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New York Times, Tuesday, June 24, 1969

20-Across : Taking in.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.68, Missing: { J K V X Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,255
Across
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Yet. : SOFAR
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Language study: Abbr. : GRAM
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Irish body. : DAIL
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Refuse. : TRASH
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Streaked. : LINY
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Likewise. : ALSO
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Nest. : AERIE
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Companion of means. : ENDS
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Cabal. : PLOT
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Taking in. : GLEANING
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Dance of sorts. : TAP
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Tavern. : INN
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Feminine. : GIRLISH
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Quagmire. : MORASS
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Flirt. : COQUETTE
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O'Casey, for one. : IRISH
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Cry. : SHOUT
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Manner. : AIR
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Cinderella's garb. : RAGS
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Do penance. : ATONE
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French pronoun. : ELLE
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Past. : AGO
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Euphoria. : BLISS
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Southern dish. : GRITS
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Small rodent. : GERBILLE
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Uncomfortable. : QUEASY
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Nature. : ESSENCE
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Vehicle. : BUS
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Norse goddess. : HEL
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Floods. : FRESHETS
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Sage. : WISE
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Indian. : ERIE
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Frame. : EASEL
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Wading bird. : IBIS
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Top-notch. : AONE
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Opera-box wear. : TIARA
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Legal document. : TORT
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Peel. : RIND
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Thrown. : SLUNG
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Buck. : STAG
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City in Russia. : OREL
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Diet. : FARE
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World area. : ASIA
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Schumann's Third Symphony. : RHENISH
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Early astronaut. : GLENN
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Wagnerian work. : RING
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Besides. : AND
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Aura. : MYSTIQUE
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Speckle. : DAPPLE
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Word for a tie, in tennis. : ALL
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Equal: Prefix. : ISO
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Fate. : LOT
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Parts of yds. : INS
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In ___. : ARUT
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Hired thugs. : GOONS
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Where Firenze is. : ITALIA
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Shore birds. : STILTS
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Dissenting belief. : HERESY
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Desert sight. : MIRAGE
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Storms: Fr. : ORAGES
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Severities. : RIGORS
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Beast. : ASS
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Selected. : CHOSE
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Subway entrance. : STILE
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Welcome signal. : ALLCLEAR
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Poet's word. : ERE
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Stem. : BINE
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Clothing inserts. : GUSSETS
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Command. : BEHEST
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Neighbor of Ont. : QUE
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Produce. : BREED
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Sibelius. : FINN
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Greet. : HAIL
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Brother of Jacob. : ESAU
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Gull. : TERN
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Lava. : SLAG
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Perception. : WIT
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Nigerian tribe. : IBO
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Title. : SIR
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Reine's counterpart. : ROI

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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