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New York Times, Friday, July 4, 1969

9-Down : Demand.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J P Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 256 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,265
Across
1
___-evident. : SELF
5
Raiment. : TOGS
9
Frozen. : ICED
13
Unique individual. : ONER
14
Frenziedly. : AMOK
15
Join. : UNITE
16
A type of star. : NOVA
17
New York signer of Declaration of Independence. : LIVINGSTON
19
Rarest signature. : GWINNETT
21
Outsiders. : ALIENS
22
Neighbor of Col. : KANS
23
Paris friends. : AMIS
24
Bright. : SUNLIT
27
Precipitating. : SLEETING
31
Follow. : TRAIL
32
Low point. : NADIR
33
Deer. : ROE
34
Greek contest. : AGON
35
Hymn sung a cappella. : MOTET
36
Holbrook and March. : HALS
37
Ruby. : GEM
38
More balanced. : SANER
39
Sea writer and others. : DANAS
40
Forensics. : ERISTICS
42
Sheep. : MERINO
43
See 29 Down. : HALE
44
Hunted animal. : BOAR
45
Rabbit-sized rodent. : AGOUTI
48
Connecticut signatory. : WILLIAMS
52
Connecticut signatory. : HUNTINGTON
54
Great number, informally. : SLEW
55
Antisubmarine device. : ASDIC
56
Ionian Sea gulf. : ARTA
57
Fabled mountain. : OSSA
58
British ordnance. : STEN
59
Peter I, for example. : TSAR
60
Opposite of 32 Across. : NOON
Down
1
Lay. : SONG
2
Sufficient, poetically. : ENOW
3
Biblical tribe. : LEVI
4
Pennsylvania signatory. : FRANKLIN
5
Ability. : TALENT
6
Skips. : OMITS
7
Leg. and Exec. are parts of it. : GOVT
8
Footwear of a sort. : SKI
9
Demand. : INSIST
10
Summon. : CITE
11
Jacket. : ETON
12
Sancta. : DENS
15
Less charming. : UGLIER
18
"Just ___." : NAMEIT
20
Unguis. : NAIL
23
Northern tree. : ALDER
24
Put on. : STAGE
25
One seeking to persuade. : URGER
26
Ruth's mother-in-law. : NAOMI
27
Gluts. : SATES
28
Mideasterner. : IRANI
29
Man without a country. : NOLAN
30
Plaster of Paris. : GESSO
32
Time being. : NONCE
35
Post. : MAILIN
36
Virginia signatory. : HARRISON
38
Inert. : STATIC
39
Start a card game. : DEAL
41
Invalid. : SHUTIN
42
Hungarian dramatist. : MOLNAR
44
Flora and fauna. : BIOTA
45
Exclamations. : AHAS
46
Outburst. : GUST
47
Wave: Fr. : ONDE
48
Restaurant employees: Abbr. : WTRS
49
___-ran. : ALSO
50
Middle: Prefix. : MESO
51
Cygnus. : SWAN
53
Pistol: Slang. : GAT

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 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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