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New York Times, Thursday, May 8, 1969

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 43.7
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,208
Across
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Available. : ONTAP
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Commander in Revolution. : ASHE
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Be off! : SCAT
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French river. : LOIRE
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Bandy words. : SPAR
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Weight deduction. : TARE
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Girl's name. : ELLEN
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Evening in Naples. : SERA
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Island land. : ERIN
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Become upset. : GOTOPIECES
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Every: Ger. : ALLE
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Prefix with freeze or body. : ANTI
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Farthest. : UTMOST
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Where kinder learn to write. : SCHULE
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Wall hanging. : ARRAS
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At ___ for words. : ALOSS
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Features of jazz. : BLUENOTES
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Asian boundary river. : YALU
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Enervates. : JADES
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Course. : PATH
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Openings. : APERTURES
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River area. : DELTA
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Control board. : PANEL
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Performed in a way. : DANCED
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Note. : REMARK
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Bolivian Indian. : ITEN
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Part of a Latin trio. : AMAT
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Post Office function. : MOVINGMAIL
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Year during reign of Henry I. : MCII
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Southwest wind. : AFER
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Free. : LETGO
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Wine: Prefix. : OENO
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Regarding. : INRE
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Prevent. : ESTOP
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Realized. : SEEN
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Myrna and others. : LOYS
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Cherished ones. : DEARS
Down
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Cassini. : OLEG
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___ contendere. : NOLO
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Pinball word. : TILT
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Mars: Prefix. : AREO
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Writers of a sort. : PENPALS
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Useful quality. : ASSET
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Postal service. : SPECIALDELIVERY
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Speedy one. : HARE
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Removals. : ERASURES
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Gets at some mail. : STEAMSOPEN
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Ponti. : CARLO
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Seed coverings. : ARILS
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Stand. : TENET
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Noun suffix. : INE
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Brown. : TAN
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"___ prayer ... " : SAYA
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Strike. : CLAP
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Predicament. : HOLE
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Seizure of a kind. : USURPATION
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Is sorry for. : RUES
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Unmask. : BARE
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Barbershop item. : TALC
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Feminine ending. : ETTE
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Food fish. : SHAD
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Some letters. : JUNKMAIL
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Seafarer. : TAR
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Hung loosely. : DANGLED
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Cub Scout unit. : DEN
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Kind of gin fizz. : RAMOS
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Allen or Griffin. : EMCEE
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Muskie's state. : MAINE
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Exasperates. : TIRES
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___ consequence. : OFNO
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Month, in Italy. : MESE
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___ boy! : ATTA
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Stravinsky. : IGOR
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Cuts off. : LOPS

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

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