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New York Times, Friday, November 24, 1967

12-Down : Comes close.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 344 (avg 1.83)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,677
Across
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Mexican drug-producing plant. : JALAP
6
Dole (out). : METE
10
Nota ___. : BENE
14
Practice. : USAGE
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Popular color. : AQUA
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Letters. : EXES
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Commercial quantity. : DOZEN
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Forage plant from India. : GUAR
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Get as a return. : REAP
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Noun ending. : ERY
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Rum concoction. : TOMANDJERRY
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Founder of pointillism. : SEURAT
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Oodles. : RAFTS
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Drinks noisily: Slang. : SLURPS
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Inference. : EDUCT
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City of Rumania. : IASI
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___ a dozen. : ADIME
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Prosperous. : FAT
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Later. : BYANDBY
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Part of a river. : ESTUARY
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___ Pedro. : SAN
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Henhouse. : ROOST
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Comfortably ensconced. : SNUG
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Said, of old. : QUOTH
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Constructs. : ERECTS
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Piece. : CHUNK
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One-arm joint. : EATERY
52
Fishing expert. : IZAAKWALTON
54
Jones's partner. : DOW
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Receptionist's place. : DESK
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Mexican stewpot. : OLLA
59
Duke of Moscow, 1329-41. : IVANI
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Entr'___. : ACTE
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Abadan coin. : RIAL
63
Dead duck. : GONER
64
Discard. : SHED
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Timid ones. : MICE
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Impudent. : SASSY
Down
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Hardy hero. : JUDE
2
Hebrew lyre. : ASOR
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Revolving device. : LAZYSUSAN
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Thirty, for one. : AGE
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Confined. : PENTUP
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Molten rock. : MAGMA
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Made comparable. : EQUATED
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Sir, in Malaya. : TUAN
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Tympanic membranes. : EARDRUMS
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Dispossessed. : BEREFT
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Bring to bear. : EXERT
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Comes close. : NEARS
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Distinguish. : ESPY
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Noun endings. : ORS
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Hic ___ (here lies): Lat. : JACET
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The Ould Sod. : ERIN
27
Kinsmen. : SIBS
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___ course for. : LAYA
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Food list. : DIET
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___ St. Lawrence, GBS home. : AYOT
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Clever boxers: Slang. : FANCYDANS
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In ___ (routinized). : ARUT
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Drinking vessels, of old. : TYGS
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In one's cups. : DRUNK
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Scholarly one. : BOOKWORM
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Customer. : USER
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Resin. : SHELLAC
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Shuddered. : QUAKED
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W. W. II initials. : ETO
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Errs at bridge: Colloq. : RENIGS
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European. : CZECH
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Expedition. : HASTE
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"Thereby hangs ___." : ATALE
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Castor's killer. : IDAS
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Et ___. : ALII
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Pronoun. : ONES
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Sinewy. : WIRY
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Part of USIA's mission. : VOA

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1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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