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New York Times, Monday, January 6, 1969

4-Down : Plays for time.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { F J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,086
Across
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Candy purchases. : BARS
5
Gentle blow. : DAB
8
Kind of diver. : SCUBA
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Got down. : ALIT
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Bee: Prefix. : API
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Garlic units. : CLOVES
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Won back. : REGAINED
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Pencil-box items. : RULERS
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This year. : MCMLXIX
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Elaborate show. : PAGEANT
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"I cannot tell ___." : ALIE
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Recital number. : SONG
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Fin on a fish's back. : DORSAL
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Intertwines. : WREATHES
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Ab ___ (from the egg). : OVO
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Barracuda. : SPET
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Smiling. : RIANT
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Jut out. : BULGE
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Pasture. : LEA
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Nile feature. : DELTA
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Ewe cry. : BLEAT
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Gudrun's spouse. : ATLI
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Three of a kind. : III
43
Old Roman coin. : SESTERCE
45
Mountain lion. : COUGAR
48
Control. : REIN
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Tuscany river. : ARNO
50
Worked with dye. : STAINED
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Student of a sort. : TRAINEE
57
Hot. : TORRID
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Lively parties. : SHINDIGS
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Existence. : ENTITY
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Parrot of N. Z. : KEA
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Burma people. : LAIS
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Not shipshape. : MESSY
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Gaelic name. : IAN
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Otherwise: Scot. : ENSE
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Leaven. : BARM
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Guinness. : ALEC
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Complicated procedures. : RIGMAROLES
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Plays for time. : STALLS
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Lion's friend and others. : DANIELS
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Peak. : APEX
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Bridge word. : BID
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Lazybones. : SLUGGARD
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Porter. : COLE
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Part of the iris. : UVEA
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European capital. : BERN
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Helper: Abbr. : ASST
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Whooping ___. : CRANE
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Corn lily. : IXIA
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Entrance. : PORTAL
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Add calories. : SWEETEN
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___ Ferry, N. Y. : DOBBS
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Seedlet. : OVULE
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Secure. : TIE
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Certain Nova Scotian. : HALIGONIAN
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Abstract beings. : ENTIA
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Step. : STAIR
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N. Y. lake. : PLACID
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Hood's weapon. : GAT
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Long time. : ETERNITY
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Foolhardy. : ICARIAN
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Long and slender. : REEDY
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Algerian city. : ORAN
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Busy. : UNIDLE
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Arrest. : STEM
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Prevailing style. : TONE
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Liberal ___. : ARTS
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Author Murdoch. : IRIS
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Camelia shrub. : THEA
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Sponsorship. : EGIS
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Cousin of 59 Across. : ESSE
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Do the schuss. : SKI

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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