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New York Times, Saturday, September 27, 1969

2-Down : Almost.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,350
Across
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Building pier. : ANTA
5
Word with land or sea. : SCAPE
10
Style. : FAD
13
Yesterday: Fr. : HIER
14
Stock, in cards. : TALON
15
Father. : SIRE
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Field: Prefix. : AGRO
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Gather. : AMASS
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Algerian port. : ORAN
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Azaleas, etc. : SHRUBBERY
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Andy and family. : GUMPS
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Giant petrel. : NELLY
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Container. : POT
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Fusses around. : FIDDLES
27
Something for the little lady. : BIGHAND
31
Monad. : UNIT
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Stockholder. : SHAREOWNER
34
Lacy trimming. : RUCHE
36
Arab caliph. : ALI
37
Release. : LETGO
38
To all appearances. : OSTENSIBLY
41
Sidestep. : SHUN
42
Atomic device. : REACTOR
43
Milk sugar. : LACTOSE
45
Showed the way. : LED
46
Scorch. : SINGE
47
Be attracted to. : GOFOR
50
Medicinal plant. : SNAKEROOT
54
___ plaisir. : AVEC
55
Agreed. : ATONE
56
Cape Kennedy failure. : NOGO
57
Speech. : TALK
58
"Odyssey" figure. : CIRCE
59
Biblical book. : EZRA
60
Room shape. : ELL
61
Bay and others. : TREES
62
Cattail. : REED
Down
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Exclamations. : AHAS
2
Almost. : NIGH
3
Region: Abbr. : TERR
4
24 hours. : AROUNDTHECLOCK
5
Racetrack areas. : STABLES
6
Soft cloth. : CAMELSHAIR
7
Winglike. : ALARY
8
Flower. : POSY
9
Navy officer: Abbr. : ENS
10
Business place. : FIRM
11
Not care ___. : ARAP
12
Scout groups. : DENS
15
Man from Houston. : SOUTHWESTERNER
20
___ canto. : BEL
21
Russian dramatist. : GOGOL
23
Pecan, for one. : PIE
24
Rage. : FUROR
25
Occupied. : INUSE
26
Statements. : DICTA
27
Luster. : BRILLIANCE
28
Flower: Prefix. : ANTHO
29
Wine toddy. : NEGUS
30
Hive dweller. : DRONE
33
Vestment. : ALB
35
Stage direction. : ENTER
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Turf. : SOD
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Ball team. : YANKEES
44
Baby buggy: Abbr. : CGE
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Certain sound. : SNORE
47
Receipts. : GATE
48
Racetrack. : OVAL
49
Cut down. : FELL
50
Recipe advice. : STIR
51
Seep. : OOZE
52
Monster. : OGRE
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Tree creature. : TOAD
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Behave. : ACT

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 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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