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New York Times, Saturday, December 14, 1968

23-Down : "___ do the sum."

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 7,063
Across
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Cheerful sound. : HAHA
5
On one's own. : ALONE
10
Deck post. : BITT
14
Greek coin. : OBOL
15
Greek of the wooden-horse tale. : SINON
16
Where Cedar Breaks is. : UTAH
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Busy place in December. : DEPARTMENTSTORE
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Assemblies. : SESSIONS
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Criterion. : CANON
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Feminine title. : MRS
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A Karamazov. : IVAN
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Dwarfish creatures. : GNOMES
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Raised: Slang. : SCAREDUP
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Alpine river. : AARE
34
African land. : GHANA
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Strummer's instrument. : UKE
36
Dixie food. : SHORTENINGBREAD
40
Humorous remark. : PUN
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Before: Fr. : AVANT
42
"___ deal." : ITSA
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TV name. : SMOTHERS
45
Trimming of a kind. : TINSEL
47
Musical compositions. : AIRS
48
Flower, for short. : POM
49
Entire range. : GAMUT
52
Angels. : SERAPHIM
57
Herb with yellow flowers. : EVENINGPRIMROSE
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Exactly. : TOAT
61
Carrot family plant. : ANISE
62
Term in music. : ARIA
63
Barley beards. : AWNS
64
Berlin's specialty. : TUNES
65
Crow's-nest support. : MAST
Down
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Bricklayers' carriers. : HODS
2
___ in one's bonnet. : ABEE
3
Bounces. : HOPS
4
State: Abbr. : ALAS
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New York family. : ASTORS
6
Portrays. : LIMNS
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Pronoun. : ONES
8
Sine qua ___. : NON
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Noun suffix. : ENT
10
Fuel gas. : BUTANE
11
Put ___ (exaggerate): Slang. : ITON
12
Pacific aroid. : TARO
13
Conjunction. : THEN
18
Hoarfrost. : RIME
19
Sacred beetle. : SCARAB
23
"___ do the sum." : ICANT
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Nautical rope. : VANG
25
Sounds of surprise. : GASPS
26
Hebrew prophet. : NAHUM
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Maine town. : ORONO
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Sea: Fr. : MER
29
Climbs, in a way. : SHINS
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Pieces of music. : DUETS
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Decree. : UKASE
32
Operate a machine. : PEDAL
34
Growls. : GNARS
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Where Papeete is. : TAHITI
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Eternally. : EVER
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Japanese coin. : RIN
44
Gibes. : TAUNTS
45
England's Old Guard. : TORIES
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Moslem title. : IMAM
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Grayish blue. : PERSE
49
Wooden clog of Japan. : GETA
50
Confess. : AVOW
51
Golden ___. : MEAN
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Auto ride. : SPIN
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Vehicle. : PRAM
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Book of hours. : HORA
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Egyptian deity. : ISIS
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Turkey. : MEAT
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Man's nickname. : NAT
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African animal. : GNU

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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