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New York Times, Friday, March 28, 1969

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { J Q W }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 31.0
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,167
Across
1
Taste. : PALATE
7
Old fellow. : GAFFER
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Outstanding. : EMINENT
15
Memorial Stadium team. : ORIOLES
17
Like a feather. : PINNATE
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Vicious circle. : RATRACE
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Pindaric poem. : ODE
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Steel mill group. : MELTERS
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Hosiery shade. : TAN
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More expensive. : DEARER
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Held onto. : KEPT
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Breed of fowl. : MARAN
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Knight in a fight. : TILTER
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British novelist. : AMIS
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Cooperative. : SYNERGETIC
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Prepared for a rainy day. : SAVEDUP
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Portentous. : AUGURAL
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East Coast bay. : CHESAPEAKE
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Carthaginians' last stand. : ZAMA
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Spends. : USESUP
44
French writer: 1823–92. : RENAN
45
Sloping way. : RAMP
48
Testers. : TRIERS
50
Hole-in-one. : ACE
51
Apes. : BABOONS
54
A dog, for short. : POM
57
Old weapon. : POLEAXE
59
Quondam. : ONETIME
61
Cloying words. : TREACLE
62
Felt hats. : FEDORAS
63
Lower. : NETHER
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They make the grade. : RATERS
Down
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Pumpkin or squash. : PEPO
2
Surrounded by. : AMID
3
Typical Musial hit. : LINEDRIVE
4
Harding or Sheridan. : ANN
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Jasmine dealer. : TEAMAN
6
Script direction. : ENTER
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Author Vidal. : GORE
8
Tree of Morocco. : ARAR
9
Suits. : FITS
10
Favoring. : FOR
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Make exultant. : ELATE
12
A kind of tire. : RECAP
14
Message-sending machines. : TELETYPES
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Mailed. : SENT
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Group of three: Abbr. : TRIN
24
Slackens. : EASESUP
25
Old German coin. : KREUZER
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Opposite of fem. : MASC
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Indian nurse. : AMAH
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Snug, as a roof. : LEAKPROOF
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Correct. : TRUE
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Humpty Dumpty. : EGG
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Bit player in Hollywood. : SUPE
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Happen. : TRANSPIRE
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Van Druten's "___ Camera." : IAMA
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Highland group. : CLAN
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"___ Rheingold." : DAS
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Item from Flint. : AUTO
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Shade of green. : RESEDA
45
Transported. : RAPT
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Squirrel's tidbit. : ACORN
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Donnybrook. : MELEE
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___ tube. : INNER
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Master of counterpoint. : BACH
52
Wheel shaft. : AXLE
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Lager. : BEER
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Poet. : OMAR
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Jumble. : MESS
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Use up. : EAT
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Kiddie. : TOT

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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