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New York Times, Tuesday, June 10, 1969

31-Down : Attention getters.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { Q V X }, Scrabble score: 305 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,241
Across
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Nonsense: Colloq. : JAZZ
5
Novarro. : RAMON
10
Undisguised. : BALD
14
Court cry. : OYEZ
15
Ham it up. : EMOTE
16
Crystal gazer's words. : ISEE
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Austrian city on Danube. : LINZ
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Robin Hood locale. : NOTTINGHAM
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Neighbor of Ill. : IND
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Thrash. : CANE
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Varieties of plums. : GAGES
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Young salmon, in England. : ESSLING
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Realm of Otto I: Abbr. : HRE
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___ for the birds. : ITS
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Neutral vessel in wartime. : FREESHIP
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Tantivy. : APACE
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Bricks, iron dogs, etc. : DOORSTOPS
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Dean. : RUSK
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Skirt parts. : GORES
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Point of land. : SPIT
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Rolls. : CRESCENTS
41
N. L. team. : PHILS
42
Genoa and Seattle. : SEAPORTS
43
Rialto sign. : SRO
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Worldwide: Abbr. : INT
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Windups for some pitchers. : SHOWERS
49
Fur animal. : OTTER
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Commend. : LAUD
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___ culpa. : MEA
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Means. : INSTRUMENT
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Higher, in Berlin. : OBER
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Relative of etc. : ETAL
57
Noted Italian. : DANTE
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Western nation: Abbr. : BELG
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Piqued: Colloq. : SORE
60
Diminutive suffixes. : ETTES
61
Scottish. : ERSE
Down
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Comely, in Cannes. : JOLIE
2
Hebrew letters. : AYINS
3
Avesta translations. : ZENDS
4
Sleep signs. : ZZZ
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French historian and others. : RENANS
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With. : AMONG
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Minutia. : MOTE
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Hall of Famer. : OTT
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Horses, at times. : NEIGHERS
10
"___ On Earth." : BIGGESTSHOW
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Tennis champ. : ASHE
12
Grasslands. : LEAS
13
Party man, for short. : DEM
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Nostrils. : NARES
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Name. : CITE
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Flatterer. : LICKSPITTLE
27
Dodge and Dearborn. : FORTS
28
Deer. : ROES
29
Arizona Indian. : HOPI
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Philippine dye tree. : IPIL
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Attention getters. : PSTS
32
Bows. : ARCS
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Sheer. : PURE
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Off on the Elizabeth 2. : ASEA
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Parents' word. : DONT
37
Ederle. : GERTRUDE
40
Shaping-machine worker. : CONER
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Incite. : PROD
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Neville and others. : SHUTES
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Health: Fr. : SANTE
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Remnant of a sort. : EMBER
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Fishing equipment. : REELS
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Army man, familiarly. : SARGE
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Hep. : ONTO
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Ivan. : TSAR
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Afforded. : LENT
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Plural suffix. : IES
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Athletic equipment. : MAT
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Part or a Greek clan. : OBE

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

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