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New York Times, Friday, August 15, 1969

5-Across : Let.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,307
Across
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Undermines. : SAPS
5
Let. : ALLOW
10
With "dead," certain faces. : PANS
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Eskimo town. : ETAH
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President of Guinea. : TOURE
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Latin abbreviation. : ETAL
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Girl's name. : CORA
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Companion of 3 Down. : TURTLEDOVE
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Small bird. : TITMOUSE
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City in County Kerry. : TRALEE
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Marie Antoinette. : REINE
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Leaf detail. : VEINLET
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Kind of path. : BRIDLE
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Cap. : BERET
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Scarlet. : RED
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Lawn tools. : EDGERS
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___ jure. : IPSO
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Avid. : EAGER
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Objective. : END
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Hurt. : ACHED
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St. Paul's architect. : WREN
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Granite-like rock. : GNEISS
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Common verb. : ARE
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Flint-like rock. : CHERT
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More unbelievable: Colloq. : TALLER
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Bill Russell, for one. : ATHLETE
50
Dry gully, in India. : NALLA
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Marine hazards. : SHOALS
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Ducks. : MALLARDS
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Relative of 52 Across. : CANVASBACK
57
Mrs. Helmer. : NORA
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Indian. : OTOE
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Tidal bore. : EAGRE
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Annual golf match. : OPEN
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Smears. : TARS
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True's companion. : TRIED
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Bastes. : SEWS
Down
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Part: Abbr. : SECT
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Thine: Fr. : ATOI
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Pear-tree present. : PARTRIDGE
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Humiliated. : SHAMED
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Harmonized. : ATTUNED
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Slang for spoil, with "up." : LOUSE
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Spoon or spinner. : LURE
8
Crumb. : ORT
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Some fighters. : WELTERS
10
Schoolmasterish. : PEDANTIC
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Kwajalein. : ATOLL
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H.M.S. Pinafore's fleet. : NAVEE
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Weather term. : SLEET
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Cleveland sight. : ERIE
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Ship. : OILER
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Composer of "Ernani." : VERDI
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Concoction. : BREW
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Grade of admiral. : REAR
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Name in U. S. poetry. : BENET
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Kind. : GENRE
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Part of a Paton title. : PHALAROPE
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Like the Sahara. : SERE
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River to the Baltic. : ODER
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Surrounded lands. : ENCLAVES
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Ugly ___ sin. : ASALL
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Prepares. : GETSSET
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Pursued. : STALKED
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Loki's daughter. : HELA
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Plains of Southwest. : LLANOS
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Tie. : ASCOT
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"He went ___ way." : THATA
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Bridge card. : HONOR
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Pearl-shell substance. : NACRE
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Wise men. : MAGI
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Pulled. : DREW
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Without: Fr. : SANS
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Kind of bell. : BAR

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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