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New York Times, Thursday, July 3, 1969

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Min Word Len: 4, Missing: { F Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 26.6
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,264
Across
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Wild guess. : STAB
5
Byre tenants. : COWS
9
Marked with ridges. : WALED
14
Some lunch orders. : TOGO
15
Elliptical. : OVAL
16
Rousseau work. : EMILE
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Exchange premium. : AGIO
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P. I. tribesman. : MORO
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___ à clef. : ROMAN
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Business acumen, U.S. style. : YANKEEINGENUITY
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Stir. : PROD
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Green: Fr. : VERTE
25
Visit. : CALLON
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Lacking harmony. : AJAR
30
Nymph. : OREAD
31
English river. : AVON
32
Natch. : SURE
36
A possible result of 48 Across. : BETTERMOUSETRAP
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Abominate. : HATE
40
Arab prince. : EMIR
41
"Sweet ___ O'Grady." : ROSIE
42
Drudge. : PLOD
43
July 4 event. : PARADE
44
Asian range. : ALTAI
47
Satisfy. : SATE
48
A talent of sorts. : AMERICANKNOWHOW
54
Truman's birthplace. : LAMAR
55
Sugar source. : BEET
56
City in Kansas. : IOLA
57
Bluenose. : PRUDE
58
Bugs ___, humorist. : BAER
59
Couple. : DUAD
60
Ran. : HARED
61
Dilettante. : ARTY
62
Irish river. : ERNE
Down
1
Collar prop. : STAY
2
___ virilis. : TOGA
3
Opposed to: Colloq. : AGIN
4
Volume's identification. : BOOKPLATE
5
Words of exhortation. : COMEON
6
Rounded. : OVOID
7
Admonish. : WARN
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Plod heavily. : SLOG
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Film actor Oskar. : WERNER
10
Toujours l'___. : AMOUR
11
Restrict. : LIMIT
12
Gladden. : ELATE
13
Refuse. : DENY
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Wear with time. : ERODE
22
Maurice ___. : EVANS
25
Irish port. : COBH
26
Region. : AREA
27
Baltic native. : LETT
28
Eschew. : AVOID
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Day in France. : JOUR
31
Arsenal contents, for short. : AMMO
32
Word for some sales. : STOREWIDE
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___ Minor. : URSA
34
Military blow. : RAID
35
Fencing foil. : EPEE
37
Souvenir. : RELIC
38
Muse. : ERATO
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Coupled. : PAIRED
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Place to keep goodies. : PANTRY
44
City in Iraq. : AMARA
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Madagascar mammal. : LEMUR
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Baseball deal. : TRADE
47
Trapshooting. : SKEET
48
Kubla Khan's river. : ALPH
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Eastern church title. : ABBA
50
Approach. : NEAR
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3,600 seconds. : HOUR
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Pearl Buck heroine. : OLAN
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Proceed with difficulty. : WADE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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