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New York Times, Monday, October 6, 1969

21-Down : U. S. pianist.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,359
Across
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Daunted. : AWED
5
Hired hands. : HELP
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Ort. : SCRAP
14
Surface. : PAVE
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River to Fulda. : EDER
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Hot pepper. : CHILI
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Biblical king. : AGAG
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Awry. : AGEE
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Wedding procession locale. : AISLE
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Music for Texas. : REDRIVERVALLEY
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Picked up the tab. : TREATED
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Of grandparents. : AVAL
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Fizzle. : DUD
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Bergman's daughter. : PIA
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Corn. : SALT
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Before's partner. : AFTER
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Worship given to saints. : DULIA
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Kind of rap. : BUM
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Music for Milwaukee. : BEERBARRELPOLKA
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Lion's share. : ALL
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Word for verdant walls. : IVIED
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Primp. : PREEN
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Pung. : SLED
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Adjective suffix. : IVE
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Nourished. : FED
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Vaulted recess. : APSE
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Made eerie sounds. : CLANKED
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Music for the West. : HOMEONTHERANGE
56
Deceptive. : FALSE
57
Algerian port. : ORAN
58
Weird Sister of "Macbeth." : NORN
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Crude tartar. : ARGOL
60
Pelts. : FURS
61
Actors' signals. : CUES
62
Dizzy and Daffy. : DEANS
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Regale. : FETE
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Feminine suffix. : ETTE
Down
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Isolated. : APART
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Bet. : WAGER
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Sidestep. : EVADE
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One who corrupts. : DEGRADER
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Hoisted. : HEAVED
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Won narrowly, with "out." : EDGED
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Evil look. : LEER
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Won. : PREVAILED
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Stairs, in Italy. : SCALA
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Discourages. : CHILLS
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Low hill. : RISE
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Confederate. : ALLY
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___ in the sky. : PIE
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U. S. pianist. : ITURBI
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Suffice. : AVAIL
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Thick soup. : PUREE
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First word of a palindrome. : ABLE
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Between Mark and John. : LUKE
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Gov't. agent. : TMAN
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Down with: Fr. : ABAS
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Dreadful. : FELL
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Distant: Prefix. : TELE
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Repelled. : DRIVENOFF
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Materialize. : APPEAR
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Dispatch boat. : AVISO
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Weapons in general. : ORDNANCE
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Kind of plum. : DAMSON
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Strip blubber. : FLENSE
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Strips. : PEELS
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Mariner's necessity. : CHART
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Flogging whip. : KNOUT
51
Heron. : EGRET
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Stupid. : DENSE
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Loser in a race. : HARE
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Girl's name. : OLGA
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Steadfast. : TRUE
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Craze. : FAD

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 8 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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