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New York Times, Thursday, November 20, 1969

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,404
Across
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Less refined. : RAWER
6
Gator's cousin. : CROC
10
Army. : HOST
14
Lessen. : ABATE
15
Nimbus. : HALO
16
Arabian name. : ABOU
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Coupled. : YOKED
18
The Chained Lady. : ANDROMEDA
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Canticle. : ODE
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Left. : WENT
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Of a Frankish people. : SALIAN
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Post and rails. : FENCING
26
Ceremonials. : RITES
27
American dramatist. : INGE
28
Textile fiber. : ACETATE
31
Ice cream. : BUTTERPECAN
35
Teacher's org. : NEA
36
Pale. : ASHY
37
Handle. : USE
38
Shoo! : SCAT
39
German negative. : NIE
40
Nostradamus and others. : FORECASTERS
44
Reflex and others. : CAMERAS
46
Aware. : ONTO
47
Summon. : EVOKE
48
Ignorant. : UNAWARE
52
Accede. : ASSENT
54
Bedouin. : ARAB
55
Apron part. : BIB
56
Menu item. : SHORTRIBS
58
Hasta ___. : LUEGO
60
Dispatched. : SENT
61
French pronoun. : ELLE
62
Glasgow. : ELLEN
63
Scolds. : NAGS
64
Supplements. : EKES
65
Tarnish. : SULLY
Down
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___ hope. : RAYOF
2
Home. : ABODE
3
Hear the alarm clock. : WAKEN
4
Season in Cannes. : ETE
5
Port. : REDWINE
6
Handbag item. : CHANGEPURSE
7
Declaim. : RANT
8
Venerable. : OLD
9
Where Ajaccio is. : CORSICA
10
Dane. : HAMLET
11
Homage. : OBEISANCE
12
Soft drink. : SODA
13
Sir, in Malaya. : TUAN
19
Of a cereal. : OATEN
22
Man from M.I.T. : ENGR
25
New York, for one. : CITY
26
Sporting grounds. : RACECOURSES
29
Use the dotted line. : TEAR
30
Diner sign. : EATS
31
Judicial bench. : BANC
32
Gov't. group. : USIA
33
Trademark of a sort. : THEMESONG
34
Compass point. : ESE
38
Pack away. : STOW
40
Center's partner. : FRONT
41
Quercus. : OAKTREE
42
Asian king's tutor. : ANNA
43
Farm buildings. : STABLES
45
Upsets. : EVERTS
49
Ring ___. : ABELL
50
Star in Orion. : RIGEL
51
Hardwood tree. : EBONY
52
Org. : ASSN
53
N. Y. stadium. : SHEA
54
Efficient. : ABLE
57
Kind. : ILK
59
Eskimo knife. : ULU

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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