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New York Times, Tuesday, February 4, 1969

40-Across : Weed.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 4, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,115
Across
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Famed showman. : COHAN
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Maid, in India. : AYAH
10
"Grand Old ___." : FLAG
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Chicago airport. : OHARE
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Wool: Lat. : LANA
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Old instrument. : LUTE
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Relative of sorts. : INLAW
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Machinist: Abbr. : ENGR
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Name in journalism. : OCHS
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Soldier's chest. : FOOTLOCKER
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Demonstration. : RIOT
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Luxury. : EASE
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High principles. : IDEALS
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European. : SLOVAK
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City in Illinois. : ELGIN
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Rice dish. : PILAF
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Genuses of the maidenhair fern. : ADIANTUMS
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Malay town. : ARAU
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Golf club. : SPOON
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___ first you ... : IFAT
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Weed. : DANDELION
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Troll. : GNOME
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Correct. : EMEND
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Playground item. : SEESAW
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Word on a movie trailer. : PREVUE
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Lake, in Italy. : LAGO
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Genesis figure. : LEVI
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Parts of newspaper plants. : PRESSROOMS
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Indigo. : ANIL
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Cries. : SOBS
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A relative, familiarly. : GRAMP
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Type: Abbr. : ITAL
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Small land area: Var. : ILOT
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Enroll. : ENTER
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British sand hill. : DENE
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French marshal and others. : NEYS
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Untidy. : MESSY
Down
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Small hat. : COIF
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Words of dismay. : OHNO
3
Circle. : HALO
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Smell ___. : ARAT
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A change for the better. : NEWLEAF
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Guinness and Templeton. : ALECS
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See 1 Across. : YANKEEDOODLEBOY
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Angel: Fr. : ANGE
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Song for 1 Across. : HARRIGAN
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Italian. : FLORENTINE
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Lammermoor name. : LUCIA
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Massachusetts town. : ATHOL
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Exploits. : GESTS
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Cabinet wood. : OAK
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Hubbub. : DIN
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Miner's nail. : SPAD
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Italian coin. : LIRA
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Luise Rainer role. : OLAN
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Start of career of 1 Across. : VAUDEVILLE
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Celebrity. : LION
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Neat as ___. : APIN
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Flying saucers. : UFOS
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Family member. : MAMA
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Goulash. : STEW
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Stays full time, as a servant. : SLEEPSIN
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Large bird. : EMU
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See 1 Across. : GEORGEM
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Certain doctors: Abbr. : SGS
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Cloth design. : PLAID
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French income. : RENTE
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French spa. : EVIAN
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Helpers: Abbr. : ASSTS
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Part. : ROLE
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French river. : ORNE
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Cereal. : OATS
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French women: Abbr. : MMES
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Full of life. : SPRY

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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