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New York Times, Tuesday, June 17, 1969

15-Across : Exorbitant interest.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { W }, Scrabble score: 314 (avg 1.68)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,248
Across
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Chemical endings. : ATES
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Said, of yore. : QUOTH
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Wear out. : JADE
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Upcoming. : NEXT
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Exorbitant interest. : USURY
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Roman poet. : OVID
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Familiar. : ACQUAINTED
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Unyielding. : HARD
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Goes back and forth. : SHUNTS
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Peace. : SERENITY
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Where the Adige flows. : ITALY
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Friendship. : AMITY
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Annie Oakley. : PASS
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Red ink item. : IOU
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Italian numeral. : SEI
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"___ was saying ... " : ASI
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Rebuffs. : SNUBS
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Turkish soldier. : NIZAM
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Siamese. : CAT
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Stranded, as a ship. : AGROUND
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Gershwin. : IRA
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Show obeisance. : KNEEL
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Wise ones. : SAGES
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___ grata. : NON
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Auto tag: Abbr. : LIC
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Draw off. : TAP
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Tunisian seaport. : SFAX
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Cliburn's forte. : PIANO
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Vaquero gear. : REATA
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Blameworthy. : CULPABLE
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Dolce far ___. : NIENTE
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G.I. addresses. : APOS
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Terrorist. : NIGHTRIDER
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Not taped. : LIVE
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Heep. : URIAH
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Curiosity Shop girl. : NELL
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Decamped. : FLED
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Sample. : TASTE
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Sly: Br. dialect. : SLEE
Down
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Miscellanies. : ANAS
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Georgia ___. : TECH
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Perfected. : EXQUISITE
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Attention-getters. : STUNTS
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Traitor. : QUISLING
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Gob's monogram. : USN
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Ump's calls. : OUTS
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Larch or Carob. : TREE
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Freshwater polyps. : HYDRAS
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Polish king. : JOHNIII
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Had, in France. : AVAIT
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Squalid. : DIRTY
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Charybdis feature. : EDDY
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___ loss. : ATA
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Corrects. : EMENDS
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Pronoun. : YOURS
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Organized group. : PACK
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___ example. : ASAN
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W. W. II marine threat. : UBOAT
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Salt marsh. : SALINA
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Sweeten. : SUGAR
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Red table wine. : ZINFANDEL
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Venezuelan copper center. : AROA
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Tailless cat. : MANX
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Pain-killer. : NEPENTHE
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Slipped by. : ELAPSED
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European hazel. : COBNUT
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Mugs. : STEINS
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Eye part. : PUPIL
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"The Man ___." : ILOVE
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Give the ___. : AIR
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Farm animal. : CALF
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Money on the Corso. : LIRA
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Sponsorship. : EGIS
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Prefix with vise and cast. : TELE
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A Gardner. : ERLE
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Topper. : HAT

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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