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New York Times, Tuesday, July 30, 1968

26-Down : Not decided.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 22.5
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,926
Across
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Turkish chief. : AGHA
5
Source. : FONT
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Pine Tree State. : MAINE
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Mercer-Mancini song. : MOONRIVER
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Comic strip. : ABNER
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Dogged. : OBSTINATE
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Team player. : ASTRO
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Convene. : SIT
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Conclude. : GATHER
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Buckeye State. : OHIO
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Breakwater. : MOLE
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Concerning. : INRE
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Straighten. : UNCURL
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Words: Sp. : PALABRAS
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Shreds of wool. : NOIL
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Annual. : YEARLY
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Cinnabar. : ORE
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Disperse. : STREW
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Exist. : ARE
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Diving gear. : SCUBA
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Lat. catchall. : ETC
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Stop. : ARREST
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Unusual: Prefix. : ANOM
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Informer. : TELLTALE
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Lose moisture. : RUNDRY
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Diner sign. : EATS
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Chinaware. : CUPS
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Dist. ___. : ATTY
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Water birds. : HERONS
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Fraternity letter. : PHI
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Point of a mariner's compass. : RHUMB
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Abundant weed. : DANDELION
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Color. : CORAL
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Telephone sounds. : DIALTONES
67
Cheerful. : SUNNY
68
Last of the Stuarts. : ANNE
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Movie locale. : WEST
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Hebrew prophet. : AMOS
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Asian desert. : GOBI
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Crowd. : HOST
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Pismire. : ANT
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At last. : FINALLY
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Rounded. : OVATE
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Neighbor of Belg. : NETH
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Chinaberry. : TREE
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Rustic sound. : MAA
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Drink in. : ABSORB
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Kind of theater. : INTHEROUND
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St. Philip ___. : NERI
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Slangy suffix. : EROO
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Difficulty. : RIGOR
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Brooklet. : RILL
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Familiar mascot. : MULE
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Certain votes. : NAYS
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Not decided. : UNSET
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Night: It. : NOTTE
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Term in ballroom dancing. : CIRCLETURN
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Gay ___. : PAREE
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Son of Zeus. : ARES
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Garden spot. : ARBOR
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Less pleasing. : SEAMY
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British title. : EARL
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Scottish inventor. : WATT
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Preserves. : CANS
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Thoughtless. : RASH
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___ bed. : TRUNDLE
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Secular person. : LAYMAN
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Surprise score. : UPSET
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Doyle's middle name. : CONAN
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Curves. : ARCS
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Poetic pronoun. : THOU
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Norse poetry. : EDDA
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Drizzle. : RAIN
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Incense odor. : PINE
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Gardens. : HOES
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Business abbreviation. : INST
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Adverb suffix. : BLY
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See 9 Down. : LOW

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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