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New York Times, Saturday, August 23, 1969

48-Across : Following: Abbr.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 4.77, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 25.9
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,315
Across
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Jejune. : ARID
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Times of day: Abbr. : AFTS
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Figure in Hindu myth. : RAMA
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Like George Apley. : LATE
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Ralph: Fr. : RAOUL
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___ a dream. : ASIN
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___, 1 vote. : IMAN
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Algonquian Indian. : MIAMI
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Pierce slightly. : PINK
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Wire measure. : MIL
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Secondary. : BYE
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Hair style for yesterday's girl. : PIGTAIL
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Baudouin's offspring. : BELGIANHEIR
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Born. : NEE
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Figured out. : EDUCED
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W.W. I initials. : AEF
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Rushed. : TORE
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Fresh. : NEW
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U.S. poet. : MILLAY
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___ sixpence. : IVEGOT
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Made of certain wood. : ALDERN
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Clotheshorses, in a way. : MODELS
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"Le Coq ___." : DOR
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Cote mothers. : EWES
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View. : SEE
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Modern serais. : MOTELS
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Following: Abbr. : SEQ
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Plymouth Rock in Dublin. : IRISHSETTER
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The "Angelic Doctor." : AQUINAS
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Tip. : END
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Coin of Norway. : ORE
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Division of a Gaelic poem. : DUAN
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Passé. : STALE
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Half a prison. : SING
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Give ear. : HARK
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"___ Angels." : HELLS
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Inter ___. : ALIA
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Rubber trees. : ULES
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Urban problem. : RIOT
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Strip. : PEEL
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Out on ___. : ALIMB
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Fiber. : RAMIE
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Darn ___. : ITALL
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Scout unit. : DEN
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Kin in the WAC's. : ARMYAUNTS
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Highly colored pottery. : FAIENCE
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___ tee. : TOA
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Dug out a drain. : SUMPED
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Engrossed. : RAPT
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Mao took a jet. : ASIANFLEW
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Early type of bullet. : MINIE
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Joint. : ANKLE
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Year of Nero's first marriage. : LIII
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Bridge word. : BID
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Chalice. : GRAIL
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Bangtail. : GEEGEE
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Cut. : HEW
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Dean of a group. : ELDEST
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Man's nickname. : TIM
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Egg: Prefix. : OVO
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Conventional Muscovite. : REDSQUARE
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Hoax. : MARESNEST
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Common verb. : ARE
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Japanese money: Abbr. : YNS
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Liquid fat. : OLEIN
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Spanish numeral. : DOS
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Shakespearean dupe. : OTHELLO
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Title. : MISTER
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Went first. : LED
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Hindu holy man. : SADHU
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On a par. : EQUAL
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Outbreak. : RASH
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Fiber cloth. : TOILE
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Ford. : ERNIE
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Princely. : REGAL
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Fluids. : INKS
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Eastern name. : ALI
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Fall guy. : SAP

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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