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New York Times, Saturday, March 15, 1969

56-Down : Handle rudely.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { B F J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 42.1
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,154
Across
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Hesitates. : HEMS
5
Spar. : MAST
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Intoxicating. : HEADY
14
Stage direction. : EXIT
15
___ out. : INOR
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A Ford. : ERNIE
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Uris's "___ 18." : MILA
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Unaspirated consonant. : LENE
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Proportional charges. : RATES
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Broadway show. : PLAYITAGAINSAM
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Capitol Hill frequenter. : SENATOR
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Manitoba Indian. : CREE
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Pallid. : WAN
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What Italian's ella means. : SHE
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Gay blade. : RAKE
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Perfect. : IDEAL
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Operatic segment. : SCENA
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Free from. : RID
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Phrase from TV show of 53 Across. : VERYINTERESTING
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Samuel's teacher. : ELI
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Trite: Colloq. : CORNY
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Type of blouse. : MIDDY
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Dismissed. : SENT
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Tit for ___. : TAT
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Fall behind. : LAG
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Leave undone. : OMIT
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Resplendent. : AUREATE
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Popular TV pair. : ROWANANDMARTIN
56
Pivotal. : POLAR
57
Nonsense character. : GOOP
58
Orchestra man: Abbr. : COND
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Aside. : APART
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Raison d'___. : ETRE
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Celestial being: Fr. : ANGE
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"Peter Pan" lass. : WENDY
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Fix. : MEND
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Started a hole. : TEED
Down
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Bhang and abaca. : HEMPS
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Banish. : EXILE
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Edison's Ohio birthplace. : MILAN
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Avoid. : STAYAWAY
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"Il Penseroso" poet. : MILTON
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Close to, poetically. : ANEAR
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Canzone. : SONG
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Perfidious business. : TREACHERY
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Ruhr city. : HERNE
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Pencil part. : ERASER
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Architectural pier. : ANTA
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Per ___. : DIEM
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An answer. : YES
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Type style. : ITALIC
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One of the Horae. : IRENE
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Fragrance. : SCENT
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Jejune. : ARID
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Sort. : KIND
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Nervous. : EDGY
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Burl. : IVES
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Cross out. : DELE
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Name for March 17. : ERIN
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Trick. : STRATAGEM
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Eritrean city. : ASMARA
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Out. : NOTIN
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Ocelot or serval. : TIGERCAT
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Heading for. : TOWARD
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Massed. : LUMPED
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Oscar winner. : MARTY
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Embellish. : ADORN
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Expiate. : ATONE
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Suffusing shade. : TINGE
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Called a halt. : ENDED
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Cheap cigar: Slang. : ROPE
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Pearl Buck heroine. : OLAN
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Remark. : NOTE
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Handle rudely. : PAW

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

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