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New York Times, Tuesday, January 2, 1968

32-Across : Devours.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { K X }, Scrabble score: 315 (avg 1.67)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,716
Across
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Pro's antonym. : ANTI
5
Native of Mosul. : IRAQI
10
Yum-Yum, for one. : MAID
14
Biographer Edel. : LEON
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Classical second name. : NOMEN
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Son of Adhem. : ABOU
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Greek letters. : TAUS
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For ___ (permanently). : GOODANDALL
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Fruit trees. : ORCHARD
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Sweater. : JERSEY
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Lacunae. : HOLES
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Prima donna. : DIVA
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Throngs. : SWARMS
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Preserving the original dimensions. : LIFESIZE
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Inklings. : HINTS
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Devours. : WOLFS
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___ at all. : NOT
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Append. : ADD
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Convivial. : JOLLY
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Brace. : TWO
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Weather word. : FOG
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Stout. : BURLY
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City on the Po. : TURIN
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Practically nothing. : TWOCENTS
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Recipients. : DONEES
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Apiece. : EACH
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Organize. : SETUP
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Man of learning. : SAVANT
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A yielding, as of rights. : CESSION
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Deceiving: Slang. : CROSSINGUP
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N. Caucasian language. : UDIC
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Quondam. : ONCE
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___ sides. : ONALL
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Further. : ALSO
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Parts of feet. : TOES
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Helen's cousin. : NELLY
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Caustic solutions. : LYES
Down
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Voice. : ALTO
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Closely akin. : NEAR
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Precarious. : TOUCHANDGO
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Briefly. : INSHORT
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French painter, pupil of David. : INGRES
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Land measures. : ROODS
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I love: Lat. : AMO
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Abbreviation in geometry. : QED
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Promptly: Colloq. : INAJIFFY
10
City of India. : MADRAS
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Bedouins' garb. : ABAS
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Eurytus's daughter. : IOLE
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Properly. : DULY
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Firns. : NEVES
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Things given as charity. : ALMS
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Humdinger. : DILLY
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Obelisk. : SHAFT
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Bereaved one. : WIDOW
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Dangles. : LOLLS
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Fearlessly. : INTREPIDLY
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Cartoon exclamation. : ZOWIE
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Boys' jackets. : ETONS
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Usefulness. : WORTH
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Intersection. : JUNCTION
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Snap and lima. : BEANS
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Small fry. : TOTS
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Exceptional. : UNUSUAL
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Leaves off. : CEASES
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Profoundly. : DEEPLY
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Oar. : SCULL
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Glengarry man. : SCOT
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Pisa's river. : ARNO
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Viva ___. : VOCE
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Seine tributary. : OISE
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Sgts. : NCOS
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Wind direction. : NNE
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Four qts. : GAL

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

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