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New York Times, Thursday, September 18, 1969

52-Across : Sustenance.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.40, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 101, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,341
Across
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Subdue. : CAPTURE
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Oberammergau play. : PASSION
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Attainment. : ARRIVAL
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Goddess of fertility. : ASTARTE
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Salt-water bird. : SEADUCK
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Place apart. : ISOLATE
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Hot foods. : TAMALES
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Removed. : DELETED
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Beat it. : LAM
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Linen. : NAPERY
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Warm up. : THAW
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Gusset, for one. : INSET
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Daydreaming. : ROMANCING
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Orchestrate. : SCORE
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Superior. : ABOVE
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Periodical, for short. : MAG
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Latin. : ROMAN
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Saunter. : MOSEY
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Ecology. : BIONOMICS
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Author of "Now We Are Six." : MILNE
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To ___. : ATEE
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Blue-flowered European herb. : BORAGE
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Banking abbreviation. : PCT
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Sustenance. : ALIMENT
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More in need of a diet. : STOUTER
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Rice dish. : RISOTTO
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Survive. : OUTLIVE
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Texas oil town. : OVERTON
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Not weary. : UNTIRED
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Wise counselors. : NESTORS
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Manuscript advisers. : READERS
Down
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Playbill listing. : CAST
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Vicinity. : AREA
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Hyde Park sight. : PRAM
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Burst of feeling. : TIDALWAVE
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Part of the palate. : UVULA
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Acid in certain grapes. : RACEMIC
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Men of an order. : ELKS
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Remunerated. : PAID
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Compliance. : ASSENT
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Atrium wear. : STOLA
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Dried orchid tubers. : SALEP
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Incensed. : IRATE
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Fur. : OTTER
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Wanting. : NEEDY
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Mine car. : TRAM
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Rod rider. : HOBO
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Book after Joel. : AMOS
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Rain clouds. : NIMBI
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Slow one. : SNAIL
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Urge. : EGGON
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French marshal. : NEY
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Sign of a hit. : SRO
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Feather star. : COMATULID
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Neglect. : OMIT
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Contest. : RACE
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Otherwise: Scot. : ENSE
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Planet. : NEPTUNE
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Friend of Odysseus. : MENTOR
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English title. : BARON
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Shade of green. : OLIVE
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Gets up. : RISES
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Lifeless, old style. : AMORT
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___ the point. : GETTO
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Chorister's vestment. : COTTA
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Heavy weights. : TONS
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Cream used for dressing. : SOUR
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Shock reducer for a car. : TIRE
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" ... well, hardly ___." : EVER
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Colors. : REDS

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

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