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New York Times, Saturday, February 1, 1969

3-Down : Platinum-like element.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 27, Avg Word Len: 5.50, Missing: { B J K X Z }, Scrabble score: 312 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 92, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,112
Across
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Drug. : QUININE
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Paper sizes. : QUARTOS
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Solve. : UNRAVEL
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Consistent. : UNIFORM
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Enliven. : ANIMATE
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Diving equipment. : AIRLINE
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Sparks. : NED
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Faddish item. : NOVELTY
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Diamond lady. : LIL
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Branch of math. : TRIG
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Flourishing. : PALMY
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European. : LETT
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Palate part. : UVULA
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Poets' word. : TIS
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Willowy. : LITHE
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Old tune title. : MEMORIES
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Critic of a sort. : CENSOR
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N. L. team. : REDS
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Marsh. : QUAG
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Game. : QUOITS
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Shook. : QUIVERED
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Wavy, in heraldry. : UNDEE
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___ generis. : SUI
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Deteriorate. : ERODE
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Noun suffixes. : ATES
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Dilutes. : THINS
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Prod. : SPUR
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Certain radios: Abbr. : SWS
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Zagreb is its capital. : CROATIA
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"___ on parle français." : ICI
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Actor. : HISTRIO
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Rather. : INSTEAD
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Ahead: Fr. : ENAVANT
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Women's golf titlist, 1967. : LACOSTE
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Councils. : SENATES
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Chose. : ELECTED
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A theory in physics. : QUANTUM
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Fluster. : UNNERVE
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Platinum-like element. : IRIDIUM
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Industrialist's org. : NAM
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John's relative. : IVAN
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Colonist's greeting to an Indian. : NETOP
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Inspires. : ELEVATES
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Have ___ (be apprehensive). : QUALMS
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Completeness. : UNITY
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Unsubstantial. : AIRY
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Take on gas: Abbr. : RFL
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Grooms. : TOILETS
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Bird: Prefix. : ORNITHO
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Ore processor. : SMELTER
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Ive League men. : ELIS
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___ in (takes pride). : GLORIES
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Dawdles. : LINGERS
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Spur on a peak. : ARETE
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Allowance. : LEAVE
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Psychoanalyst's concerns. : IDS
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Russian composer. : CUI
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Statistician's term. : QUINTILE
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Voids. : QUASHES
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Disentangle. : UNTWINE
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Certain Ukrainian. : ODESSAN
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Because: Latin. : QUIA
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Most viscous. : ROPIEST
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Instruct. : EDUCATE
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Laughed at. : DERIDED
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Fires. : SHOOTS
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Threefold. : TRINE
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Relating to a head part. : SINAL
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Suffix for Dixie or auto. : CRAT
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Engineer's group: Abbr. : ASCE
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Board created in 1933. : TVA
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Rap: Fr. : TOC

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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