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New York Times, Saturday, August 24, 1968

9-Down : Insect product.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,951
Across
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Before-the-storm status. : CALM
5
Teacher's pet. : PUPIL
10
Limited time. : SPAN
14
Land of the Orientals. : ASIA
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Curaçao's neighbor. : ARUBA
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Parish in Ireland. : TARA
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Political group. : DEMOCRATICPARTY
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Drain. : SAP
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Froglike. : RANID
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Whales of a kind. : ORCAS
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Enticed. : LEDON
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Private eye. : TEC
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Put in juxtaposition. : APPOSE
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Party wing. : NORTHERN
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Republican National Chairman. : BLISS
34
Expectations. : HOPES
35
Zodiac sign. : LEO
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Package. : BALE
37
Gets there. : COMES
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Noted scientist. : RABI
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One ___ time. : ATA
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Practice. : TRAIN
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Montana features. : MINES
42
Party wing. : SOUTHERN
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Go wading. : PADDLE
45
Crude. : RAW
46
Words of wisdom. : ADAGE
48
Port ___ cheese. : SALUT
51
Nautical term. : STERN
52
A year to come. : MMI
55
Cynosure on Aug. 26th. : CHICAGOILLINOIS
58
Frenzied. : AMOK
59
Start of many a song. : ILOVE
60
Hannah's cousin. : ANNE
61
Folding money. : TENS
62
5th Chief Justice of the U.S. : TANEY
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Delegate's prerogative. : VOTE
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Social liabilities. : CADS
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Offshore. : ASEA
3
Droopy. : LIMP
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Chinese name. : MAO
5
Delegates' demonstration. : PARADE
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Heaven: Prefix. : URANO
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"The man who" routine. : PUTINNOMINATION
8
Same: Lat. abbr. : IBID
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Insect product. : LAC
10
Stiffener. : STARCH
11
Part of Paris. : PARC
12
Greek gulf. : ARTA
13
Votes. : NAYS
18
Salad green. : CRESS
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Writers. : POETS
23
Miss out. : LOSE
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Very much: Fr. : TRES
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Biblical fathers. : ABBAS
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Thinker of long ago. : PLATO
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Oriental dish. : PILAU
29
Candid. : OPEN
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Antelope. : ELAND
31
Maverick, perhaps. : REBEL
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Characteristic of conventions. : NOISE
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Frost. : HOAR
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TV camera group. : CREW
38
Cycle. : RIDE
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"He went ___-way : THATA
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Big: Prefix. : MAGNI
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Part of the street scene. : TRUCKS
44
Conference. : PARLEY
47
Dig. : DELVE
48
Out! : SCAT
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Resigned expression. : AHME
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Man of courage. : LION
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Stage direction. : SOLA
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Numerical prefix. : MONO
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Source of money. : MINT
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Well, well! : ISEE
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Scram! : GIT
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Marine: Abbr. : NAV

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

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