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New York Times, Saturday, March 30, 1968

31-Across : Incident.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,804
Across
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Italian. : PISAN
6
Children's game. : TAG
9
Alaskan mountain range. : BAIRD
14
Old port of Rome. : OSTIA
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Govt. agency. : REA
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___ house. : ONTHE
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"Verklärung," in Richard Strauss opus. : TRANSFIGURATION
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Vietnam New Year. : TET
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Living places. : HABITATIONS
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Horace's forte. : ODES
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Napoleon's brother-in-law. : MURAT
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Born. : NEE
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Household need. : LINEN
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Bad: Sp. : MALA
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Incident. : EPISODE
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"___, and Heaven, too!" : ALLTHIS
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Lone Ranger's friend. : TONTO
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In harmony. : ATONE
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American and others. : CHEESES
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Big name in juveniles. : AAMILNE
44
Dream: Fr. : REVE
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Despots. : CZARS
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"A woman ___ sometime thing ... " : ISA
49
Legislate. : ENACT
51
French state. : ETAT
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Punishes, Asian style. : BASTINADOES
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Chemical suffix. : ENE
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Parts of ships. : SUPERSTRUCTURES
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Italian girl's name. : EDITA
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One: Ger. : EIN
63
Noteworthy occurrence. : EVENT
64
Spot cards. : NINES
65
Harbor: Abbr. : SPT
66
Australian throwing-stick. : WADDY
Down
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West African lemur. : POTTO
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"His hair ___ ... " : ISRED
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Limit of gubernatorial authority. : STATELINE
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Short river into the Rhone. : AIN
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Popular poet. : NASH
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Rostrum. : TRIBUNE
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Norse sea god. : AEGIR
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Family name of Buddha. : GAUTAMA
9
Yawl. : BOAT
10
Opposer. : ANTI
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Noun suffix. : ITION
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French river. : RHONE
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Thick. : DENSE
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Renowned. : FAMED
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Basis for assessment. : RATAL
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Sibling. : SISTER
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Catch, in a way. : NOOSE
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Beast of burden. : LLAMA
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Array. : ATTIRE
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Catchall abbreviation. : ETC
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Exclamation of contempt. : POH
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Encased, in a way. : HOLSTERED
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Tabard, for one. : INN
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Comprehend. : SEE
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Smooths. : EVENS
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Law-making bodies. : SENATES
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Description. : ACCOUNT
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Ancient Mexican. : AZTEC
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Great dramatist. : IBSEN
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___ Arabia. : SAUDI
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Take ___ (go for a drive). : ASPIN
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Sopping. : ADRIP
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Make ___ to. : ANEND
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Short-tempered. : TESTY
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Old-time French wig. : TETE
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Cleopatra's maid. : IRAS
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Seethe. : STEW
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Grape: Lat. : UVA

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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