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New York Times, Saturday, June 14, 1969

1-Across : At the drop of ___.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.57, Missing: { F J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Spans: 5 (2 double stacks), Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9, Grid flow: 61.7
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,245
Across
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At the drop of ___. : AHAT
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Tapestry. : ARRAS
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French composer. : LALO
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Sky sight in Perth. : CORONAAUSTRALIS
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Some experts. : TROUBLESHOOTERS
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Welds. : UNITES
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Part of Tito's domain. : SLOVENIA
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Foot: Suffix : PEDE
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First garment. : DIAPER
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Rise again. : RESOAR
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Map area. : ASIA
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Well-known Nebraska name. : BOYSTOWN
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Divan decor. : PILLOW
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Period. : ERA
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Walked unsteadily. : TODDLED
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Merkel. : UNA
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Highland garb. : TARTAN
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Soft color. : ROSEGRAY
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O'Neill heroine. : ANNA
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Belmont customer. : BETTOR
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Cut deeply. : BEGASH
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Early Irish writing system. : OGAM
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Part of our society. : LABORERS
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Character in "Ivanhoe." : ROWENA
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City sights. : APARTMENTHOUSES
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Disarray. : MESS
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Lumber processor's tool. : EDGER
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French family man. : PERE
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Misbehave. : ACTUP
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Lena. : HORNE
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Of a lily family. : AROID
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Race track hangers-on. : TOUTERS
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Indian mulberries. : AALS
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Scottish name. : RAE
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Salad item. : RUSSIANDRESSING
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Hewn or squared stone. : ASHLAR
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Small porch. : STOOP
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Football pass. : LATERAL
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Danish measure. : ALEN
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Pontecorvo's river. : LIRI
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Greek mountain. : OSSA
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Nautical direction. : NBE
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Ramble. : ROVE
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Slovenly one. : DOWD
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Girl's name. : ETTA
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Quickly. : SOON
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Musical mark. : SLUR
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Scottish island. : IONA
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Out. : AWAY
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Greek letter. : BETA
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Algerian port. : ORAN
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Story. : YARN
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Hanger-on. : PEST
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Thought: Prefix. : IDEO
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Scottish village. : LOTH
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Small drums. : TABOURS
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Adult. : GROWNUP
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Excluded. : BARRED
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Formerly, old style. : ERST
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Do you ___? : GETME
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Barnacles and graylags. : GEESE
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Genus of 48 Down. : ANSER
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Pool table shot. : MASSE
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O'Flaherty. : LIAM
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___ d'Huez, French peak. : ALPE
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Gil ___. : BLAS
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River to the Rhine. : RUHR
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Spanish bear. : OSO
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Native of: Suffix. : OTE

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

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