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New York Times, Monday, December 30, 1968

39-Across : Beach features.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { X }, Scrabble score: 334 (avg 1.75)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 7,079
Across
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Stroll. : WALK
5
Imitate a vine. : CREEP
10
Man from Tallin. : ESTH
14
Egyptian god. : AMON
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Engineroom man. : OILER
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Je ne sais ___. : QUOI
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Mod phrase. : GOGO
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Fanciful names. : SOBRIQUETS
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Advertise, in a way. : SKYWRITE
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Ensembles. : SUITES
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Suffers. : AILS
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Laundry item. : SOAP
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Effervescent. : BUBBLY
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Through. : FINISHED
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Where the Adige flows. : ITALY
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Eye color. : HAZEL
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Pitching statistic: Abbr. : ERA
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Hardy character. : JUDE
36
Buffoon. : JOKER
37
Campus group. : FRAT
38
Assn. : ORG
39
Beach features. : DUNES
40
Oppressive. : CLOSE
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Like some baseball runs. : UNEARNED
43
Unclaimed. : NOONES
44
Shrewd. : CAGY
45
Fire: Prefix. : PYRO
46
Respite. : LAYOFF
49
Nameless ones. : SOANDSOS
53
Bridge extras. : OVERTRICKS
55
Concerning. : INRE
56
Senior member. : DEAN
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E. Indian tree wood. : ALOES
58
Roman goddess of fate. : NONA
59
Misdoes. : ERRS
60
Extreme. : ULTRA
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Actress Verdon. : GWEN
Down
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Humorists. : WAGS
2
Berserk. : AMOK
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Sluggish. : LOGY
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Within one's ken. : KNOWABLE
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With comfort. : COSILY
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Disorders. : RIOTS
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River of Germany. : ELBE
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Noun ending. : EER
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Captive. : PRISONER
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Supplies. : EQUIPS
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Fat. : SUET
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Kind of bag. : TOTE
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Sibilant sound. : HISS
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Cower. : QUAIL
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Turbid. : RILY
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Appraises (with "up"). : SIZES
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Gem. : BIJOU
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Traffic maneuver. : UTURN
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Sign of office. : BADGE
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Pretended. : FAKED
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Egret. : HERON
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Remove. : ERASE
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Engagements. : DATES
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Sweet spread. : HONEY
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View from Interlaken. : JUNGFRAU
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Engulfing. : FLOODING
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Current of air. : DRAFT
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Menu item. : CORN
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Certain squashes. : ACORNS
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African lake. : NYASSA
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Las Vegas game. : POKER
46
Deposit of ore. : LODE
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State positively. : AVER
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Calendar unit. : YEAR
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Highlander. : SCOT
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Certain flakes. : SNOW
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French river. : ORNE
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Gaelic name. : SEAN
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Under the weather. : ILL

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

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