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New York Times, Friday, April 11, 1969

66-Across : ___-mell.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { F J Q X }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 83, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,181
Across
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N. or S. ___. : AMER
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Dutch painter. : HALS
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Fools. : ASSES
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Biblical weed. : TARE
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Curved molding. : OGEE
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Pare leather. : SKIVE
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Malay coins. : TRAS
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Nothing, in France. : RIEN
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San Francisco stadium. : KEZAR
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Tax men. : ASSESSORS
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Horne. : LENA
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Smiling word. : CHEESE
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English poet. : AUDEN
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Biscuit of a sort. : HARDTACK
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"One ___ under God." : NATION
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Hoedown feature. : ROUNDDANCE
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Certain political people: Abbr. : LIBS
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Sandwich order. : ONRYE
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Apollo's mother. : LETO
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Overloads, in a way. : SNOWSUNDER
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Invisible. : UNSEEN
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Status. : STANDING
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Requires. : NEEDS
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Oklahoman. : SOONER
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___ were. : ASIT
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What cie. stands for. : COMPAGNIE
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Hurdles. : LEAPS
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Broadway hero. : ABIE
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Smitten: Colloq. : GAGA
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French Impressionist. : MANET
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Sunbathe. : LOLL
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Number suffixes. : ETHS
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Evaluate. : ASSAY
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___-mell. : PELL
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From himself, in law. : DESE
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Glue on. : ATTACH
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Actress Hunt. : MARSHA
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Chalk's partner. : ERASER
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Plant over. : RESEED
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Cut up. : HORSEAROUND
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Exchange premium. : AGIO
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Nasty look. : LEER
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Objects of perception. : SENSA
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Request. : ASK
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Like framework. : SKELETAL
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Clementine's footwear. : SIZENINE
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Man's name. : EVAN
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Body fluids. : SERA
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Initials for supersonic plane. : SST
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Mesmerized. : UNDERASPELL
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An elder. : DAD
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Neighbor of Mass. : CONN
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Middle East people. : KURDS
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Month: Abbr. : OCT
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Prefix for classic. : NEO
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Russian reply. : NYET
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Baton Rouge initials. : LSU
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Motel of yore. : INN
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Balkan people. : BOSNIANS
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Flower. : SWEETPEA
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___ red. : SEE
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Free of taboo, in Hawaii. : NOA
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Shadowed. : DOGGED
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Native. : INNATE
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Stable sounds. : NEIGHS
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Fat. : GREASE
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Pelt of sorts. : SCALP
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Campus first name. : ALMA
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High waves. : SEAS
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Hautboy. : OBOE
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English philosopher. : MILL
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Eye affliction. : STY

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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