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New York Times, Wednesday, December 10, 1969

21-Across : Savoir faire.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { F J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 257 (avg 1.34)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,424
Across
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Place to stop 'em at. : PASS
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Bones. : OSSA
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Rams. : TAMPS
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Air. : LILT
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Stagger. : REEL
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On the qui vive. : ALERT
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Famous waterway. : ERIECANAL
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Soap opera milieu. : RADIO
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Aft. : ASTERN
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Savoir faire. : TACT
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Wedding words. : IDO
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Blithe. : LIGHTHEARTED
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Schlemiel. : SAP
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Samp. : MEAL
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Space. : AREA
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Pam. : KNAVE
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Colors. : REDS
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Short end. : STUB
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Perseveres. : INSISTS
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Football captain's choice. : RECEIVE
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Hair and fish. : NETS
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River to the Elbe. : OHRE
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Western Indians : OTOES
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Light rain. : MIST
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Trireme propellants. : OARS
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Not artificial: Abbr. : NAT
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Nitwit. : SCATTERBRAIN
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Common verb. : WAS
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Friend: Fr. : AMIE
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Required. : NEEDED
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Between: Prefix. : INTER
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Bring into existence. : PROCREATE
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Cubic measure. : STERE
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Small case. : ETUI
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Moldboard or rotary. : PLOW
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Irritations. : SORES
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Ointment. : NARD
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Peccadilloes. : SINS
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Supplication. : PLEA
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Affectation. : AIRS
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Incision. : SLIT
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Nerves of ___. : STEEL
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Seville or Valencia. : ORANGE
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Yen part. : SEN
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Site of Lake Washington. : SEATTLE
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Muezzin's god. : ALLAH
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Tooth annoyance. : TARTAR
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Between Ga. and Miss. : ALA
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Reflection. : MEDITATION
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Egotism. : PRIDE
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Endured. : STOOD
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Piacles. : CRIMES
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Avast! : CEASE
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Strident. : HARSH
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Regulate. : RESET
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Peel. : SKIN
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Princess ___, Md. : ANNE
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Expert. : PASTMASTER
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Call on. : VISIT
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Drab, in poetry. : DREAR
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Eye part. : UVEA
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Top of the line. : BEST
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Kind of pole. : TOTEM
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More snug: Var. : COSIER
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Kern creation. : ROBERTA
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Fixes the eyes. : STARES
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Word for bad bacon. : RANCID
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Kind of cheese. : SWISS
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Poem division. : CANTO
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Mellow. : RIPEN
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Turnips, in the vernacular. : NEEPS
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Surrealist. : DALI
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Collar. : ETON
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Makes moist. : DEWS
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Sooner than. : ERE
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"___ Town." : OUR

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

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