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New York Times, Wednesday, July 23, 1969

36-Down : Sun disk.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 300 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,284
Across
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___ Ababa. : ADDIS
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Hope: Latin. : SPES
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Baseball team. : METS
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French battle site. : MARNE
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Dance. : HULA
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Settled. : ALIT
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Yesterday's child. : ADULT
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Young's destination. : UTAH
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New Guinea river. : RAMU
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Affluent men. : NABOBS
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Unreal. : IMAGINED
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___ hand. : CAPIN
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Peter out. : RUNDRY
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Free. : ATNOCOST
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Constellation. : ARA
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Greek letter. : CHI
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Renown. : KUDOS
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Papal name. : URBAN
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Distant, in a way. : COLD
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Brazilian people. : TUPIS
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___-da-fé. : AUTO
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Wine and dine. : TREAT
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Cereal plant disease. : ERGOT
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I do. : YES
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Bark. : YAP
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Kohl. : ANTIMONY
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Awkward step. : HOBBLE
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This: Fr. : CETTE
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Weather condition. : OVERCAST
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Dismissed. : OUSTED
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Horse. : MARE
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Muse. : CLIO
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Song and movie title. : LAURA
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Volcano. : ETNA
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Conveyance. : HACK
68
Biblical father. : ABRAM
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Fume. : REEK
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Montand. : YVES
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Winchester. : RIFLE
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Make ___ of. : AMAN
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Art style. : DADA
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Cudgel. : DRUB
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___ parentis. : INLOCO
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Delay. : SETBACK
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Son of Ra. : SHU
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Utilize. : PUTINTOPRACTICE
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Bible country. : ELAM
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Wasteland. : SAHARA
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Kind of sauce. : MARINARA
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Antelope. : ELAND
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Culinary aid. : TIMER
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House area. : STUDY
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Declaim, informally. : SPOUT
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Hindu pundit. : GURU
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Owing. : ISDUE
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Ledger entry: Abbr. : ACCT
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Nike's cousin. : THOR
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Green shade. : NILE
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Hasso. : SIGNE
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Betel leaf. : BUYO
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Sun disk. : ATEN
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Inquisitive. : NOSY
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Early time. : DAYBREAK
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Under, in Italy. : SOTTO
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Soft mineral. : TALC
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Nominal. : TITULAR
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Excellent: Slang. : PEACHY
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Ore range. : MESABI
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Baseball thrill. : HOMER
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Shaped in a way. : OVATE
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City on the Aar. : BERNE
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European. : SLAV
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Sward. : TURF
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Epochal. : ERAL
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Baronet's wife. : DAME
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Approves. : OKS

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

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