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New York Times, Friday, September 26, 1969

28-Down : Water channel.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,349
Across
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On. : ATOP
5
Items for a tent. : COTS
9
Scatter. : STREW
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Lions and tigers. : GAME
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Hodgepodge. : OLIO
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Fragrance. : AROMA
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Silkworm. : ERIA
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Deceitful. : MENDACIOUS
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Transshipment center. : ENTREPOT
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Oodles. : SCADS
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Asian land. : LAOS
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Fancy shirt button. : STUD
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European thrush. : MAVIS
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Regrets. : FEELSSAD
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Playing marble. : AGATE
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Irish county. : CLARE
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Golf clubhouse man. : PRO
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Irritate: Colloq. : RILE
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Agitate. : CHURN
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Inclination. : BENT
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Drink. : ALE
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Bridge bids. : SLAMS
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Gift taker. : DONEE
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Certain lawsuit. : TESTCASE
43
Over. : ENDED
44
Space, in Berlin. : RAUM
45
Eastern ruler. : SHAH
47
Low and high. : GEARS
49
Story with a moral. : APOLOGUE
53
Royal people. : PRINCESSES
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Fountain order. : MALT
56
Enchantress. : CIRCE
57
Fuel. : PEAT
58
Willow genus. : ITEA
59
Villain's trademark. : SNEER
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Talks endlessly. : YAKS
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Lynne's direction. : EAST
Down
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Met player. : AGEE
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Mountain lake. : TARN
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Leave undone. : OMIT
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Constituent of steel. : PEARLITE
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Mortar mixture. : COMPO
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Spreads. : OLEOS
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Hair job. : TINT
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Turf. : SOD
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Small ear chamber. : SACCULE
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Threesomes. : TRIADS
11
Crucifix. : ROOD
12
Large birds. : EMUS
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Common verb. : WAS
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Position on a ship. : ASTERN
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Comfort. : EASE
24
Cauterizes. : SEARS
25
French revolutionist. : MARAT
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Nimble. : AGILE
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Poets' valleys. : VALES
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Water channel. : FLUME
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Squander. : SPEND
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Buffalo. : ARNEE
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Acted fatuously. : DOTED
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Deep separation. : CHASM
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Document section. : CLAUSE
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Good-natured manner. : BONHOMIE
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More rare. : SCARCER
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Distribute. : DEAL
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Hypnotist's medium. : TRANCE
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___ up. : SPEAK
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Party givers. : HOSTS
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Expression. : GRIN
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Nation. : EIRE
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On the ocean. : ASEA
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Atlantic shark. : GATA
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Caucho trees. : ULES
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Indiana or Ohio, to the French. : ETAT
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Fragments: Abbr. : PCS
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André. : SPY

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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