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New York Times, Wednesday, February 19, 1969

25-Across : ___ cry.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,130
Across
1
Famed Idahoan. : BORAH
6
Effort: Colloq. : STAB
10
Ceremonial word. : OBEY
14
Iowa community. : AMANA
15
Shakespeare character. : IAGO
16
Roman courts. : FORA
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Stand-in of a sort. : BABYSITTER
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Future racer. : FOAL
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Well-known nickname. : ARI
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Highland hillside. : BRAE
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Small lump. : NUBBLE
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Familiar. : NEAR
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___ cry. : AFAR
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Hetty. : GREEN
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Reflected. : MIRRORED
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Former Broadway star. : COHAN
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Harden. : BAKE
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Quality. : AURA
35
Man's name. : ARON
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French passage. : ALLEE
37
Cudgel. : DRUB
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Separate. : REND
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Author of "Mildred Pierce." : CAIN
40
Barters. : SWAPS
41
Reflex action. : KNEEJERK
43
Biblical verb. : SHALT
44
Function. : ROLE
45
Visionary. : AIRY
46
Shaken. : JOLTED
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Italian city. : ASTI
50
Davis's domain. : CSA
53
Western Indian. : UTAH
54
___ Day. : ALLHALLOWS
57
Stage direction. : SOLA
58
Muffle. : MUTE
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Veranda. : LANAI
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Duck. : TEAL
61
Anti. : AGIN
62
Wagnerian role. : SENTA
Down
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A dessert. : BABA
2
Poet. : OMAR
3
U.S. physicist. : RABI
4
One. : ANY
5
Tarnished idol. : HASBEEN
6
Popular instrument. : SITAR
7
London gallery. : TATE
8
Time. : AGE
9
Elsa's story. : BORNFREE
10
Theater area. : OFFBROADWAY
11
Sap. : BOOB
12
Of a time. : ERAL
13
Eastern campus. : YALE
18
U. N. member. : IRAN
23
Middle East initials. : UAR
24
Old-fashioned. : NEANDERTHAL
25
American poet. : AIKEN
26
Name in bridge. : GOREN
27
Lyons' river. : RHONE
28
Russian U.N. name. : MALIK
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Rustic. : RURAL
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Come out. : ERUPT
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Flatfish. : DABS
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Worry, old style. : CARK
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Noise. : BLARE
36
Place linked to Judas. : ACELDAMA
40
Cries loudly. : SHRILLS
42
G.I. nickname. : JOE
43
Name linked to Rama. : SITA
45
Gray. : ASHEN
46
Fair. : JUST
47
Indian. : OTOE
48
Refrain words. : LALA
49
Prefix for meter. : ALTI
50
Pilot. : CONN
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Sultan of ___. : SWAT
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Locale of the Himalayas. : ASIA
55
Drag. : LUG
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New Guinea port. : LAE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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