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New York Times, Friday, June 20, 1969

20-Across : Iron: Prefix.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { G J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,251
Across
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Wearing apparel. : HATS
5
Component of Westerns. : POSSE
10
Broadway musical. : MAME
14
Spanish duke. : ALBA
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Jacob's brother and others. : ESAUS
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Touch. : ABUT
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Page. : LEAF
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French pronoun. : NOTRE
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Cozy home. : NEST
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Iron: Prefix. : FERRO
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Japanese coin. : RIN
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Percentage levy. : TITHE
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Brecht play. : AMANSAMAN
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Biography of Dr. King (with "What"). : MANNEROFMAN
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Initials on an audit. : CPA
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Part of a Gershwin song title. : ITAINT
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Longing. : YEN
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Chairman's place. : DAIS
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Passage. : TRANSIT
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Arid wastes. : SAHARAS
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U.S. playwright. : RICE
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Sound of woe. : SOB
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New York, formerly. : COLONY
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Novice: Abbr. : APP
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Type of work. : MANUALLABOR
47
Highest of Green Mountains. : MANSFIELD
48
Wash up. : CLEAN
51
N. Y. school union: Abbr. : UFT
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Give way. : YIELD
56
Cut of meat. : LOIN
57
Slow down. : BRAKE
59
Continuously. : EVER
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Prefix meaning height. : ACRO
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Lease again. : RELET
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Make over. : REDO
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City of the schnitzel. : WIEN
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United. : ASONE
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Sudden sound. : SNAP
Down
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One over two. : HALF
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Sailor's direction. : ALEE
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Type of lift. : TBAR
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Red fabric dye. : SAFRANINE
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Authors' group. : PEN
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Chilean volcano. : OSORNO
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Fulfill expectations. : SATISFY
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Appellations. : SURNAMES
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Compass point. : ESE
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"The ___ the Glass Booth." : MANIN
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Foster. : ABET
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Mawkishness. : MUSH
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Diminutive suffix. : ETTE
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Auguries. : OMENS
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Color. : TAN
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Skilled worker. : ARTISAN
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Restrain in a way. : MANACLE
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Snail genus. : MITRA
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Anchor position. : ATRIP
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Civil rights org. : NAACP
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Mediterranean tree. : CAROB
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Upright or grand. : PIANO
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Ancient empire: Abbr. : ASSYR
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Former French Premier and others. : DALADIERS
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Haircuts. : TONSURES
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Berried shrub. : HOLLY
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Niagara Falls's neighbor. : BUFFALO
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Companion of beast. : MAN
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U.S. astronomer. : AITKEN
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Opera role. : MANON
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Scratch and tear. : CLAW
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Places. : LOCI
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Island republic. : EIRE
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Balanced. : EVEN
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Mother of Castor. : LEDA
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Discontinue. : DROP
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Bikini part. : BRA
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Season in Nice. : ETE

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

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