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New York Times, Saturday, January 11, 1969

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 33.4
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,091
Across
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Relief-pitchers' area. : BULLPEN
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Southern Battlefield site. : COWPENS
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Lack of energy. : ANEURIA
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Small opening. : AREOLET
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Glowing. : RADIANT
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___ France. : LABELLE
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More, in music. : PIU
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Truly. : YEA
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Pronoun. : ITS
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Miquelon. : ILE
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Little terrors. : IMPS
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Ski area. : SLOPE
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Philippine tree. : IPIL
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Colonist's Indian friend. : NETOP
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Nigerian town. : EDE
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Bat man. : CASEY
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Diner menu listing. : DONUT
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Royal raiment. : ERMINES
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Bound. : TRUSSED
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Candia people. : CRETANS
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Cardiff citizens. : WELSH
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Cautious. : CHARY
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He's ___ it. : HAD
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Go over briefly. : RECAP
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Own. : HAVE
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Describing some shad. : BONED
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Vergil word. : ARMA
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Nepal peak. : API
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Pro. : FOR
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Islet. : CAY
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Against: Abbr. : OPP
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Motto's cousins. : SLOGANS
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Au courant. : ALAMODE
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Scarlett's friend. : MELANIE
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Boss. : MANAGER
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Wages. : STIPEND
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Sties. : PIGPENS
Down
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Brooch. : BARPIN
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Pointed, as at random. : UNAIMED
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Paved the way. : LEDUPTO
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French pronoun. : LUI
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Beseech. : PRAY
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___ Tages (one day): Ger. : EINES
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Christmas, in Italy. : NATALE
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Measuring instrument. : CALIPERS
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Take the stump. : ORATE
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Flies' hazards. : WEBS
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U. S. writer. : POE
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Geometrical figure. : ELLIPSE
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Nice or nervous. : NELLIES
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Hard. : STEELY
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Family member. : SON
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South Russian. : ODESSAN
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Fleming. : IAN
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Soft material. : PUTTY
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Drink. : CIDER
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Song syllable. : TRA
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Pet sound. : MEW
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Thrown, in a way. : UNHORSED
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Necklace. : CHAPLET
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Pasta dish. : RAVIOLI
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Before. : ERE
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Grazing area. : LEA
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Dickens character. : SCROOGE
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Memorable U. S. actor. : HAMPDEN
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Abysses. : CHASMS
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Skip out. : DECAMP
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Documents. : PAPERS
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W. Pacific island group. : BONIN
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___ Lama. : DALAI
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Temple, old style. : FANE
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Goose honk. : YANG
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Space. : GAP
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Diagram. : MAP

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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