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New York Times, Thursday, July 31, 1969

11-Down : Gain.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
David Steinberg notes:

Original clue for 19-Down had "Crys"; corrected it to "Cries." Original clues for 21- and 25-Down were in reverse order; corrected this.

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C
2
L
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E
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F
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S
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P
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R
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I
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G
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P
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E
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E
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L
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L
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O
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L
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A
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E
A
T
S
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O
N
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S
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A
R
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O
C
R
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T
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G
E
R
S
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H
W
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N
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W
A
N
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V
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A
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L
O
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O
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N
S
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S
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T
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L
L
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S
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U
D
O
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D
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I
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G
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S
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P
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F
O
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R
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I
M
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A
L
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D
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D
E
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S
T
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A
M
P
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R
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R
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O
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D
I
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T
T
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S
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O
B
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E
D
G
E
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E
C
O
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C
H
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O
R
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O
D
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S
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A
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N
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M
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A
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R
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S
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T
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A
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B
L
E
S
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A
N
E
W
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A
C
E
S
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B
U
L
L
Y
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T
E
L
A
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P
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T
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S
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Y
L
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A
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,292
Across
1
Music sign. : CLEF
5
Young fellow. : SPRIG
10
Strip. : PEEL
14
Floor covering, to the British. : LINO
15
Contract. : LEASE
16
Uses. : EATS
17
Lose ___ cool. : ONES
18
One of high rank. : ARISTOCRAT
20
U. S. composer. : GERSHWIN
22
Necessities. : WANTS
23
Routing word. : VIA
24
Stupid people. : LOONS
27
Plays for time. : STALLS
30
Japanese herb. : UDO
31
Does archeological work. : DIGS
35
Grain market. : PIT
36
Strong, in phonetics. : FORTIS
38
Hungary's Nagy. : IMRE
39
Surveyor's device. : ALIDADE
41
Postal worker. : STAMPER
43
City in Hoover Dam's state. : RENO
44
Repeat marks. : DITTOS
46
Kimono part. : OBI
47
Move gradually. : EDGE
48
Environment: Prefix. : ECO
49
Tasks. : CHORES
51
Creator of Lefty. : ODETS
53
Can. province. : ONT
54
Loos. : ANITA
58
Some sportsmen. : AMATEURS
62
Certain reference works. : TIMETABLES
65
Over. : ANEW
66
Cards. : ACES
67
Good show! : BULLY
68
Tissue. : TELA
69
Lively. : PERT
70
Distinction. : STYLE
71
Helper: Abbr. : ASST
Down
1
Obstruct. : CLOG
2
Cable. : LINE
3
Devitalizing. : ENERVATING
4
Outdated person. : FOSSIL
5
Cole ___. : SLAW
6
Risk. : PERIL
7
Ball game halted by weather. : RAINOUT
8
Publication: Abbr. : ISS
9
Procure. : GET
10
Portuguese coin. : PECA
11
Gain. : EARN
12
State: Fr. : ETAT
13
W. W. II vessels. : LSTS
19
Cries of pain. : OWS
21
___ loaf. : HALFA
25
Poet. : ODIST
26
Genus of alga. : NOSTOC
27
Lean. : SPARE
28
Like some roofs. : TILED
29
Fixed the lawn. : SODDED
31
Kind of view. : DIM
32
Solicits. : IMPORTUNES
33
Diving bird. : GREBE
34
Mexican Indians. : SERIS
37
Chill again. : REICE
40
Forest creature. : DOE
42
___ in the dark. : ASHOT
45
In all. : TOTALLY
50
___ time. : ONEATA
51
Cereal. : OAT
52
Scent. : SMELL
54
Malay palm. : ATAP
55
Mediterranean resort. : NICE
56
One of a Caucasus people. : IMER
57
Exam. : TEST
59
"___ sow, so ... " : ASYE
60
Units in electricity. : RELS
61
Overcome a fly. : SWAT
63
College degrees. : ABS
64
Word of exception. : BUT

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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