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New York Times, Friday, September 5, 1969

10-Down : ___ thing.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { F J V W X }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,328
Across
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Humpty Dumpty coat. : SHELL
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Toll road. : PIKE
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Train router: Abbr. : DISP
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Asian city. : HANOI
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Port in northwest Africa. : ORAN
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Wine flask. : OLPE
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Form of oxygen. : OZONE
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Ecstatic. : RAPT
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Olive genus. : OLEA
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Coin in Barcelona. : PESETA
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Rumormonger. : QUIDNUNC
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Evening: It. : SERA
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Adriatic seaport. : TRIESTE
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Words in "Sidewalks of New York." : EASTSIDE
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Formerly, old style. : ERST
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Doctor. : TREAT
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Bookbinder's burnisher. : AGATE
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Asian soldier. : ROK
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Seaweed. : AGAR
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Atomize. : SPRAY
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___ here (ditto). : SAME
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Latin pronoun. : HOC
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Diminish gradually, with "out." : PETER
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Mutate. : ALTER
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Eight: Ger. : ACHT
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___ cheek. : TONGUEIN
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Early vase. : AMPHORA
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Standard. : NORM
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Annul. : SETASIDE
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___-doux. : BILLET
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Pitcher Bahnsen. : STAN
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Nobelist in literature (1947). : GIDE
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Literary output. : POESY
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Part of a railroad name. : ERIE
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End piece. : HEEL
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Talk on and on. : PRATE
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Actor's award. : TONY
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Salad ingredient. : TUNA
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Serpent. : ADDER
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Kind of talk. : SHOP
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Fogginess. : HAZE
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Grandson of Adam. : ENOS
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State symbol. : LONESTAR
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Polygraph function. : LIETEST
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Spanish preposition. : POR
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Modern Mesopotamia. : IRAQ
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Finished. : KAPUT
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Aggregate. : ENTIRETY
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___ thing. : DOONES
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Exemplify. : ILLUSTRATE
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Used up. : SPENT
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Tranquility. : PEACE
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Biblical lion. : ARI
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Kind of straits. : DIRE
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Reconcile. : ADAPT
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Eskimo settlement. : ETAH
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Ship of legend. : ARGO
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Skipper. : SEACAPTAIN
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Heron. : EGRET
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N. L. slugger. : AARON
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Buddhist sacred mountain. : OMEI
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"Roberta" composer. : KERN
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Rectify. : SETRIGHT
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Ghetto figure. : SLUMLORD
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Light: Prefix. : PHOS
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Winning general at Actium. : AGRIPPA
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Horror-film great. : CHANEY
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Jack in cribbage. : NOB
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Thing of value. : ASSET
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Paris transportation. : METRO
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Parting word. : ADIEU
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Land west of Nod. : EDEN
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Symbol of heaviness. : LEAD
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Italian town. : ESTE
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Knot artist. : TYER
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High note. : ELA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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