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New York Times, Friday, February 21, 1969

58-Down : Grackle.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F J X Y }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,132
Across
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Star in Cygnus. : DENEB
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Scovels. : MOPS
10
Tableland. : MESA
14
Noisy. : AROAR
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About 3.7 quarts. : OMER
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Aits in the Aude. : ILES
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Kind of auk. : MURRE
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Stoics' leader. : ZENO
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Stoolie, in Southampton. : NARK
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Rascals. : SCALAWAGS
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Shade. : TINGE
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Plant pore. : STOMA
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Dealt with. : TRADED
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Cygnet's sire. : COB
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Quoits peg. : HOB
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I.O.U. : CHIT
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Open. : OVERT
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Erose. : IRREGULAR
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Greek cape on Aegean Sea. : MALEA
38
___ vadis. : QUO
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Papal veil. : ORALE
40
Power failures. : BLACKOUTS
42
Gall. : NERVE
43
Cattle, old style. : KINE
44
Michigan locks, for short. : SOO
46
Usual bill footer. : DAD
47
United. : ALLONE
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Foam. : SPUME
52
Active. : DOING
53
Lunch order. : SPARERIBS
57
In disagreement. : ANTI
58
Netherlands coin. : DOIT
59
Moth genus. : TINEA
60
Honey buzzard. : PERN
61
Waugh. : ALEC
62
Moves cautiously. : EDGES
63
Trillion: Prefix. : TREG
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Chicken bone. : WISH
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Dejected ones. : RUERS
Down
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Hoover and Roosevelt. : DAMS
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Cordage fiber. : ERUC
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Girl's name. : NORA
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Nobles. : EARLS
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Exciting. : BREATHTAKING
6
African area. : MOZAMBIQUE
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Alpha's opposite. : OMEGA
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Pig and fountain. : PENS
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Broadway sign. : SRO
10
Some poodles. : MINIATURE
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Antelope. : ELAND
12
Worsted. : SERGE
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Wall St. word. : ASKED
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Court. : WOO
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One skilled in math. : TRIGONOMETER
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Article. : THE
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Search. : COMB
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Stadium. : OVAL
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Lugosi. : BELA
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Cantankerous one. : CROSSPATCH
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Dead ___. : RECKONING
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Existence of sorts. : RUT
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Shortening. : LARD
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Edison's middle name. : ALVA
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Calamus. : REED
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Pronoun. : ONE
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"___ Town." : OUR
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Modify. : ADAPT
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Independent one. : LONER
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Measure. : LITRE
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Snoops. : SPIES
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Ancient Sumerian city. : ERIDU
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Scala offerings. : SOLI
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U.S. playwright. : INGE
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Swanky or stout. : BEER
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Lip. : SASS
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Grackle. : DAW

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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