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New York Times, Monday, December 15, 1969

7-Down : Egg-shaped ornaments.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.68, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,429
Across
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Head or heart affliction. : ACHE
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Support. : PROP
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Inspirit. : ELATE
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Ship's personnel. : CREW
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Dream in Dijon. : REVE
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Enraged. : LIVID
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Janice. : RULE
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Hoople oath. : EGAD
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Nasty look. : GLARE
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Fish. : EEL
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Stowe girl. : EVA
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Beer city. : PILSEN
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Rickey ingredient. : SLOEGIN
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Skirt length. : MINI
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"Too ___ hot." : DARN
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Zero. : NIL
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Soufflé ingredients. : EGGS
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Dinah. : SHORE
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City in Crete. : CANEA
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Richard ___. : ROE
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Anne's husband. : WILLSHAKESPEARE
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Give one's ___. : ALL
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Cobbler's concern. : SOLES
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"___ in terris." : PACEM
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Giant great. : MAYS
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Gat. : ROD
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Dam's mate. : SIRE
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Ski lift. : TBAR
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Ravi. : SHANKAR
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Famous Will. : ROGERS
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Long time. : EON
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Before. : ERE
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City in Japan. : IMARI
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Jerusalem landmark. : WALL
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Highway sign. : SLOW
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Lily's cousin. : ONION
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Roper. : ELMO
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Or ___. : ELSE
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Vacuous. : SILLY
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Cubs, for instance. : TEAM
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Ogled. : EYED
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Lands. : ACRES
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Like Sade. : CRUEL
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Broadway greeting. : HELLODOLLY
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Ram's mate. : EWE
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Conductor André. : PREVIN
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Goneril's sister. : REGAN
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Egg-shaped ornaments. : OVA
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Foot: Prefix. : PED
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Collector of marbles. : ELGIN
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Bea. : LILLIE
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Gardner and others. : AVAS
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Wear. : TIRE
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Anthony. : EDEN
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Way out. : EGRESS
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Stacks. : PILES
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Warren. : EARL
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Lewis locale. : MINES
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"___ Came the Stranger." : NAKED
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Princess from Philadelphia. : GRACEKELLY
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Vidal. : GORE
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Appear. : SEEM
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Followed Miss Ederle. : SWAM
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Eyes of beans. : HILA
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Heat: Lat. : CALOR
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Old Roman Way. : APPIAN
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Israeli reels. : HORAS
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___ one's keep. : EARN
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Body alcohol. : STEROL
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Aleichem. : SHOLOM
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Word for the deep. : BRINY
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Diamond. : SELMA
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Part of Stein line. : AROSE
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Joined anew. : REWED
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Grande et al. : RIOS
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Prefix for scient or bus. : OMNI
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Inventor Borden. : GAIL
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Like a swimmer. : WET
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Drink. : ALE
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Note. : SEE

Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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