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New York Times, Monday, October 13, 1969

28-Down : Haughty airs.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.25, Missing: { J K Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 264 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,366
Across
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Kind of exam. : ORAL
5
Closely related group. : TRIBE
10
Dull. : DRAB
14
Texas city. : WACO
15
Picture riddle. : REBUS
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Overhang. : EAVE
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French resort. : NICE
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Like the pre in predict. : UNACCENTED
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Floundered through water. : SLOSHED
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Alice's host and others. : HATTERS
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Consumers. : USERS
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Lily plant. : ALOE
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More composed. : SANER
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Wave menacingly. : BRANDISH
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Liquid measure in France. : LITRE
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Guitar parts. : FRETS
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Scottish denial. : NAE
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Room in a harem. : ODA
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Came up. : AROSE
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Boston's Red or Chicago's White. : SOX
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Write. : PEN
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Word with Scott. : GREAT
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Have ___ to pick. : ABONE
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Admired. : ESTEEMED
43
Valleys. : DALES
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Actor Walter. : ABEL
45
River to the Missouri. : OSAGE
47
Sweet potato. : OCARINA
50
Land on Black Sea. : RUMANIA
53
Carillonneur. : BELLRINGER
55
Watt, for one. : SCOT
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Conception. : IDEA
57
Families of plants: Suffix. : ACEAE
58
Dispatched. : SENT
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Weather abbreviation. : TEMP
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Lacks. : NEEDS
61
Genesis figure. : ESAU
Down
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Acknowledges. : OWNS
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Wading bird. : RAIL
3
V.I.P. in April. : ACCOUNTANT
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"How to Succeed" composer. : LOESSER
5
Aligning device. : TRUER
6
Divides. : RENDS
7
Philippine tree. : IBA
8
European capital. : BUCHAREST
9
Increase in intensity. : ESCALATE
10
Like some fenders. : DENTED
11
Rank high. : RATE
12
Claim. : AVER
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River areas. : BEDS
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Jackets. : ETONS
21
Present. : HERE
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Incline. : SLOPE
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Staff men. : AIDES
27
Extensive. : BROAD
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Haughty airs. : INSOLENCES
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River of France. : SAONE
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Puts the whammy on. : HEXES
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Function independently. : FREELANCE
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Ultramarine blue. : ARMENIAN
38
Legendary eastern prince. : GEBIR
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George Eliot's Bede. : ADAM
40
Sugar-cane residue. : BAGASSE
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Part of a winter cap. : EARLAP
45
Mountain nymph. : OREAD
46
Coastal winds of Chile. : SURES
47
Newspaper item. : OBIT
48
Yield. : CEDE
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Ottoman standard. : ALEM
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Hebrides island. : IONA
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Aleutian island. : ATTU
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Horse command. : GEE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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