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New York Times, Tuesday, September 30, 1969

6-Down : Barrel groove.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J X }, Scrabble score: 298 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 47.0 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,353
Across
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Thin disk. : WAFER
6
Fellow. : CHAP
10
Anarchist Goldman. : EMMA
14
Bolivian city. : ORURO
15
Fad. : RAGE
16
Inquiry: Abbr. : QUES
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Coat rack. : VALET
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Proposals. : OVERTURES
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Building extension. : ELL
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Exudes. : OOZES
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Ah Sin's creator. : HARTE
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Eye part. : CORNEA
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Piers. : MOLES
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King Richard's need. : AHORSE
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Beams. : GRINS
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Bundle. : BALE
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Undeveloped. : YOUNG
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Importune. : WOO
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Occurs suddenly. : CROSSESONESMIND
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Indian weight. : SER
41
Moon crater. : EGEDE
42
Ineffective. : IDLE
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Squall. : STORM
44
Allen's and others. : ALLEYS
46
Parting word. : ADIOS
48
African antelope. : IMPALA
50
Parting word. : ADIEU
51
Imaginary animal. : SNARK
52
Golly! : WOW
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National V.I.P. : FIRSTLADY
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Dodge. : EVADE
59
"___ a kick ... " : IGET
60
Aware: Colloq. : ONTO
61
Garden man. : RAKER
62
City near Leipzig. : GERA
63
Redolence. : ODOR
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Cordwood measure. : STERE
Down
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Interlaced. : WOVE
2
Soviet sea. : ARAL
3
TV network words. : FULLCOLOR
4
Poet's word. : ERE
5
Machine parts. : ROTORS
6
Barrel groove. : CROZE
7
Feel tempted. : HAVEAGOODMINDTO
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Iron and middle. : AGES
9
For each. : PER
10
Matches. : EQUALS
11
Variety of auk. : MURRE
12
Track events. : MEETS
13
African fox. : ASSE
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Straps. : THONGS
22
___ and all. : ONE
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Metals. : ORES
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Golconda. : MINE
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Basics. : ABCS
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Field creature. : HARE
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Ancient script. : RUNE
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French river. : YSER
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Vigilant. : WIDEAWAKE
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Exclusively. : ONLY
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Works of Keats. : ODES
37
Undertake. : SETOUT
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Self-images. : EGOS
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Plant. : MILL
43
Interlude of sorts. : SIESTA
44
Calendar abbreviation. : APR
45
Los Angeles pros. : LAKERS
46
Italian river. : ADIGE
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More urgent. : DIRER
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Local V.I.P. : MAYOR
50
Not worth ___. : AFIG
51
French novelist. : SAND
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Polish border river. : ODER
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As it ___. : WERE
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Card game. : LOO
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Tank. : VAT

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

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