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New York Times, Friday, November 7, 1969

33-Down : Turnpike.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 310 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,391
Across
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Remove. : DOFF
5
Canine. : TOOTH
10
Drawing. : MAP
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Of an age. : ERAL
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Silas Marner's charge. : EPPIE
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African antelope. : KUDU
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Pulsometer. : VACUUMPUMP
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Kind of school: Abbr. : ELEM
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Place between. : INTERPOSE
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Zoo attraction. : HYENA
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Chemical substances. : SALS
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___ Ste. Marie. : SAULT
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Air Force rating: Abbr. : SGO
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Onion's cousin. : LEEK
29
Netted. : SNARED
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School books. : TEXTS
34
Comic-strip hero. : DICKTRACY
36
Dope. : INFO
37
Paper size. : ATLAS
38
Lizard. : GILA
39
Safe. : FOOLPROOF
41
Biological unit. : MONAD
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Former P.O. name. : FARLEY
43
Evening in Roma. : SERA
45
Main, et al. : STS
46
Reverie. : DREAM
48
Ottoman. : TURK
50
Russian novelist. : GOGOL
52
Remove. : ELIMINATE
57
Site of Taj Mahal. : AGRA
58
Pirate. : FREEBOOTER
59
Peruse. : READ
60
Brazilian parrot. : ARARA
61
Monitor lizard. : URAN
62
Old Turkish title. : BEY
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Units of force. : DYNES
64
Tessera. : TILE
Down
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Hindu goddess. : DEVI
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City of Algeria. : ORAN
3
Datum. : FACT
4
Vents. : FLUES
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Shirley. : TEMPLE
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Anti. : OPPOSEDTO
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Musical work. : OPUS
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Periods of history. : TIMES
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With it. : HEP
10
Certain caravans. : MULETRAINS
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Arabian gulf. : ADEN
12
Western cat. : PUMA
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Florida islet. : KEYLARGO
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Asian range. : URALS
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Pursue. : HUNT
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Queries. : ASKS
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Rigid. : STIFF
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Birthplace of Columbus. : GENOA
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Conservative shade. : OXFORDGRAY
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Distances in Europe, for short. : KILOS
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Acclaim. : ECLAT
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Pairs. : DYADS
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Turnpike. : TOLLROAD
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Coffee-pot: Fr. : CAFETIERE
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Indo-European. : ARYA
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Marmalade ingredient. : PEEL
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Lanza. : MARIO
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Dances. : RUMBAS
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Festive. : MERRY
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Leather whip. : KNOUT
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Attire. : GARB
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S molding. : OGEE
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Slant. : LEAN
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Town of Italy. : ATRI
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Fresh-water duck. : TEAL
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Sea bird. : ERNE
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Style. : FAD

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

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