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New York Times, Wednesday, April 23, 1969

20-Across : Begin.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q W }, Scrabble score: 303 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,193
Across
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Fishing gear. : GAFF
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Body of Kaffir warriors. : IMPI
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Russian lake. : ILMEN
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East Indian vine. : ODAL
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Mournful sound. : MOAN
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Credulous. : NAIVE
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Where La Chine is. : ASIE
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City on the Plata. : MONTEVIDEO
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Begin. : TURNTO
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Look attentively. : GAZE
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Traveler's stop. : INN
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Bangalore's state. : MYSORE
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Malayan dagger. : KRIS
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Certain base-hits. : TEXASLEAGUERS
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Blue grass. : POA
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Greek wine flask. : OLPE
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Balanced. : LEVEL
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Hybrid primrose. : OXLIP
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Kennel sound. : YAP
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Have an ___ (mean). : EYETO
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Means of enforcement. : TEETH
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Counterfeit. : SHAM
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Ordinance: Abbr. : REG
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Naturally. : INSTINCTIVELY
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Pastiche. : OLIO
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Outranking. : SENIOR
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Estuary. : RIA
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Part of M.I.T.: Abbr. : INST
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Machine part. : STATOR
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Agitation. : EXCITEMENT
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Rowdy: Slang. : BHOY
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Family member. : NIECE
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Olive genus. : OLEA
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Apollo's mother. : LETO
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Unburdens. : EASES
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O'Casey. : SEAN
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Whilom. : ERST
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Capricorn. : GOAT
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Roll-call answer: Lat. : ADSUM
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Children's delight. : FAIRYTALES
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Strip blubber. : FLENSE
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Wicked. : IMMORAL
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Pasture sound. : MOO
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Torment. : PANG
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Opening for fluid in a pipe. : INTAKE
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Act of alluring. : INVEIGLEMENT
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Chou en-___. : LAI
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South of France. : MIDI
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Unruffled. : EVEN
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___ light. : NEON
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Pound. : EZRA
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Bowmen. : TOXOPHILITES
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Detect. : ESPY
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Chop ___. : SUEY
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Minimum. : LEAST
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Alternative. : EVERYOTHER
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Network. : RETE
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Plod heavily. : SLOG
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Black Sea port. : POTI
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Farm animals. : OXEN
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Tell ___ the ... : ITTO
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Greek letters. : PHIS
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Old Iranian language. : AVESTAN
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Indians or Braves. : NINE
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Fall-blooming annual. : COSMOS
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Subject. : LIABLE
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Implants. : ROOTS
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Descartes. : RENE
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Corn lily. : IXIA
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Experts. : ACES
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Prefix with scope and vise. : TELE
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Farmer of India. : RYOT
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Weather word. : ICE
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Teachers' org. : NEA

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5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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