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New York Times, Tuesday, June 3, 1969

22-Down : Ointment.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,234
Across
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Lincoln's birthplace. : CABIN
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Winks. : BATS
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Over. : ANEW
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Harangue. : ORATE
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The Iliad, for one. : EPIC
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Italian resort. : LIDO
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Editor's mark. : CARET
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Jan van der ___. : MEER
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Consumer. : USER
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Berliner's upper. : OBER
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Remember. : BEARINMIND
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Volcanic matter. : ASH
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Overcharge: Slang. : SOAK
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Greek god. : PAN
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Rose dye. : EOSIN
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Unfamiliar. : STRANGE
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Girl's name. : ISABEL
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Off-color. : LEWD
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Attention. : EAR
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Site of Napoleonic victory. : LODI
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Pliny the ___. : ELDER
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Greek letter. : BETA
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Capability: Suffix. : ILE
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Roman date. : IDES
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Turkish inn. : IMARET
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Book supplements. : ADDENDA
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Tolerate. : STAND
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1101. : MCI
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Soon after. : THEN
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W. W. II agency. : OPA
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Seize arbitrarily. : COMMANDEER
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Mop. : SWAB
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Korean name. : RHEE
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Slangy negative. : NOPE
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Unkempt. : SEEDY
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"___ we got fun." : AINT
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Eject. : EMIT
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A slope. : TALUS
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Today's youth. : MODS
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Ball team. : REDS
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An ICBM. : ATLAS
Down
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Beverage. : COCOA
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Sheiks and others. : ARABS
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How Nixon usually goes. : BAREHEADED
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Appian Way. : ITER
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Final. : NET
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Debase. : BEMEAN
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Vertical, as an anchor. : APEAK
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Row. : TIER
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Hollywood worker. : SCRIPTWRITER
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Ex-coed. : ALUMNA
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Unless: Latin. : NISI
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One bite ended it. : EDEN
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News. : WORD
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Corned beef and cabbage. : BOILEDDINNER
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Ointment. : NARD
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Direction. : SSE
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Kimono accessory. : OBI
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Visualize. : SEE
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Chronic idler. : NEERDOWELL
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Entrance. : GATE
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Common Latin verb. : ERAT
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Pelvic bones. : ILIA
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Convinced: Colloq. : SOLD
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Upper British house: Abbr. : LDS
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Grassland. : LEA
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Rumanian coin. : BAN
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Early Peruvian. : INCA
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Handbook: Abbr. : MAN
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Insects. : EMMETS
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Sails. : SHEETS
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Like some coffee. : TEPID
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Where Galileo taught. : PADUA
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Bottomless pit. : ABYSS
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Prepare for finals. : CRAM
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Buckeyes' home. : OHIO
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Recover. : MEND
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St. Peter's feature. : DOME
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A kind of belt. : SEAT
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Law: Abbr. : STA

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