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New York Times, Tuesday, August 5, 1969

2-Down : Eldest daughter, in France.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 34.1
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,297
Across
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Cartoonist. : CAPP
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Cavity: Suffix. : CELE
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Take ___. : AHINT
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Money for Loren. : LIRA
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Biblical name. : ADAM
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Columbus's birthplace. : GENOA
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Source of indigo. : ANIL
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Hard word. : JAWBREAKER
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Advice for a lady. : WEEPNOMORE
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Talbot. : LYLE
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Silent movie fare. : SERIAL
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Liver: Fr. : FOIE
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Ball or biscuit. : TEA
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Undecided. : INDOUBT
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Place in position. : MOUNT
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Time for night's dream. : MIDSUMMER
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Part of A.E.S. : ADLAI
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Front: Prefix. : PRE
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Greenish blue. : CAPRI
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Poet. : SONNETEER
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Upbeat, in music. : ARSIS
45
More peevish. : CROSSER
46
Perched. : SAT
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Waste allowance. : TRET
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___-pas? : NESTCE
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Poetic trees. : ASPS
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Advantage. : AHEADSTART
61
Yukon capital. : WHITEHORSE
63
Brightly colored fish. : OPAH
64
Red dye. : EOSIN
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U.N. member. : USSR
66
Split. : RIVE
67
Precious ones. : DEARS
68
Colors. : REDS
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River to North Sea. : YSER
Down
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Hammer parts. : CLAWS
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Eldest daughter, in France. : AINEE
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Inquisitive one. : PRIER
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Feelers. : PALPI
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Coax. : CAJOLE
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Red-coated cheese. : EDAM
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___ Moses. : LAWOF
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Does needlework. : EMBROIDERS
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Mature. : AGE
10
Reconcile. : HEAL
11
Black. : INKY
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Seasonal time. : NOEL
13
Biblical weed. : TARE
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Guidelines of a sort. : REINS
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Most smart. : NATTIEST
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Trains. : EDUCATES
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Electrical quantity. : AMPEREHOUR
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Bradley. : OMAR
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Refs' cousins. : UMPS
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Half a disease. : BERI
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Speaker. : TRIS
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Gender: Abbr. : MASC
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Perfume. : ODOR
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Of a bone: Prefix. : ULNO
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Ling and Shan. : NANS
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Pique. : IRE
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Abraham's father. : TERAH
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One of the astronauts. : ANDERS
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Succinct. : TERSE
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Yarn. : STORY
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Floor or table cover. : TAPIS
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Ask earnestly. : CRAVE
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Heavens. : ETHER
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Impressed. : AWED
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Oxford. : SHOE
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Province in Tuscany. : PISA
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Calaboose. : STIR
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Rated, as property: Abbr. : ASSD
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Abstract being. : ENS

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

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