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New York Times, Friday, June 13, 1969

37-Across : Goes flat.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 12, XRef: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 20.6
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,244
Across
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Duffer's strokes. : BAFFS
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Pequod. : SHIP
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Opposite of vive. : ABAS
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Nautical term. : ATRIP
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Philippine cloth. : PINA
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Con ___ (briskly). : BRIO
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See 3 Down. : THIRTEENTH
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Flavoring plant. : HERB
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Common contraction. : HED
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Irish dramatist. : SYNGE
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Ancient country. : MOAB
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Indians of Tierra del Fuego. : ONAS
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No place for apple eating. : EDEN
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___ the Covenant. : ARKOF
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Address. : SAYTO
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Try. : ESSAY
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Emotion. : IRE
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Rare person. : ONER
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Sixth sense: Abbr. : ESP
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Direction. : NNE
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Goes flat. : STALES
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Decked. : TOGGED
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See 3 Down. : THE
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Postal item: Abbr. : STP
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Metalware. : TOLE
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Timetable abbr. : ARR
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Severe. : HARSH
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Spirit of a people. : ETHOS
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Important alliance. : SEATO
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Account of a sort. : EPIC
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Item to be held securely, in superstition. : SOAP
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Homme d'___. : ETAT
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Archeologists' tools. : PICKS
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Indian. : OTO
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Wind. : COIL
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Tempts fate, ladderwise. : WALKSUNDER
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Henry's fourth. : ANNE
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First name for an author. : ERLE
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Children's poet. : MOORE
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Makes an out in baseball. : TAGS
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Defeat. : BEST
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Geologist's term. : STOSS
Down
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Mawkishness. : BATHOS
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Greek goddess. : ATHENA
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With 42 and 17 Across, a time for caution. : FRIDAY
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Wood. : FIR
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N. Y. and San Fran. : SPTS
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Fast man with a dollar. : SPENDER
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Depends, with "on." : HINGES
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Violent. : INTENSE
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Exclamation. : PAH
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Execrate. : ABHOR
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___ a mirror (tempting fate). : BREAKING
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Winging. : AIRBORNE
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News story of a kind. : SOB
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Evil ___. : EYE
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Spring festival gear. : MAYPOLE
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Special kind of airport: Abbr. : STOL
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"___ a cold, ... " : FEED
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Not requiring repetition. : ONESHOT
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Apropos. : ASTO
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This: Sp. : ESTA
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Railroad stops: Abbr. : STAS
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___ match. : THREEONA
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Making effervescent. : AERATING
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___ on (manages). : GETS
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Train. : PREPARE
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Undergrowth. : THICKET
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___ salt (tempts fate). : SPILLS
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17 Across, for one. : HOODOO
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TV Westerns. : OATERS
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Germ cells. : SPORES
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Witches' ___. : TALES
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Containers: Abbr. : CKS
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Pupil's problems. : SUMS
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Black ___. : CAT
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Entanglement. : WEB
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Do ___ open umbrellas indoors. : NOT

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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