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New York Times, Thursday, November 30, 1967

59-Across : Strike repeatedly.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,683
Across
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Part of a ship. : HOLD
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Carpet of a kind. : TAPIS
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A science: Abbr. : ANAT
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Mountain: Prefix. : OREO
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Island NW of Venezuela. : ARUBA
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Anglo-Indian weight. : TOLA
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Netherlands port. : EDAM
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Leader of the flock. : BELLWETHER
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Acrobatic feat. : ROPEDANCE
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Scottish landowner. : LAIRD
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Silken fabric. : SURAH
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Thurber's Walter. : MITTY
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Beveled. : CANTED
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Copal. : RESIN
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Thine: Fr. : ATOI
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Marksman. : AIMER
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Govt. agency. : FBI
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"The thief of time." : PROCRASTINATION
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Opposite of ant. : SYN
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One of the Rubinsteins. : ARTUR
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Washington phenomenon. : HAWK
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Young codfish. : SCROD
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Rather heavy. : PORTLY
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Map. : GRAPH
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"If ___ King." : IWERE
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Other: Fr. : AUTRE
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Grows larger. : SNOWBALLS
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Wet blanket. : SPOILSPORT
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Tune in. : DIAL
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Strike repeatedly. : PELT
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First name in theater lore. : MAUDE
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Austen novel. : EMMA
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Smorgasbord delicacies. : EELS
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Ancient Asian: Abbr. : ASSYR
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Serious. : DEEP
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Gardener. : HOER
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Religious calendar. : ORDO
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Bound. : LEAP
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Home-loving. : DOMESTIC
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Inn of "Canterbury Tales." : TABARD
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Scene. : ARENA
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Comely. : PULCHRITUDINOUS
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Adjective suffix. : IBLE
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Proverb. : SAW
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Arrive at. : ATTAIN
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Baseball term. : NOHIT
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Watchful. : ALERT
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Belated. : TARDY
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City in New York. : ELMIRA
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Proper. : DUE
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Matches. : CAPS
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Give it ___. : ATRY
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Zenith. : NOON
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Moslem prince. : EMIR
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Legislator: Abbr. : SEN
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About. : ASTO
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Pronouncement. : FIAT
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Sports structure. : BOWL
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Black. : INKY
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Girl's name. : RACHEL
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Timetable abbreviation. : ARR
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Strung, as beads. : THREADED
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Small spars. : SPRITS
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Tableware, old style. : PEWTER
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Something circular. : ORB
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Peninsula in E Quebec. : GASPE
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Money in Mauritius. : RUPEE
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Type of island. : ATOLL
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Verbose. : WORDY
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Resorts. : SPAS
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Whitewash ingredient. : LIME
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Kind of duck. : LAME
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Strike. : SLAP
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Wee: Scot. : SMA

Answer summary:
6 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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