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New York Times, Wednesday, April 30, 1969

31-Across : Fruit.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 25.7 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,200
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Good wood for rafts. : BALSA
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Yellowish brown. : UMBER
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Occasional sky sighting. : UFO
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Rod of a certain shape. : UBOLT
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Artless. : NAIVE
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Racehorse: Slang. : NAG
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Grocery's descendant. : SUPERMARKET
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Fizzle. : DUD
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Journals. : DIARIES
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Good, in Rome. : BENE
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Decimal rate: Abbr. : PCT
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Egyptian dancing girls. : ALMAS
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Revived an old film. : RERAN
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Babylonian god. : IRRA
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Weight unit. : TON
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Baltic native. : LETT
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Fruit. : PEARS
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Predatory. : RAPACIOUS
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Formed on earth's surface. : EPIGENE
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Firm. : ADAMANT
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Put through the washer again. : RELAUNDER
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Ancient Italian city. : PESTO
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Otherwise. : ELSE
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Tatter. : RAG
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Agitate. : STIR
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Trojan War figure. : PARIS
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Participant in a child's game. : HIDER
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Foxy. : SLY
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Bows. : ARCS
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Some literary works. : SATIRES
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Depot: Abbr. : STA
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Barber, modern style. : HAIRSTYLIST
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Pronoun. : HIM
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Get along. : AGREE
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Down. : EIDER
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Cleopatra's finis. : ASP
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Works by a Spanish master. : GOYAS
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Hard. : STONY
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Vehicle. : BUS
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Sumerian deity. : ABU
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Cut off. : LOP
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Coaster. : SLED
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Roman courtyards. : ATRIA
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Without weaponry. : UNARMORED
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Lady in "Measure for Measure." : MARIANA
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Two-wheelers. : BIKES
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Poetic times of day. : EVES
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Soak, as flax. : RET
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Doesn't brown enough. : UNDERTOASTS
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Flora's friend. : FAUNA
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City in Utah. : OGDEN
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Ingredient of beer. : MALT
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Early. : BETIMES
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Collector for those who dance. : PIPER
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Gift-wrap paper. : CREPE
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Place for some tourists. : TRAILERCAMP
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Summary, for short. : RECAP
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Bighorn sheep. : ARGALIS
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Chap. : LAD
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Writer of children's books. : SEUSS
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Pleasant places. : PARADISES
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Up to. : UNTIL
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Floor. : STORY
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Compass mark. : NNE
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Former Italian colony in Africa. : ERITREA
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Girl's nickname. : GERT
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Eastern title. : PASHA
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"___ long, life is short." : ARTIS
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Well fuzzed. : HAIRY
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Spanish kings. : REYES
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Pudding starch. : SAGO
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Hong Kong skirt feature. : SLIT
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Crone. : HAG
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Form of Esperanto. : IDO
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Change from a yen. : SEN
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Do a judge's task. : TRY

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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