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New York Times, Monday, December 8, 1969

3-Down : Fall short.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,422
Across
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Cringe. : COWER
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Noted name in lithography. : IVES
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Teacher, for short. : PROF
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Hersey's town. : ADANO
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Hero of Hindu epic. : NALA
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Author Jaffe. : RONA
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Chants. : SINGS
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Movable knot. : SLIPNOOSE
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Confidentially. : ENTRENOUS
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Engage in. : ENTER
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Lansbury or Miller. : MAME
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Bacon's first home. : PIGSTY
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" ... ravel'd ___ of care." : SLEAVE
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God of Babylon. : BEL
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Sparkling. : STARRY
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Model. : PARADIGM
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Urgency. : HURRY
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Chemin de ___. : FER
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Repetitions. : REDOS
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Collectors. : AMASSERS
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Encloses firmly. : IMBEDS
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Galway, for one. : BAY
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Tries. : TASTES
43
Aimed for. : SHOTAT
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___ of the litter. : RUNT
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Skewered meat. : KABOB
49
Feat of 1969. : LUNARWALK
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Without fail. : EVERYTIME
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Made of a grain. : OATEN
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Slippery ones. : EELS
58
Mine, in Nice. : AMOI
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Relative. : NIECE
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Combo. : TRIO
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Cold, drafty place. : BARN
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Gambler's thousand. : GNOTE
Down
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Situation. : CASE
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Scandinavian god. : ODIN
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Fall short. : WANT
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Man at the throttle: Abbr. : ENGR
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Devil's child, in fiction. : ROSEMARYSBABY
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"___ secluded rendezvous." : INSOME
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Worth. : VALUE
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Men in blue. : ELIS
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Undermine. : SAP
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Tine. : PRONG
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Sources. : ROOTS
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Assault. : ONSET
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Land of enchantment. : FAERY
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Noted rock collector. : NEILARMSTRONG
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Blue shade. : NAVY
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Part of m.p.h. : PER
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Wine additive. : STUM
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Poem by Byron. : LARA
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Goes wrong. : ERRS
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Prohibit. : BAR
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Tibetan sheep. : SHA
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Footlike part. : PES
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Obligation. : DEBT
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___ fixe. : IDEE
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Their mills grind slowly. : GODS
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Writings: Abbr. : MSS
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Relative of a cookout. : FRY
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Use up. : EAT
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Collection: Suffix. : IANA
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Adjust the radio. : TUNEIN
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Trapshooting. : SKEET
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Actress June. : HAVER
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Old manuscript symbols. : OBELI
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Trunk. : TORSO
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Fast-traveling thing. : RUMOR
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City in Ohio. : LIMA
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Farm wagon. : WAIN
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Polynesian god. : ATEO
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Discourse: Abbr. : LECT
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Joint. : KNEE
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Label. : TAB

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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