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New York Times, Friday, July 18, 1969

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.17, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 27.0
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,279
Across
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Fiction's vis-à-vis. : TRUTH
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Soul seller. : FAUST
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Explanatory designs. : DIAGRAMS
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Old trial device. : ORDEAL
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Sensibility. : ESTHESIA
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Thomas More's country. : UTOPIA
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Club. : BAT
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Rascality. : KNAVERY
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School subj. : ALG
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Single. : UNAL
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Dupes. : TOOLS
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Outrigger. : PROA
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Purport. : TENOR
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Resourcefulness. : WIT
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Ascertain. : LEARN
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" ... ___ too late ... " : NEVER
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___-face. : VOLTE
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Middle East city. : BAGDAD
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Word in a thoroughbred's lineage. : FOALED
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Center of worship. : ALTAR
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___ de cacao. : CREME
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Descendant. : SCION
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Common verb. : ARE
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Leather band. : STROP
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Attention getter. : AHEM
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Paradise. : BLISS
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Peeved: Colloq. : SORE
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Big casino. : TEN
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Annuls. : QUASHES
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Digit. : ONE
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Warning, old style. : ALARUM
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Esteemed position. : PEDESTAL
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Square. : NOTHIP
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Small sturgeons. : STERLETS
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Slender. : REEDY
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___ Oro. : RIODE
Down
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Extract of dried leaves. : TISANE
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Chair material. : RATTAN
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Sound of disgust. : UGH
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Journey. : TREK
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Common contraction. : HASNT
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Bridge groups. : FOURS
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Dilettante. : ARTY
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Japanese herb. : UDO
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Autonomous. : SEPARATE
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Custom-made. : TAILORED
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Society event. : DEBUT
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Cried in a way. : MIAOWED
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___ faire. : SAVOIR
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Goods thrown into sea for recovery later. : LAGAN
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Knead, old style. : ELT
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Large gun. : LONGTOM
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Small shots. : PELLETS
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Defensive structure. : REDAN
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Soils. : LOAMS
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Diversity: Abbr. : VAR
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Inlet: British. : VOE
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College degree. : BACHELOR
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Make unfriendly. : ALIENATE
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Overflowing stream. : FRESHET
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Ripples. : CRISPS
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Soul buyer. : SATAN
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___ mode. : ALA
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Based. : ROOTED
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Florid. : ORNATE
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Oven shovels. : PEELS
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Jolty. : BUMPY
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Jewish service. : SEDER
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Britisher's sovereign. : QUID
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Sonoran people. : SERI
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Fluidity unit. : RHE
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Traffic-sign word. : SLO

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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