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New York Times, Monday, February 24, 1969

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { F J W X Z }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 22.7
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,135
Across
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In style. : CHIC
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Slant. : BEVEL
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Word for a horse. : PLUG
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Blood: Prefix. : HEMO
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Ancient Indian king. : ASOKA
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Island in the Hebrides. : IONA
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Sins. : INIQUITIES
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Tobacco portion. : QUID
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Retarded. : STUNTED
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Cooks in a way. : SAUTES
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Being. : ESSE
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Peace ___. : PIPE
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Part of a toast. : SANTE
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Shopping places. : MARTS
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___ favore. : POR
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Talkative. : CHATTY
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Dissolute one. : ROUE
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Chemical suffix. : OSE
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Parisian friend. : AMIE
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Nymph. : OREAD
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Type size. : PICA
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Bulgarian coin. : LEV
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School official: Abbr. : PRIN
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Winter gear. : EARLAP
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Dutch commune. : EDE
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Fish. : SKATE
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Certain drinks. : SOURS
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Sharp sound. : HISS
50
Cozy spot. : NEST
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Game. : SQUASH
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Arrow poisons. : CURARES
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Relative. : AUNT
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Type of competition. : INTRAMURAL
62
French novelist. : GIDE
63
Apple varieties. : ROMES
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Poon tree. : DILO
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Army destinations. : APOS
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Uneven. : EROSE
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This: Sp. : ESTA
Down
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Greek letter. : CHI
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Fowl. : HENS
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Not an orig. : IMIT
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Flirt. : COQUETTE
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Teases. : BAITS
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Prize. : ESTEEM
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Useless. : VOID
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Piece out. : EKE
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Lethargy. : LASSITUDE
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Excite curiosity. : PIQUE
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Boor. : LOUT
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Pacific fish. : UNIE
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Wanders about. : GADS
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Like some diamonds. : UNSET
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Vaulted recess. : APSE
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Native craft. : PROA
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Cartographer's concern. : SCALE
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Arabian name. : AHMED
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Artless. : NAIVE
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Common contraction. : ARENT
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Tommy's ally in W. W. I. : POILU
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Coveted prize. : OSCAR
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Harvests. : REAPS
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Pudding. : YORKSHIRE
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Inlets. : RIAS
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Thrust forward. : PROTRUDE
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Greek letters. : PSIS
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Indian state. : ASSAM
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Hardens. : ENURES
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Emotions. : HATES
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Take out. : ERASE
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Iliad. : SAGA
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Bon mot. : QUIP
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Ruin. : UNDO
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Italian coin: Abbr. : CTMO
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Greek goddess. : ERIS
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___ away. : SALT
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Common correlative. : NOR
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Voodoo deity. : LOA

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

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