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New York Times, Wednesday, May 21, 1969

24-Down : Leading.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,221
Across
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Casa room. : SALA
5
Fad. : RAGE
9
Prima principia. : ABCS
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Opposed, Western style. : AGIN
14
Roman road. : ITER
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Blazing light. : GLARE
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Petitioned. : SUED
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Famed vaudeville and radio duo. : BURNSALLEN
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Figures in U.S. Revolution. : HESSIANS
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Disintegrated. : ERODED
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In fine fettle. : HALE
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Page. : LEAF
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Covering first, second, etc. : AFIELD
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Don Ameche's old partner. : LANGFORD
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Place to stay. : HOTEL
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Schedule: Fr. : LISTE
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Mal de ___. : MER
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Green isle. : ERIN
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Prefix for graph or mime. : PANTO
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Jotting. : MEMO
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Latin conjugation word. : AMO
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Apparel. : ROBES
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Watch. : VIGIL
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One of a comic TV duo. : DANROWAN
42
Upbraid. : BERATE
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Last word. : AMEN
44
Neighbor of Hung. : AUST
45
Humperdinck girl. : GRETEL
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Well-known brothers. : SMOTHERS
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Former comic team. : NICHOLSMAY
54
Run. : FLEE
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Yearnings. : ACHES
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Place for yeux and nez. : TETE
57
Over: Ger. : UBER
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U.S. missile. : THOR
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Impressed. : AWED
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Word in a comedy show biz ad. : LAFF
Down
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Window part. : SASH
2
Chill. : AGUE
3
Extends. : LIES
4
Gallagher ___. : ANDSHEEN
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Coarse. : RIBALD
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Play us ___. : ATUNE
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Berliners: Abbr. : GERS
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Sea eagle. : ERN
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Conductor's cry. : ALLOFF
10
Undisguised. : BALD
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Algonquian tribe. : CREE
12
Forward. : SEND
15
Shelter of a sort. : GARAGE
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Taken care of. : SEENTO
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Tie score. : IALL
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Endures. : LASTS
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Leading. : AHEAD
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Pro ___. : FORMA
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Noun-forming suffix. : ITION
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Napery. : LINEN
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The end. : OMEGA
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Pardon. : REMIT
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Comic: Fr. : DROLE
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Father of Rachel and Leah. : LABAN
35
Myrna Loy's Nick. : POWELL
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Gay. : MIRTHFUL
38
Swains. : ROMEOS
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Doublet. : VEST
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Conversely. : RATHER
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Kept afloat, with "up." : BUOYED
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Tropical timber tree. : AMATE
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Proverbially, a trifle. : GNAT
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Full of calories. : RICH
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Friend of Narcissus. : ECHO
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Merganser. : SMEW
49
Ex-isle? : ELBA
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Coral formation. : REEF
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Bondman. : SERF
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R. R. stop. : STA

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

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