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New York Times, Wednesday, July 17, 1968

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,913
Across
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Carriers of fares. : CABS
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Begum's spouse. : AGHA
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Middle: Law. : MESNE
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Tiller. : HELM
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Seethe. : BOIL
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Urge on. : IMPEL
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Thought. : IDEA
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Hurried. : SPED
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Emulate a candidate. : SPEAK
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___ the world. : LOSTTO
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Practical ones. : REALISTS
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With dispatch. : INSHORTORDER
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Little Corporal's island. : ELBA
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Tutelary deity. : DAEMON
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Boor. : CHURL
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Shut up, in a way. : MEWED
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Anger. : IRE
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Fowl. : HENS
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Warm. : CALID
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"With a smile ___ song ... " : ANDA
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Time. : ERA
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One of de Gaulle's names. : MARIE
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Father of Sir Kay. : ECTOR
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Hesitate. : FALTER
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Flow along. : LAVE
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Too late. : OUTOFDUETIME
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Pitcher's specialty. : FASTBALL
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Namesakes of a princess. : GRACES
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Everyday. : USUAL
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Leader, Italian style. : DUCE
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Social affairs. : TEAS
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Cubic meter. : STERE
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Global area. : ASIA
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Nine: Prefix. : ENNE
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Beans. : SOYAS
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Bone of a kind. : SHIN
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River of myth. : STYX
Down
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Hot pepper. : CHILI
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Wicked queen of Thebes. : AEDON
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Glorify. : BLESS
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Senator from Florida. : SMATHERS
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Use up. : ABSORB
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One of the parties. : GOP
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Sacred: Prefix. : HIERO
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Relative of the birch. : ALDER
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Cause to err. : MISLEAD
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Sway. : EMPIRE
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Hope: Lat. : SPES
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Teen-ager's "wonderful." : NEAT
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Lodge members. : ELKS
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Word with road or bridge. : TOLL
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Put two and two together. : ADDED
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David's daughter. : TAMAR
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Candy taste. : MINT
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Church calendar. : ORDO
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Almost. : NEAR
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Gourmet's idol. : CHEF
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Ox-eyed goddess. : HERA
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Not dual. : UNAL
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Crimson's rival. : ELI
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Flourish. : WIELD
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Magna ___. : CARTA
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Certain fabrics. : ACETATES
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Furniture: Fr. : MEUBLES
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Constantly. : EVER
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Mahogany pine of N. Z. : TOTARA
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___ stables of Greek myth. : AUGEAN
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___ the hills. : OLDAS
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Poker hand. : FLUSH
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Small sum. : ICENT
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Labor name. : MEANY
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U. S. aircraft carrier. : ESSEX
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Pother. : FUSS
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About. : ASTO
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Chop ___. : SUEY
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Many centuries ago. : CII

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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