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New York Times, Tuesday, December 16, 1969

60-Across : Euphemistic.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,430
Across
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Commanded. : BADE
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Indian. : OMAHA
10
Be unavailing. : FAIL
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Same: Lat. : IDEM
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___ Lama. : DALAI
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Preminger. : OTTO
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Forest. : TIMBERLAND
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Old Portuguese coins. : REIS
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Flowering shrub. : SPIRAEA
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Melt. : DEFROST
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Rocky hill. : TOR
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Surround. : GIRDLE
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Asian. : THAI
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River of Kenya. : TANA
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Desert area. : OASIS
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Name in baseball. : SISLER
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Cover with an alloy. : TINPLATE
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Skill: Lat. : ARS
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Perfumery oils. : NEROLIS
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Half a piece of candy. : BON
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Leather. : DEERSKIN
43
"One if ___." : BYLAND
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Japanese in U.S. : ISSEI
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Enlivens, with "up." : PEPS
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Fruit drinks. : ADES
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Sweet Rosie. : OGRADY
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___ was saying. : ASI
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Dairy worker. : CHURNER
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Competed with. : RIVALED
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Group. : HERD
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Euphemistic. : NICENELLIE
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French river. : ORNE
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Corrupt. : TAINT
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"Zhivago" character. : LARA
65
Above, in Bonn. : UBER
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Be villainous. : SNEER
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Donkey: Ger. : ESEL
Down
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Boring tools. : BITS
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Take ___. : ADIP
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Cups. : DEMITASSES
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Involve. : EMBROIL
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Wine-skin: Sp. : ODRE
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Wine from Spain. : MALAGA
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State: Abbr. : ALA
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Part of an escalator. : HANDRAIL
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Helped. : AIDED
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In actuality. : FORREAL
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Polynesian god. : ATEO
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Tell it like ___. : ITIS
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Bewildered. : LOST
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Audience. : EAR
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Storied rabbit. : FLOPSY
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Sang in a way. : INTONED
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Hebrew letter: Var. : TSADI
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Takes on. : HIRES
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Journey. : TREK
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Mexican plants. : SABADILLAS
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Try ___ more time. : ITONE
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Delivers. : SENDS
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Banner. : ENSIGN
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His ___. : NIBS
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Of the waterside. : RIPARIAN
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Salesman's concern. : REORDER
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Philadelphia college. : LASALLE
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Fruit stone. : PYRENE
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Lets. : RENTS
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Salutation. : AVE
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En-lai. : CHOU
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Thyme or rue. : HERB
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Vase: Fr. : URNE
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Kind of verb: Abbr. : INTR
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Island republic. : EIRE
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Pass the cards : DEAL
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French co. : CIE

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6 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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