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New York Times, Tuesday, July 15, 1969

51-Down : Futile.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { W X }, Scrabble score: 304 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,276
Across
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Furniture style. : ADAM
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Famous publisher. : OCHS
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Car adjuncts. : JACKS
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Corrida protagonist. : TORO
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Partisan: Suffix. : CRAT
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To any extent. : ATALL
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Not ___ (be calm). : TURNAHAIR
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Brouhaha. : MELEE
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Colombian people. : ICA
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Reptiles. : COBRAS
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Prepared to drive. : TEED
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Franck. : CESAR
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Provoked. : PIQUED
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A non-word, usually. : SEQUITUR
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" ... end ___ perfect day." : OFA
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___ favor. : ASKA
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Defense initials. : USN
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Dairy product. : EGGNOG
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Soft leather. : CHAMOIS
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Direct course. : BEELINE
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Occupant. : TENANT
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City of Morocco. : FEZ
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Beanery sign. : EATS
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Bearish time. : SAG
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King of Siam's song topic. : ETCETERA
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Early Archbishop of Canterbury. : ANSELM
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Middle East capital. : AMMAN
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Dear: It. : CARO
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Good sense. : REASON
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Idol, in Soho. : ERO
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Voiced. : ALOUD
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Shoe leather. : ALLIGATOR
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Tailor's iron. : GOOSE
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Obscure. : VEIL
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Noun ending. : NESS
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Assents. : YESES
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Catch sight. : ESPY
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Mango or colima. : TREE
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Athenian. : ATTIC
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Irma la ___. : DOUCE
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Wall hanging. : ARRAS
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Day: Abbr. : MON
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Spanish numeral. : OCHO
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Seafood dish. : CRAB
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Sharp turn. : HAIRPIN
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Difficult position. : STRAIT
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Traffic situation. : JAM
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Tête-___. : ATETE
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Scotland. : CALEDONIA
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Swiss painter. : KLEE
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Luge. : SLED
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Realtor's unit. : ACRE
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Compression. : SQUEEZE
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Honshu volcano. : ASAMA
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Motivate strongly. : URGE
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Defeatist. : QUITTER
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Sea-going initials. : USS
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Printer's concern. : FONT
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Middle ___. : AGES
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Book of Bible. : ACTS
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Jets' home. : SHEA
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Boomers. : KANGAROOS
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Flash. : GLEAM
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Pronoun. : ONES
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Ante. : BET
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Certain voters. : FEMALES
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Adhere. : CLEAVE
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Summoned, in a way. : RANG
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Futile. : NOUSE
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Measuring instrument. : METER
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Rebelled. : AROSE
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Certain Europeans. : NORSE
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Shrewd. : CAGY
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African lily plant. : ALOE
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Faux pas. : SLIP
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Ingratiating. : OILY
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___ Moines. : DES
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Leaf cutter. : ANT

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

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