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New York Times, Tuesday, April 16, 1968

9-Down : Name on many a storybook.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,821
Across
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City in Syria. : ALEP
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Spray driven by the wind. : SCUD
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Bow. : ARC
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Fence overpass. : STILE
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Raised rapidly. : RANUP
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Recent: Prefix. : NEO
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Man of music. : CHOIRMASTER
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Cupid's title. : DAN
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Change a title. : RENAME
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South American monkey. : TITI
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Founded: Abbr. : EST
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Adjective suffix. : INE
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Man's nickname. : ERNIE
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Siren. : CIRCE
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"Les Fleurs du ___." : MAL
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Opposed to: Colloq. : AGIN
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Perfumes. : CENSES
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Casey. : STENGEL
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Enclosures. : PENS
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Not worth a ___. : REDCENT
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Capitol feature. : ROTUNDA
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Pennsylvania city. : ERIE
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Old style vehicle. : CHARIOT
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Thirty: Fr. : TRENTE
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Peak of the Pennine Alps. : ROSA
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French party. : BAL
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Thinner. : RARER
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Encircles. : GIRTS
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___ Darya, Asian river. : AMU
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Suffix in chemistry. : ANE
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Locale. : AREA
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Racial or tribal. : ETHNIC
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State divisions: Abbr. : CTS
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Sports jacket. : WINDBREAKER
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Son of Gad. : ERI
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A Doone. : LORNA
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Lyon's waterfront. : RHONE
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Bad: Prefix. : DYS
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Appear to be. : SEEM
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___ doute (certainly): Fr. : SANS
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Olympian goddess. : ATHENA
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Trilling. : LIONEL
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Kazan. : ELIA
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Pervade. : PERMEATE
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Feminine title. : SRA
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Broadway activity. : CASTING
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Loosen. : UNTIE
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Musical piece. : DUET
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Name on many a storybook. : ANDERSEN
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Go up again. : REASCEND
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Italian noblewoman. : CONTESSA
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Curtain material. : SCRIM
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Leontyne. : PRICE
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A combination or blend. : MERGENCE
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Beethoven's Choral Symphony. : NINTH
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Power supplied to a machine. : INPUT
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Protect and seclude. : CLOISTER
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Setting. : SCENE
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Misplay. : ERROR
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Went back over. : RETRACED
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Knight ___. : ERRANTRY
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Two dots placed over a vowel. : DIERESIS
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Household appliances. : TOASTERS
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Daughter of Minos. : ARIADNE
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Net. : TRAWL
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Depend upon. : BANKON
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French cathedral city. : AMIENS
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Pelf. : LUCRE
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Kind or category. : GENRE
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Grande and others. : RIOS
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Laugh. : HAHA
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Dull resounding noise. : BAM

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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