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New York Times, Monday, October 13, 1969

47-Across : Sweet potato.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.25, Missing: { J K Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 264 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 36.6
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,366
Across
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Kind of exam. : ORAL
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Closely related group. : TRIBE
10
Dull. : DRAB
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Texas city. : WACO
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Picture riddle. : REBUS
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Overhang. : EAVE
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French resort. : NICE
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Like the pre in predict. : UNACCENTED
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Floundered through water. : SLOSHED
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Alice's host and others. : HATTERS
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Consumers. : USERS
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Lily plant. : ALOE
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More composed. : SANER
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Wave menacingly. : BRANDISH
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Liquid measure in France. : LITRE
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Guitar parts. : FRETS
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Scottish denial. : NAE
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Room in a harem. : ODA
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Came up. : AROSE
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Boston's Red or Chicago's White. : SOX
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Write. : PEN
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Word with Scott. : GREAT
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Have ___ to pick. : ABONE
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Admired. : ESTEEMED
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Valleys. : DALES
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Actor Walter. : ABEL
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River to the Missouri. : OSAGE
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Sweet potato. : OCARINA
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Land on Black Sea. : RUMANIA
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Carillonneur. : BELLRINGER
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Watt, for one. : SCOT
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Conception. : IDEA
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Families of plants: Suffix. : ACEAE
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Dispatched. : SENT
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Weather abbreviation. : TEMP
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Lacks. : NEEDS
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Genesis figure. : ESAU
Down
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Acknowledges. : OWNS
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Wading bird. : RAIL
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V.I.P. in April. : ACCOUNTANT
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"How to Succeed" composer. : LOESSER
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Aligning device. : TRUER
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Divides. : RENDS
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Philippine tree. : IBA
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European capital. : BUCHAREST
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Increase in intensity. : ESCALATE
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Like some fenders. : DENTED
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Rank high. : RATE
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Claim. : AVER
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River areas. : BEDS
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Jackets. : ETONS
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Present. : HERE
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Incline. : SLOPE
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Staff men. : AIDES
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Extensive. : BROAD
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Haughty airs. : INSOLENCES
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River of France. : SAONE
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Puts the whammy on. : HEXES
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Function independently. : FREELANCE
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Ultramarine blue. : ARMENIAN
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Legendary eastern prince. : GEBIR
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George Eliot's Bede. : ADAM
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Sugar-cane residue. : BAGASSE
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Part of a winter cap. : EARLAP
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Mountain nymph. : OREAD
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Coastal winds of Chile. : SURES
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Newspaper item. : OBIT
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Yield. : CEDE
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Ottoman standard. : ALEM
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Hebrides island. : IONA
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Aleutian island. : ATTU
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Horse command. : GEE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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