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New York Times, Thursday, February 12, 1959

69-Across : Arabian chieftain.

Author:
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Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 39.4 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,499
Across
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Tusk. : FANG
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Any soft mixture. : MASH
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Sparkling. : CRISP
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Have ___ in one's bonnet. : ABEE
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Design. : IDEA
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Weapon. : LANCE
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Missile launching procedure. : COUNTDOWN
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River in an old song. : AFTON
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Jerusalem artichokes, for example. : TUBERS
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Pass lightly over. : SKIM
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Comparative suffixes. : ERS
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Muse of lyric poetry. : ERATO
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Author of "Look Back in Anger." : OSBORNE
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Shoulder ___. : STRAP
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Divining rod wielder. : DOWSER
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Haul. : LUG
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Cut lengthwise. : SLIT
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Where U. of Illinois is. : URBANA
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Namesakes of a President. : ABES
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Between: Fr. : ENTRE
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Wooer. : SUER
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American financier. : BARUCH
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19th cen. American engineer. : EADS
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___ Browne belt. : SAM
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Comment. : REMARK
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Noted English hymn writer. : WATTS
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Native of Spain. : CATALAN
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Leave out. : ELIDE
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Macaw. : ARA
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Purposes. : ENDS
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Come out into view. : EMERGE
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Very rich man. : NABOB
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Condition in recent U. S. economy. : RECESSION
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Domicile. : ABODE
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Arabian chieftain. : EMIR
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Proofreader's word. : STET
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Ancient stringed instruments. : LYRES
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Lean and sinewy. : WIRY
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Brontë character. : EYRE
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Reality. : FACT
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Ben Adhem. : ABOU
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Morse's colleague. : NEUBERGER
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Subdivisions in biology. : GENERA
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Central part. : MIDST
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Pother. : ADO
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Hems. : SEWS
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Chinese treaty port. : HANKOW
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Climb with difficulty. : CLAMBER
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Fliers of W. W. II. : RAF
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___ alia. : INTER
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Flout. : SCORN
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Think: Fr. : PENSE
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Pitfalls. : TRAPS
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Emanated. : ISSUED
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Another name for Woden. : ODIN
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Celestial spheres. : ORBS
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Thick slice. : SLAB
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Musical instrument. : TUBA
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Fur. : OTTER
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Famous name in New York. : LEHMAN
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Condition in post-war British economy. : AUSTERITY
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___ but not gaudy. : NEAT
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Present ___. : ARMS
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Koran chapter. : SURA
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Croupier's instrument. : RAKE
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Indonesian island. : CELEBES
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Does the crawl. : SWIMS
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Shakespeare's Aguecheek. : ANDREW
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To be present: Lat. : ADESSE
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Waterway. : CANAL
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Oriental country: Poet. : ARABY
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Small drum. : TABOR
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Distrustful: Slang. : LEERY
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Partly: Prefix. : SEMI
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No comer he. : GOER
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Grafted: Heraldry. : ENTE
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"To the West Wind," by Shelley. : ODE
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About: Abbr. : CIR

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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