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New York Times, Wednesday, May 7, 1969

4-Down : Baseball nickname.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { H J K W X }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 57, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,207
Across
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Rialto offering. : PLAY
5
Urchin. : ARAB
9
Doctor's frequent advice. : REST
13
Kansas city. : IOLA
14
Rockfish. : RENA
15
Used up. : EATEN
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Odd. : QUIZZICAL
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Repeat exactly. : QUOTE
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Hagen. : UTA
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Chemical suffix. : OSE
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Large bird. : EMU
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Old soldier. : VET
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Ancient ascetics. : ESSENES
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Apartment. : SUITE
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Feel in one's bones. : SENSE
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Flowed through. : SEEPED
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Agreements. : PACTS
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Compensation of a kind. : INDEMNITY
39
Ecuador province. : ORO
40
Loves fatuously. : DOTES
41
Before: Prefix. : PRE
42
Johnny-one-notes. : MONOTONES
45
Nicene, for one. : CREED
47
Spangle. : SEQUIN
48
Put a vessel in condition. : REFIT
50
Absolute. : UTTER
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Turn about. : REVERSE
56
Primate. : APE
58
English repast. : TEA
59
Compete. : VIE
60
Propeller. : OAR
61
Suiting. : SERGE
63
Least bit. : SCINTILLA
66
Animal track. : SPOOR
67
Four gills. : PINT
68
Certain festivals. : ALES
69
Scraps. : ORTS
70
Droops. : SAGS
71
___ out. : NOSE
Down
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Resentment. : PIQUE
2
Bumpkins. : LOUTS
3
Pseudonym. : ALIAS
4
Baseball nickname. : YAZ
5
Up. : ARISEN
6
Period of the late 30's. : RECESSION
7
Literary scraps. : ANA
8
Bundles. : BALES
9
Brahms' work. : REQUIEM
10
French drink. : EAU
11
Lincoln hat. : STOVEPIPE
12
Head, in Lyons. : TETE
16
Seine. : NET
18
Earth's belts. : ZONES
23
Calliope and others. : MUSES
26
New York time. : EST
28
Lacrosse team. : TEN
30
Share in. : ENTER
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Common French verb. : ETRE
33
Did a hair job. : DYED
34
Flowers, for short. : POMS
35
Indonesian islands. : AROE
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William, for one. : CONQUEROR
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Worthy. : DESERVING
40
Recipient. : DONEE
43
Baseball term. : OUT
44
Giggles. : TITTERS
45
Cat. : CIVET
46
Way: Abbr. : RTE
49
Boxer's tricks. : FEINTS
51
Grates. : RASPS
53
Once-popular children's book figure. : ROLLO
54
Soupy. : SALES
55
Obliterate. : ERASE
56
Nincompoop. : ASS
57
Squash or melon. : PEPO
62
Won. : GOT
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Gov't agency. : CIA
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Gaelic name. : IAN

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

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