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New York Times, Thursday, June 8, 1967

45-Down : Not anyone.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { V }, Scrabble score: 357 (avg 1.89)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,508
Across
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Start of a magic word. : ABRA
5
Certain collegians. : FROSH
10
Notches. : JAGS
14
Take wing. : FLIT
15
Where Tripoli is. : LIBYA
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Over and above. : ATOP
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Bell sound. : TOLL
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Deputy. : AGENT
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Part of a zipcode. : ZONE
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Surreptitious. : STEALTHY
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Phoned: Colloq. : BUZZED
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Bland. : SOFT
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Projectile. : BOMB
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Adjacent. : NEXTTO
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You or I. : TAXPAYER
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Cockney's flat. : OME
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Not ___. : SOHOT
36
Delusion's partner. : SNARE
37
Pro ___ publico. : BONO
39
Records. : TAPES
41
Reduction. : DROP
42
"___ every little star ... " : ITOLD
44
Wore. : HADON
46
Insecticide. : DDT
47
Dismiss. : SENDAWAY
49
Puts out, as a light. : DOUSES
51
Poetic contraction. : TWAS
52
American educator. : MANN
53
Look askance. : SQUINT
56
Discarded. : REJECTED
60
Coal dust. : CULM
61
Choice. : ELITE
63
Buddhist priest. : LAMA
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Wine's companion. : DINE
65
O.K.! : ROGER
66
Girl's nickname. : ELLY
67
Boom. : SPAR
68
Animate. : SPARK
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"The ___ the limit." : SKYS
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Mat. times. : AFTS
2
Stain. : BLOT
3
Irritate: Colloq. : RILE
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Finally. : ATLAST
5
Policeman, in old-time slang. : FLATFOOT
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Just claim. : RIGHT
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Comply with. : OBEY
8
Opposite of ant. : SYN
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Model's carryall. : HATBOX
10
Swinging group. : JAZZBAND
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From ___. : ATOZ
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Past. : GONE
13
Expedited. : SPED
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Heaps. : LOTS
23
Men in blue. : UMPS
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Diminished. : BATED
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Ora pro ___. : NOBIS
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Act, in a way. : EMOTE
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Air component. : XENON
29
___ the piper. : TOPAY
30
Outdoor enclosures. : YARDS
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Eat away. : ERODE
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Accounts: Abbr. : REPTS
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Laughs. : HAHAS
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Veteran. : OLDTIMER
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Fountain employe: Slang. : SODAJERK
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Day time. : DAWN
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Not anyone. : NONE
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Irrigates. : WATERS
50
Toby and others. : UNCLES
52
Poet's concern. : METER
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Degrees. : SCDS
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Witty allusion. : QUIP
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Arm bone. : ULNA
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Baltic port. : RIGA
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Conference. : TALK
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Dickens character. : EMLY
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Times. : DAYS
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Trim (off). : LOP

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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