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New York Times, Friday, March 21, 1969

49-Down : Feather.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,160
Across
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House, in Mexico. : CASA
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Neighbor of Ark. : OKLA
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Roof style. : DOMED
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Wartime Secretary of State. : HULL
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Nothing for Pierre. : RIEN
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Rainbow: Prefix. : IRIDO
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Seed covering. : ARIL
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Suffixes meaning doers. : ISTS
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Dogpatch character. : ABNER
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Talk too soon. : TIPONESHAND
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___ tizzy. : INA
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Gather discards. : SCAVENGE
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Fish. : EELS
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Within: Prefix. : ENTO
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Casserole. : RAMEKIN
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Free: Sp. : LIBRE
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Extra. : OVER
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Name for a pet. : FIDO
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Lined up, in poetry. : AROW
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Revises. : EDITS
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Kingston, for one. : TRIO
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Draped garment. : SARI
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Metal piece. : TBAR
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River of Burns poem. : AFTON
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Superficial. : SKETCHY
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Blood vessel: Prefix. : ANGI
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Loafer. : SHOE
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Bridge item. : SCOREPAD
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Cereal. : OAT
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A certain voter. : BLACKBALLER
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Lopez. : TRINI
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Bond. : BAIL
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Spanish peso. : DURO
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Playfully. : INFUN
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Eagle. : ERNE
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Boy's name. : EMIL
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Turkish Muslim student. : SOFTA
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On its last ___. : LEGS
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Virginia, for instance. : REEL
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Gossips. : CHATS
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Containing gold. : AURIC
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___ cog. : SLIPA
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Ended. : ALLOVERWITH
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Adjust to. : ORIENT
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Part with, as money. : KISSGOODBY
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River of oblivion. : LETHE
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Handle: Lat. : ANSA
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Crown. : DIADEM
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Heavenly body. : ORB
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Girls' fashion. : MINISKIRT
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British statesman. : EDEN
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Dumb ___. : DORA
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Hawaiian goose. : NENE
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Approaches. : NEARS
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Baseball player. : LEFTFIELDER
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Going over the same route. : RETRACKING
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Prefix for matic. : IDIO
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Brightest point. : NOON
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Maid. : LASS
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Asian nation. : IRAK
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Afflict with ennui. : BORESTIFF
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Veneto or Corso. : VIA
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A Kennedy. : ETHEL
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Taj Mahal site. : AGRA
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Wright, Jr. or Sr. : COBINA
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Aristocrats. : NOBLES
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Intimidate. : SCARE
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Feather. : PLUME
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High dwelling. : AERIE
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Diverting. : DROLL
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U.S. inventor. : OTIS
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Italian river. : ARNO
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Steelworker's leader. : ABEL
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Pistachio. : NUT

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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