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New York Times, Tuesday, July 1, 1969

20-Across : Rails.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 45, Avg Word Len: 4.62, Missing: { F }, Scrabble score: 338 (avg 1.88)
Open Squares: 42, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,262
Across
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Music style. : JAZZ
5
Short-story writer. : POE
8
Fish. : SHAD
12
Boating term. : ALEE
13
Step of a sort. : RUNG
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Sundae ingredient. : SIRUP
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Stain in a way. : MARBLEIZE
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Expel. : EJECT
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Rails. : SORAS
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Time periods: Abbr. : YRS
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Collections of anecdotes. : ANAS
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Aphoristic. : AXIOMATICAL
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Mats. ___ and Sats. : WEDS
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Owing. : DUE
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"Never ___ of money spent." : ASK
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Tool. : AXE
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Timid one. : SISSY
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Appear. : SEEM
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Locale of yore. : CAMELOT
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Punished. : AMERCED
43
Ancient unit of weight. : MINA
44
Follow: Lat. : SEQUI
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Locale in Iraq. : HAI
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Egg: Prefix. : OVI
49
In a ___. : RUT
50
Body of water. : POND
51
Users of crops. : EQUESTRIANS
55
Benumb. : STUN
56
Barnyard sound. : MAA
57
Emotional signs. : TEARS
60
Marx. : CHICO
62
Youth. : STRIPLING
65
Bishop's headdress. : MITER
66
Ukrainian city. : KIEV
67
Grimace. : MOUE
68
Give up. : CEDE
69
Iowa college. : COE
70
Where supplies are kept: Abbr. : STGE
Down
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Preserve. : JAM
2
Word of regret. : ALAS
3
Thermometer reading. : ZERO
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Zoo inhabitants. : ZEBRAS
5
Military post. : PRESIDIO
6
French reply. : OUI
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Organic substances. : ENZYMES
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Direction. : SSE
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Certain criminal. : HIJACKER
10
Sports area. : ARENA
11
Of a titled person. : DUCAL
14
City near Leipzig. : GERA
16
Measures: Abbr. : PTS
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Permissive. : LAX
22
Train stop: Abbr. : STA
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Dismisses. : OUSTS
26
Japanese immigrant. : ISSEI
27
Service branch. : WAC
28
Students' moment of truth. : EXAM
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Prefix for tasse. : DEMI
33
Drudge. : SLAVE
34
Indian of Mexico. : YAQUI
36
Imitate. : ECHO
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Inferior. : MEAN
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Proclaimed. : ENOUNCED
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Changeable. : MUTATIVE
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Performed. : DID
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Unpredictable. : ERRATIC
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Theory. : ISM
50
Bible book. : PSALMS
51
Body of principles. : ETHIC
52
Wholly. : QUITE
53
Burden. : TASK
54
Fiber knot. : NEP
55
Graduate degree. : SCM
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Disturbance. : RIOT
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Cozy. : SNUG
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Western state: Abbr. : ORE
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Early car. : REO
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Horse driver's command. : GEE

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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