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New York Times, Monday, March 17, 1969

27-Down : Items measured in Calaveras County.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Min Word Len: 4, Missing: { J Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,156
Across
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Fenced. : PALED
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Trampled. : TROD
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Sound of impact. : WHAM
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Like greatly, informally. : ADORE
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Golden or general. : RULE
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Moki Indian. : HOPI
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Beans. : LIMAS
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Mine passage. : ADIT
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Wild goat. : IBEX
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Type of type. : AGATE
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A bird's reply. : NEVERMORE
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Nice and Aspen. : RESORTS
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Sister of Ares. : ERIS
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Small container. : VIAL
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Inviter to a parlor. : SPIDER
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Set out. : COMMENCED
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Staircase, in Sicily. : SCALA
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Part of the eye. : UVEA
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Bleak. : STARK
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Actor Ladd. : ALAN
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Betrothal notice. : BANNS
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Slender. : SPINDLING
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Got away from. : ELUDED
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Augur. : SEER
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Kind of estate. : REAL
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Most heedless. : DEAFEST
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Hub for Congressmen. : CLOAKROOM
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Old school necessity. : SLATE
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Bird of prey. : HAWK
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Kon-___. : TIKI
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Old card. : TAROT
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Nonworking. : IDLE
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Of an age. : ERAL
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Former dancer Castle. : IRENE
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State of being: Suffix. : NESS
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Escritoire. : DESK
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Gives up. : CEDES
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Like a stake. : PALAR
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Italian river. : ADIGE
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City of Peru. : LOMAS
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A Muse. : ERATO
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Merit. : DESERVE
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Deals. : TRANSACTS
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Unpolished. : RUDE
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Kind of drab. : OLIVE
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Causes second thoughts. : DETERS
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Word for Milne's works. : WHIMSICAL
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Rods rider. : HOBO
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Mimic. : APER
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Mexican Indian. : MIXE
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Clothing mishaps. : RIPS
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Cans. : TINS
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Items measured in Calaveras County. : LEAPS
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Modern painter. : DALI
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Impetuosity. : ELAN
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Chimed. : RANG
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Kind of root. : CUBE
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A White House room. : OVAL
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Item in a cafe window. : MENU
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May apples. : MANDRAKES
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Dairy product. : DRIEDMILK
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Leg part. : KNEE
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Go after. : SEEK
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Severe. : DRASTIC
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Flitted. : DARTED
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French river. : LOIRE
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Signal. : FLARE
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Describing an otary. : EARED
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Word with sand or cobble. : STONE
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French heads. : TETES
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Jabber: Colloq. : CHIN
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Stow cargo. : LADE
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Birds. : OWLS
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Cheeses made by Trappists. : OKAS

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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