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New York Times, Saturday, March 22, 1969

40-Down : Musical piece.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.68, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 341 (avg 1.82)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 21.4
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,161
Across
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Peer Gynt's creator. : IBSEN
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U.S. tennis star. : ASHE
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Fastening device. : HASP
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Relative of NATO. : SEATO
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Contest. : DUEL
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Concerning. : ASTO
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Dostoevsky title (with "The"). : IDIOT
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Battle of 1775. : LEXINGTON
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French salt. : SEL
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Examination. : QUIZ
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Pain. : AGONY
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Morsel. : CRUMB
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Flaubert heroine. : BOVARY
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Stimulus. : FILLIP
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Butterfly. : SATYR
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Perch. : ROOST
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One of the Little Women. : BETH
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Buenos ___. : DIAS
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Lawyer: Abbr. : ATT
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Dividing line. : EQUATOR
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Basketball league: Abbr. : NBA
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Okinawan port. : NAHA
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Repulsive. : UGLY
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Wore. : HADON
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Punctilious ones. : PRIGS
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Honshu metropolis. : NAGOYA
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Viscous. : SYRUPY
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Glossy varnish. : JAPAN
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At full speed, old style. : AMAIN
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Match parts, in a game. : SETS
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Sheep. : EWE
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Fellini film (with "La"). : DOLCEVITA
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Blackbird. : OUSEL
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Prefix with morph or plasm. : ECTO
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Sacred figure. : ICON
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Quaff. : DRINK
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Card game. : SKAT
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Scoots. : ZIPS
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Irish poet. : YEATS
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Cow-headed goddess. : ISIS
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"Venerable" historian. : BEDE
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Heavy canvas. : SAILCLOTH
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W. W. II initials. : ETO
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Almost. : NOTQUITE
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Extemporize. : ADLIB
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Focal point in Mideast. : SUEZ
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Bewitch. : HEX
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Samuel's teacher. : ELI
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Rider. : HAGGARD
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Old Times Sq. hotel. : ASTOR
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Hard. : STONY
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Jigger's relative. : PONY
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Blue. : NAVY
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Masked man: Abbr. : UMP
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Literary initials. : RLS
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Silly: Colloq. : BATTY
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Emperor 1900 years ago. : OTHO
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Giants' Tarkenton. : FRAN
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Tittle. : IOTA
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Zoo attraction. : SEALS
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Carriage. : BUGGY
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Suharto's country. : INDONESIA
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___ and his dog. : ABOY
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Mideast capital. : SANA
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Sally. : QUIP
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Musical piece. : RHAPSODY
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Fruit. : APRICOT
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Eastern title. : AGA
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Part of an old alphabet. : RUNE
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Man's nickname. : NAT
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Atelier wear. : SMOCK
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1945 conference site. : YALTA
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Casual wear. : JEANS
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Cool drinks. : ADES
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Period. : STOP
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Left. : WENT
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Fraternal group. : ELKS
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Namely, Lat. abbr. : VIZ
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Here, in Paris. : ICI
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Noun suffix. : URE

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

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