Radio annoyance. : STATIC
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His: Fr. : SES
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Laomedon's son. : PRIAM
34
Applies paint. : COATS
36
Trappings. : PARAPHERNALIA
41
More shifty. : SLIER
42
Bakery items. : ROLLS
44
Weekday: Abbr. : SAT
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Poetic foot. : IAMBUS
50
Coalition. : BLOC
51
Morsels. : CRUMBS
53
Never: Ger. : NIE
55
Swiss canton. : URI
56
Equipage. : ACCOUTREMENTS
60
Turkish liquor. : RAKI
61
Atavistic traits. : REVERSIONS
64
Drinks. : ADES
65
Moslem prince. : EMEER
66
Gait. : TROT
67
Parks. : BERT
68
Kind: It. : SORTA
69
Ago: Scot. : SYNE
Down
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Medal: Abbr. : DSC
2
Mindanoan volcano. : APO
3
Croation region. : DALMATIA
4
Gudrun's husband. : ATLI
5
Vestiges. : TRACES
6
Ruler. : REGENT
7
___ Kasim. : ABUL
8
Skin. : PEEL
9
German shepherd. : ALSATIAN
10
Oregon city. : SALEM
11
Soldiers. : TROOPS
12
Hypodermic vial. : AMPULE
13
Assents. : YESSES
18
East: It. : EST
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Drink of the gods. : NECTAR
22
Elec. unit. : AMP
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Orchestra instrument. : HARP
27
Facial features. : EARS
29
Sour. : ACERB
30
High hill. : TOR
33
California beach. : MALIBU
35
Boor. : SLOB
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Money units of Mideast. : PIASTRES
38
Haw's companion. : HEM
39
Deceptive. : ILLUSORY
40
Indonesian island group. : ALOR
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Univ. course. : SCI
44
Beetle. : SCARAB
45
Shopping area. : ARCADE
46
Tire, with "out." : TUCKER
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Improper. : UNMEET
49
Mountain chain. : SIERRA
52
Humid. : MOIST
54
Printing spaces. : ENS
57
San ___. : REMO
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Continually. : EVER
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Small birds. : TITS
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Common prefix. : NON
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Anne or Mary: Abbr. : STE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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