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New York Times, Tuesday, April 29, 1969

31-Across : Record again.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F J K X }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,199
Across
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Naval historian. : MAHAN
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Start of soliloquy. : TOBE
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___ were. : ASIT
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Place of action. : SCENE
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Soon. : ANON
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Hair style. : UPDO
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Kind of vote. : STRAW
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Arm of Black Sea. : AZOV
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Strong wind. : GALE
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Doldrums. : HORSELATITUDES
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France's St. ___. : CYR
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Slangy affirmatives. : YEHS
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Track event. : DASH
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Stout's cousin. : ALE
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Record again. : RETAPE
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In the style of: Fr. : ALA
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Comb: Prefix. : CTENO
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Girl's name. : TANIA
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Parental advice, old style. : MINDYOURPSANDQS
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Join. : ENTER
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Debacles. : ROUTS
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Regret. : RUE
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Mariner. : SEAMAN
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Baton Rouge campus. : LSU
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Pare. : PEEL
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___ about. : ONOR
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Degree. : NTH
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Emotion of a kind. : CROCODILETEARS
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0900, for example. : HOUR
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Iris part. : UVEA
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"Just ___ ... " : ASIAM
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Greek mountain. : OSSA
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Focusing device. : LENS
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Wagner character. : SENTA
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Power unit. : WATT
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Was: Lat. : ERAT
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Defeated narrowly. : EDGED
Down
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Concern of editors. : MSS
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Relative of cortisone. : ACTH
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Sandwich. : HERO
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Denier of authority. : ANARCH
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Gossipy. : NEWSY
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South African language. : TAAL
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Spanish weight. : ONZA
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Spoils. : BOOTY
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Jealous one. : ENVIER
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Queen Anne's literary age. : AUGUSTAN
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Nail. : SPAD
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Trifling. : IDLE
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Digits. : TOES
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Muse. : ERATO
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Greek letters. : THETAS
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Women: Slang. : DAMES
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Straighten. : ALINE
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"The Secret of ___ Vittoria." : SANTA
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Their: Fr. : LEUR
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Enter. : ENROL
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Kostelanetz. : ANDRE
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Dress goods. : PIQUE
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Canvas holder. : EASEL
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Rostand subject. : CYRANO
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Work. : OPUS
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Party man. : DEMOCRAT
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Dwarf. : STUNT
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Lump. : NODULE
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Scheduled. : PHASED
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Bronx or East. : RIVER
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Card, as wool. : TEASE
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Dog. : CHOW
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Sub ___. : ROSA
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Eject. : OUST
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Horne. : LENA
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Middle or Far. : EAST
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Opera cycle. : RING
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Glut. : SATE
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Reckless. : MAD

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2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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