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New York Times, Wednesday, August 6, 1969

58-Across : Marsh plants.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F J W X Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,298
Across
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Weather word. : SMOG
5
Kind of tiger. : PAPER
10
Morse symbol. : DOT
13
Japanese seaport. : KOBE
14
Sprout, as a tree. : LEAVE
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Allotted. : GAVE
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Brookings, for one: Abbr. : INST
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Estate. : ACRES
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Common Latin abbreviation. : ETAL
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Deals with. : DOESBY
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Spellbind. : ENTHRALL
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Unobtrusive. : QUIET
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Appear. : SEEM
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Like a hot rod. : SOUPEDUP
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Stage fare. : DRAMAS
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Assent, in Paris. : OUI
34
Nile region. : NUBIA
36
___ sides. : ONALL
37
Thine: Fr. : ATOI
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British coin. : PENNY
41
Lackawanna's partner. : ERIE
42
Cut down. : PRUNE
44
Unearthed. : DUGUP
46
Draw from. : TAP
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Polite agreement. : YESSIR
49
Fighter. : PUGILIST
51
One: Lat. : UNUS
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Lawgiver. : SOLON
54
Trends. : CURRENTS
58
Marsh plants. : SEDGES
61
English painter. : OPIE
62
Bumpkin. : YOKEL
64
Station, in Paris. : GARE
65
Intellect. : MIND
66
Stage fare. : OPERA
67
If not. : ELSE
68
Culmination. : END
69
Mideast desert. : NEGEV
70
Exploit. : DEED
Down
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Auto mishap. : SKID
2
An infection, for short. : MONO
3
Fawning. : OBSEQUIOUS
4
Arises. : GETSUP
5
Accentuated. : PLAYEDUP
6
Gov't agency. : AEC
7
Shave off. : PARE
8
Roulette bets. : EVENS
9
Completed a court argument. : RESTED
10
Computer input. : DATA
11
Relative of a circle. : OVAL
12
Archer. : TELL
15
Pertinent. : GERMANE
20
Très ___. : BIEN
22
Role. : HERO
24
Packaged, in a way. : TUBED
26
Unctuous: Colloq. : SOAPY
27
Bizarre. : OUTRE
28
Kind of lamp. : PINUP
30
Tack item. : MARTINGALE
31
Another name. : ALIAS
32
Wooed Morpheus. : SLEPT
35
Cattle breed. : ANGUS
38
Made certain. : INSURED
40
Man of Zagreb. : YUGOSLAV
43
German article. : EINE
45
Rug feature. : PILE
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Historian of the Broadway scene. : RUNYON
50
Came to rest. : LODGED
52
Mine excavation. : STOPE
54
Get along. : COME
55
___ arms. : UPIN
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Marmalade ingredient. : RIND
57
Keel part. : SKEG
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Gaelic. : ERSE
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Progeny. : SEED
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Present in Soho. : ERE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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