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New York Times, Friday, September 26, 1969

31-Down : Acted fatuously.

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
14
Lions and tigers. : GAME
15
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
32
Playing marble. : AGATE
33
Irish county. : CLARE
34
Golf clubhouse man. : PRO
35
Irritate: Colloq. : RILE
36
Agitate. : CHURN
37
Inclination. : BENT
38
Drink. : ALE
39
Bridge bids. : SLAMS
40
Gift taker. : DONEE
41
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
55
Fountain order. : MALT
56
Enchantress. : CIRCE
57
Fuel. : PEAT
58
Willow genus. : ITEA
59
Villain's trademark. : SNEER
60
Talks endlessly. : YAKS
61
Lynne's direction. : EAST
Down
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Met player. : AGEE
2
Mountain lake. : TARN
3
Leave undone. : OMIT
4
Constituent of steel. : PEARLITE
5
Mortar mixture. : COMPO
6
Spreads. : OLEOS
7
Hair job. : TINT
8
Turf. : SOD
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Small ear chamber. : SACCULE
10
Threesomes. : TRIADS
11
Crucifix. : ROOD
12
Large birds. : EMUS
13
Common verb. : WAS
19
Position on a ship. : ASTERN
21
Comfort. : EASE
24
Cauterizes. : SEARS
25
French revolutionist. : MARAT
26
Nimble. : AGILE
27
Poets' valleys. : VALES
28
Water channel. : FLUME
29
Squander. : SPEND
30
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
39
More rare. : SCARCER
40
Distribute. : DEAL
42
Hypnotist's medium. : TRANCE
45
___ up. : SPEAK
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Party givers. : HOSTS
47
Expression. : GRIN
48
Nation. : EIRE
49
On the ocean. : ASEA
50
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

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

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