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New York Times, Monday, August 18, 1969

19-Down : Near the sun: Astron.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,310
Across
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Screen. : SIFT
5
Moslem priest. : IMAM
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The 7-10 is a tough one. : SPLIT
14
Olaf's capital. : OSLO
15
Half of N.B. : NOTA
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Comb in a way. : TEASE
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Take a trip of sorts. : FLYOFFTHEHANDLE
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"Must'a been somethin' ___." : IET
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Wish one hadn't. : RUE
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Get in good graces. : ENDEAR
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Palest. : ASHIEST
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Word with Shoppe. : OLDE
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Ending meaning small. : ETTE
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Le dernier ___. : CRI
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Fragment. : DRIB
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Quechuan Indians. : INCAS
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Kind of anesthetic. : LOCAL
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I, in Latin. : EGO
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Self-possessed. : COOLASACUCUMBER
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Old name for Tokyo. : EDO
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Flirts' ploys. : WINKS
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Track events. : MEETS
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Old World lizard. : SEPS
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Phone book abbreviation. : RES
46
Flavoring. : DILL
47
Echoes. : APES
49
Intimate dining décor. : CANDLES
52
Clean-___. : SHAVEN
55
Writer Wolfert. : IRA
56
Banking abbreviation. : INT
57
Fall short, socially. : HAVEASCREWLOOSE
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Then: Fr. : ALORS
62
Modern painter. : DALI
63
Piece of hardware. : TNUT
64
Use a certain stick. : DOWSE
65
Town on the Thames. : ETON
66
Chemical suffixes. : OSES
Down
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Balkan capital. : SOFIA
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Holms. : ISLES
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Take it on the lam. : FLYTHECOOP
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Superfluously. : TOO
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Steep. : INFUSE
6
Church song. : MOTET
7
Belgian town. : ATH
8
West. : MAE
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Taboret. : STAND
10
Hung fire. : PENDED
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Put on cargo. : LADE
12
Island, in Spain. : ISLA
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Golfer preparing to drive. : TEER
18
Woodcutter for pattern work. : FRETSAW
19
Near the sun: Astron. : HELIAC
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Typesetting instruction. : ITAL
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Roman Hades. : ORCUS
27
Tilts. : COCKS
29
Boxer and others. : REBELLIONS
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"___ a kick out of ... " : IGET
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Lancelot's uncle. : BORS
32
Chills. : ICES
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Joint of a stem. : NODE
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Bowlers' milieu. : LANES
35
Of a light unit. : LUMINAL
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Loreleis. : SIRENS
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Pinochle play. : MELD
44
Some relief pitchers. : SAVERS
46
Evolutionist. : DARWIN
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Nursery-rhyme porridge. : PEASE
49
Venetian sky. : CIELO
50
Result. : ENSUE
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Proofreaders' words. : STETS
52
Food fish. : SHAD
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Nimbus. : HALO
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Confess. : AVOW
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After A B. : CDE
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Slum problem. : RAT
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Siouan Indian. : OTO

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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