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New York Times, Tuesday, January 14, 1969

2-Down : Famous explorer.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,094
Across
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W. W. II vehicle. : JEEP
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Burns and others. : POETS
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Kind of tool. : RASP
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Late cartoonist. : ARNO
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Extremely. : ULTRA
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Outer: Pref. : ECTO
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Offers. : BIDS
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Morning song. : MATIN
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Abstain. : SHUN
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Shout. : SCREAM
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Lengthwise. : ENDTOEND
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Swiss mathematician. : EULER
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Deserve. : EARN
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Governs badly. : MISRULES
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Rented. : LEASED
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Old French coin. : ECU
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Lithuanian port. : MEMEL
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___ nous. : ENTRE
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Take it easy. : LOLL
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Combats. : DUELS
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River in Kenya. : TANA
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Enroll. : ENTER
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Once-snazzy footwear. : SPATS
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Mae West role. : LIL
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Attempts. : ESSAYS
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Garages' predecessors. : SMITHIES
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Spanish lady. : DONA
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Famous name in comedy. : ALLEN
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Subdues. : CHASTENS
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Made a record. : LOGGED
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Prefix for motive. : LOCO
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One at ___. : ATIME
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La Douce. : IRMA
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Hebrew letter. : ALEF
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Certain birds. : KITES
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L. A. team. : RAMS
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Unheeding. : DEAF
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Perfume. : SCENT
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Girl's name. : ADAH
Down
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Boxing maneuvers. : JABS
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Famous explorer. : ERIC
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Outcomes. : ENDRESULTS
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Pretender. : POSEUR
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Beat. : PUMMELED
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Palm leaf. : OLA
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Diminutive suffix. : ETTE
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Threefold. : TRINE
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Shoe. : SANDAL
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Deep and full. : RESONANT
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Suffix for heart or head. : ACHE
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Bewilder. : STUN
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Pool. : POND
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Astringent. : ALUM
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Ash, for one. : TREE
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Famous twin. : REMUS
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Free-for-all. : MELEE
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Images. : ICONS
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Leaks. : SEEPS
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Russian city of W. W. II. : STALINGRAD
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Pyle. : ERNIE
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Transactions. : DEALS
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Andes inhabitant. : LLAMA
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Starts an inning. : LEADSOFF
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Most peaceful. : STILLEST
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Indian peasant. : RYOT
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W. W. II battle city. : STLO
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Furtive ones. : SNEAKS
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Journey of escape. : HEGIRA
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Dido. : ANTIC
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Covered. : CLAD
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Calcutta had one. : HOLE
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Suffix in zoology. : ACEA
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Location. : SITE
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Novel heroine. : EMMA
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L. I. commuter word. : DASH
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Brothers. : MEN

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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