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New York Times, Saturday, September 7, 1968

17-Across : As pretty ___.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.25, Missing: { J W X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,965
Across
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Lots of paper. : REAM
5
Form of entertainment. : FILM
9
Conceal. : MASK
13
Japanese city. : OTSU
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Opera role. : LUCIA
15
Gilels. : EMIL
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American inventor. : OTIS
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As pretty ___. : ASAPICTURE
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"Cabin'd, cribb'd, confined ... " : FENCEDIN
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Reception. : SOIREE
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Dye base. : ANIL
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Part of an antler. : TINE
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Became less intense. : ABATED
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By ___ of (by virtue of). : THEGRACE
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Dynamo. : GENERATOR
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Tibetan gazelle. : GOA
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In contact. : ATCLOSEQUARTERS
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Mugient sound. : MOO
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The self, very often. : NUMBERONE
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Declare. : ANNOUNCE
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Troubled. : RUEFUL
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Bunkum. : BLAH
46
Temple. : FANE
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Band of a kind. : ARMLET
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Vacation extra. : SIDETRIP
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Mademoiselle. : PARISIENNE
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Tributary of the Seine. : OISE
57
Surround. : RING
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Food. : VIAND
59
King of Amalek. : AGAG
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Supernatural being: Fr. : ANGE
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On tenterhooks. : EDGY
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Times. : DAYS
Down
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Top. : ROOF
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"Little" suffix. : ETTE
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G ___ George. : ASIN
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Wine. : MUSCATEL
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Light flintlock musket. : FUSIL
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Sammy Davis's motto. : ICAN
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Flange. : LIP
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James's "What ___ Knew." : MAISIE
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Business. : METIER
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The Chinese call it Heilungkiang. : AMUR
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Be the author of. : SIRE
12
Swiss painter. : KLEE
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Pretentious or prissy ones. : LADIDAS
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Legislature: Abbr. : CONG
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Month of the Spanish calendar. : ENERO
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Play a stringed instrument. : THRUM
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Lizard. : AGAMA
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Don't ___ it. : BETON
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Bracket or elbow. : ANCON
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Hat of a kind. : TOQUE
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___ innocence. : AGEOF
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Something shaped like a horn. : CORNU
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Display frame. : EASEL
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Relative of the dace. : TENCH
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Worn. : ABRADED
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Have a get-together. : REUNE
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Spring peeper's cousin. : TREETOAD
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Satisfy. : OBLIGE
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Trees yielding caucho. : ULES
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Indigene. : NATIVE
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Like fish. : FINNY
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Guam port. : APRA
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Concern of pluviometry. : RAIN
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A.M. : MRNG
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Catch. : SNAG
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Baltic port. : RIGA
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Surprised exclamation. : ISAY
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Tent holders. : PEGS
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Image: Prefix. : EID

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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