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New York Times, Friday, October 24, 1969

42-Down : Picks.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.33, Missing: { F J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,377
Across
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Baseball gear. : MITTS
6
Pond fish. : CARP
10
Connectives. : ANDS
14
Chemical particle. : ANION
15
Viva voce. : ORAL
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Scene. : VIEW
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Gal Friday. : STENO
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___ part. : ACTA
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Whenever. : ONCE
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Beer quantity. : KEG
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Trevi's cousin. : WISHINGWELL
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Times. : ERAS
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Idle. : OTIOSE
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Chum. : PAL
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Coin. : DIME
29
Noises. : DINS
30
Watered silk. : MOIRE
32
Kind of pot. : MELTING
34
Fastened. : PINNED
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Bell sound. : DONG
36
Dress size. : NINE
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Dictate. : IMPOSE
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Dwells. : RESIDES
43
Standards. : NORMS
44
Canonical hour. : SEXT
45
Tools. : AXES
47
Petition. : SUE
48
Inured. : USEDTO
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River into Korea Bay. : YALU
51
Some friends. : INSEPARABLE
54
Mal de ___. : MER
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Shirt ornament. : STUD
56
Spice. : MACE
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Vestment. : AMICE
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Schedule. : TIME
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Zoo attractions. : APES
61
A Nick. : SANTA
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Perceived. : SEEN
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Pause. : REST
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Ringlet. : TRESS
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Hidden. : MASKED
2
Meantime. : INTERIM
3
Stadium result. : TIEGAME
4
Weight. : TON
5
One winter, to poets. : SNOW
6
Winter sport. : COASTING
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Curved. : ARCHING
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Proportions. : RATIOS
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Thinks ahead. : PLANS
10
Profess. : AVOW
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Kegler's target. : NINEPIN
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Say. : DECLARE
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Puffed up. : SWELLED
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Antiseptic. : IODINE
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Zodiac sign. : GEMINI
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Rarely. : SELDOM
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24 hours. : ONEDAY
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Even bet. : TOSSUP
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Weapon. : PISTOL
36
Second. : NEXTBEST
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Demands. : INSISTS
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Proverbial man-getter. : MOUNTIE
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Take for granted. : PRESUME
40
Certain cards. : REDACES
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Test. : EXAMINE
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Picks. : SELECTS
44
Monterrey garb. : SERAPE
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___ shootin'. : SUREAS
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Visayan island. : SAMAR
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British V.I.P. : EDEN
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Bridge position. : EAST
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Damage. : MAR

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

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