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New York Times, Friday, May 2, 1969

61-Across : Case.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.33, Missing: { F Q Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 44.9
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,202
Across
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Sins. : EVILS
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Big Ten team. : IOWA
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Basketball violation. : PALM
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Alarm. : PANIC
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Night in Paris. : NUIT
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Inter ___. : ALIA
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Fur. : OTTER
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Youth. : STRIPLING
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Dear one. : SIR
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Lower. : ABASE
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Lips: Prefix. : LABIO
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Matchmaking, new style. : COMPUTERDATING
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Purify. : DISTIL
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Single. : ONE
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Newman. : PAUL
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Gift. : TALENT
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Letter. : WYE
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Prize. : JACKPOT
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___ Lamb. : PASCHAL
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Sweet one. : SUE
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Words for a well-pitched game. : ONEHIT
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Roar. : HOWL
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Ending for bleacher. : ITE
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Ad-libs. : ASIDES
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Capital name. : PRESIDENTNIXON
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Obscurity. : LIMBO
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___ life. : ADOGS
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Long time. : EON
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Holding the reins. : INCONTROL
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Flicker. : MOVIE
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Danish weights. : ESER
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Case. : ETUI
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___ of robins. : ANEST
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Viewed. : SEEN
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College group. : ROTC
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Roman gods. : LARES
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Heroic collection. : EPOS
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Prophetic. : VATIC
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Bring together. : INTRODUCE
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Stay at anchor. : LIE
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Jettisons. : SCRAPS
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Limitless in a way. : INSATIATE
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Top the market. : OUTSELL
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Electrician. : WIRER
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Will be back ___. : ATI
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Taste. : PALATE
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Excuse, informally. : ALIBI
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Protein from flaxseed. : LININ
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Gog's companion. : MAGOG
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Mills. : PLANTS
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Fastened. : BUTTONED
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Deplete. : MILK
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Providing. : DONATING
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Nightwear, for short. : PJS
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Athletic group: Abbr. : AAU
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Consisting of letters. : EPISTOLIC
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Pronoun. : WHOSOEVER
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Veer. : YAW
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Building wing. : ELL
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Drug. : POTION
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Imperfect eggs. : CHEX
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Gift of sorts. : HANDOUT
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"A Star ___." : ISBORN
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Dreary. : DISMAL
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Layers. : PLIES
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Gargle. : RINSE
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Host. : EMCEE
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___ the ground. : EARTO
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Disturbance. : NOISE
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Profits. : NETS
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Numerical prefix. : TER
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___ hunch. : ONA

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

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