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New York Times, Wednesday, October 29, 1969

7-Down : Navigational device.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,382
Across
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Shin's neighbor. : CALF
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Onus. : BLAME
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Saucy. : PERT
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"I cannot tell ___." : ALIE
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Smeared in a way. : OILED
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Cry of the Bacchantes. : EVOE
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Pop. : SODA
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Wife of Le Roi. : REINE
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River islands. : AITS
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Well-known pendant. : SWORDOFDAMOCLES
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Chaney. : LON
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"Add ___ of bitters." : ADASH
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Drags in. : HALES
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Letters on an orthodontist's door. : DDS
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Printer's spacing strips. : LEADS
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Wood sorrels. : OCAS
34
Go. : HIE
35
Cut again. : RESNIP
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Breaks the bank. : WINSBIG
38
Ionian gulf. : TARANTO
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"___ a post." : DEAFAS
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Pose. : SIT
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Western alliance. : NATO
42
Hunter of the sky. : ORION
43
Indian. : UTE
44
Berlin hotel of note. : ADLON
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Appropriated. : STOLE
47
French noble. : DUC
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Sheepskin encores. : GRADUATEDEGREES
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Indian title. : RANI
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Wisconsin city. : RIPON
57
Of an age. : ERAL
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Norse name. : ERIC
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Correct. : EMEND
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Fields: Lat. : AGRI
61
Stroll. : WALK
62
Fearless one. : DARER
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Shed. : MOLT
Down
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Architect Gilbert. : CASS
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Nautical position. : ALOW
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Venetian strand. : LIDO
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Li'l Abner's idol. : FEARLESSFOSDICK
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Metalloid element. : BORON
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Gladly. : LIEF
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Navigational device. : ALIDADE
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Bacchantes. : MENADS
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Swelling ailment. : EDEMA
10
That school-girl complexion. : PEACHESANDCREAM
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Bad. : EVIL
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Parrot-talk. : ROTE
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Novel heroine. : TESS
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Frenchman's back. : DOS
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Canadian physician. : OSLER
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First words of a greeting. : HOWDO
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Quaker gray. : ACIER
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Hawaiian porch. : LANAI
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Excavate. : DIG
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Yearly record, old style. : ANNAL
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The same. : DITTO
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Fishing lure. : SPOON
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Possessive. : HIS
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Lab creature. : RAT
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African people. : BANTU
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Roadbed fixture. : TIE
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More difficult. : STEEPER
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Last syllable. : ULTIMA
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Summer month: Abbr. : AUG
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Rowed. : OARED
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Tree: Prefix. : DENDR
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Sprouted. : GREW
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___ avis. : RARA
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Indigo. : ANIL
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Cooked. : DONE
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Therefore. : ERGO
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Nobleman. : EARL
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Narrow opening. : SLIT

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

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