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New York Times, Wednesday, November 19, 1969

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 0, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 36.8
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,403
Across
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Disguise. : MASK
5
Relatives of scenes. : ACTS
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Old name of Huesca, Spain. : OSCA
13
With. : AMONG
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Load for a gun. : SHOT
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Carrots' friends. : PEAS
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Street show. : RAREE
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Short news item. : PARAGRAPH
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Nautical props. : SHEETS
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Church court. : ROTA
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Man's nickname. : MOE
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Basketball maneuver. : STALL
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Frome and others. : ETHANS
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Evil. : BAD
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Hodgepodge. : OLIO
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O'Casey. : SEAN
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Upon. : ATOP
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Within: Prefix. : ENTO
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Loops, in anatomy. : ANSAE
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Man who cashed in on rain. : SOMERSETMAUGHAM
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Facial expression. : SMILE
44
Dissenters of 1860's. : REBS
45
Form of address. : SIRE
46
Close. : NEAR
48
Hat part. : BRIM
50
Parisian's few. : PEU
51
Testimonial-dinner feature. : SPEECH
53
Fortification. : REDAN
55
Before: Prefix. : PRE
56
River in Portugal. : TEJO
58
Make practicable. : ENABLE
62
Persons of mixed descent. : EURASIANS
65
Sedate. : STAID
66
Drinks. : ADES
67
Tiny insect. : MITE
68
Like some seals. : EARED
69
Colors. : REDS
70
Great number, informally. : SLEW
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Mother of Castor. : LEDA
Down
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Planet. : MARS
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Oriental servant. : AMAH
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Grievous. : SORE
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Joints. : KNEES
5
Snake. : ASP
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Famous sister. : CHARLOTTEBRONTE
7
Spanish bull. : TORO
8
Components of a country. : STATES
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Phone girl. : OPR
10
Mariner's skill. : SEAMANSHIP
11
Table poultry. : CAPON
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Bonfire leftovers. : ASHES
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Arrive at. : GETTO
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French cake. : GATEAU
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Kind of resistance. : SALES
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Something for the inside. : LINER
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Pends. : HANGS
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Choir voice. : BASS
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Small thing. : ATOM
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Overpowered. : DOMINEERED
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West Indian volcano. : PELEE
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Old Spanish card game. : OMBRE
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Swiss river. : AARE
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Big bird. : EMEU
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Responds. : REACTS
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Stage dialogue device. : ASIDE
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French cathedral town. : RHEIMS
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Parson's home. : MANSE
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Weapon. : SPEAR
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Prig. : PRUDE
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Brazilian port. : NATAL
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Hoosegow. : JAIL
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Open. : BARE
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Fibbed. : LIED
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Norse story. : EDDA
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Beast of burden. : ASS
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Stitch. : SEW

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

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