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New York Times, Tuesday, August 5, 1969

27-Down : Electrical quantity.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,297
Across
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Cartoonist. : CAPP
5
Cavity: Suffix. : CELE
9
Take ___. : AHINT
14
Money for Loren. : LIRA
15
Biblical name. : ADAM
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Columbus's birthplace. : GENOA
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Source of indigo. : ANIL
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Hard word. : JAWBREAKER
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Advice for a lady. : WEEPNOMORE
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Talbot. : LYLE
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Silent movie fare. : SERIAL
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Liver: Fr. : FOIE
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Ball or biscuit. : TEA
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Undecided. : INDOUBT
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Place in position. : MOUNT
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Time for night's dream. : MIDSUMMER
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Part of A.E.S. : ADLAI
40
Front: Prefix. : PRE
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Greenish blue. : CAPRI
42
Poet. : SONNETEER
44
Upbeat, in music. : ARSIS
45
More peevish. : CROSSER
46
Perched. : SAT
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Waste allowance. : TRET
50
___-pas? : NESTCE
55
Poetic trees. : ASPS
59
Advantage. : AHEADSTART
61
Yukon capital. : WHITEHORSE
63
Brightly colored fish. : OPAH
64
Red dye. : EOSIN
65
U.N. member. : USSR
66
Split. : RIVE
67
Precious ones. : DEARS
68
Colors. : REDS
69
River to North Sea. : YSER
Down
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Hammer parts. : CLAWS
2
Eldest daughter, in France. : AINEE
3
Inquisitive one. : PRIER
4
Feelers. : PALPI
5
Coax. : CAJOLE
6
Red-coated cheese. : EDAM
7
___ Moses. : LAWOF
8
Does needlework. : EMBROIDERS
9
Mature. : AGE
10
Reconcile. : HEAL
11
Black. : INKY
12
Seasonal time. : NOEL
13
Biblical weed. : TARE
19
Guidelines of a sort. : REINS
21
Most smart. : NATTIEST
25
Trains. : EDUCATES
27
Electrical quantity. : AMPEREHOUR
29
Bradley. : OMAR
30
Refs' cousins. : UMPS
31
Half a disease. : BERI
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Speaker. : TRIS
33
Gender: Abbr. : MASC
34
Perfume. : ODOR
35
Of a bone: Prefix. : ULNO
36
Ling and Shan. : NANS
38
Pique. : IRE
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Abraham's father. : TERAH
47
One of the astronauts. : ANDERS
49
Succinct. : TERSE
51
Yarn. : STORY
52
Floor or table cover. : TAPIS
53
Ask earnestly. : CRAVE
54
Heavens. : ETHER
55
Impressed. : AWED
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Oxford. : SHOE
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Province in Tuscany. : PISA
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Calaboose. : STIR
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Rated, as property: Abbr. : ASSD
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Abstract being. : ENS

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

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