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New York Times, Saturday, November 29, 1969

8-Down : Word for diamonds.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 46, Avg Word Len: 4.84, Missing: { F K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 264 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,413
Across
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French classical painter. : DAVID
6
Abolitionist Wendell. : PHILLIPS
14
Sidestep. : EVADE
15
Does a tennis turn. : RECEIVES
16
Arts. : WILES
17
Weaken. : ENERVATE
18
Arabian or Sulu. : SEA
19
Footlike part. : PES
20
Writes. : PENS
21
Organic basis of bone. : OSSEIN
23
Letter. : ESS
24
Dervish headgear. : TAJ
27
Set out. : BEGIN
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Musical finale. : CODA
30
Guidebook item. : MAP
33
React to a sudden noise. : START
34
Had a taste for. : CARED
35
Toughen. : ENURE
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Proceed, in Scotland. : GAE
38
White poplar. : ABELE
39
Out. : NOTIN
40
Legal term. : INREM
42
His: Fr. : SES
43
Woman of Norse myth. : IDUN
44
Fertilizer salt. : NITRE
45
Cluster of fibers. : NEP
46
Throw, as a baseball. : PEG
48
"Things are in ___ mess." : ASORRY
52
Fatigue. : WEAR
54
Stand-off. : TIE
55
Gardener's tool. : HOE
56
Taking the plunge. : DIVINGIN
58
Estuary of a river. : LIMAN
60
Prehistoric era. : STONEAGE
61
Kind of drum. : SNARE
62
More shabby, familiarly. : CHEESIER
63
English poet. : DONNE
Down
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Condensation. : DEW
2
Dispatch boat. : AVISO
3
Low grounds. : VALES
4
Seminar products. : IDEAS
5
French preposition. : DES
6
Committing oneself in advance. : PREENGAGING
7
Biddies. : HENS
8
Word for diamonds. : ICE
9
Secretions on eucalyptus trees. : LERPS
10
"Private ___." : LIVES
11
Russian name. : IVAN
12
Where puppies are sold. : PETSTORES
13
Direction: Abbr. : SSE
19
Magpie. : PIET
22
Buddy. : EBSEN
23
Streisand, for one. : ENTERTAINER
25
Fred's sister. : ADELE
26
Tires. : JADES
28
Certain Mideasterner. : IRANI
29
Hack. : CAB
30
"___ White." : MENIN
31
Electrode. : ANODE
32
Suffer. : PUTUPWITH
34
Engraved gem piece. : CAMEO
36
___ tin-tin. : RIN
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Gaelic. : ERSE
46
Early U. S. pamphleteer. : PAINE
47
Sea birds. : ERNES
49
Snouted animal. : RHINO
50
Kind of nose. : ROMAN
51
Pine. : YEARN
53
Cry of bacchanals. : EVOE
54
Buster Brown's dog. : TIGE
56
Military medal: Abbr. : DSC
57
Merry, in Paris. : GAI
58
Psychedelic drug. : LSD
59
Word in wedding story. : NEE

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

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