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New York Times, Wednesday, January 24, 1968

34-Across : Poetic verb.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 47, Avg Word Len: 4.94, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 44, Cheaters: 20, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 29.5 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,738
Across
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British title. : LORD
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City of Tuscany. : PISA
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Flag or banner. : COLORS
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___ the occasion. : RISETO
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Discover. : FINDOUT
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Capable of. : EQUALTO
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Drag heavily. : LUG
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Excites. : FIRESUP
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Exclamations. : AHS
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Bede. : ADAM
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Social event. : DANCE
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Fingerboard ridge. : FRET
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Stake. : WAGER
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Pronoun. : YOU
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Epithet for Clemenceau. : TIGRE
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Is foolishly fond of (with "on"). : DOTES
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Sinclair and Meriwether. : LEWISES
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Fastener. : HASP
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Poetic verb. : DOTH
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Set in motion. : STARTUP
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Floats through the air. : WAFTS
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Fine cloths. : LAWNS
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Act (for): Colloq. : SUB
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Corners. : NOOKS
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Wood wind. : OBOE
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Woody plant. : SHRUB
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Weather word. : RAIN
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Shilling: Brit. slang. : BOB
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Expressive of deep feeling. : SOULFUL
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Subway stop: Abbr. : STA
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Robbery of a kind. : STICKUP
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___ to bottom. : FROMTOP
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Dismantles. : STRIPS
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Displayed. : ONVIEW
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Poses. : SITS
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Pull asunder. : TEAR
Down
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The distant past. : LONGAGO
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Former. : OLD
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Top of something. : ROOF
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Priest of Stonehenge days. : DRUID
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Clothing fabric. : PIQUE
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The game ___. : ISUP
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Home of the Nautilus. : SEA
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Loose. : ATLARGE
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___ Trujillo. : CIUDAD
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Errant one. : STRAY
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Recovered. : RESCUED
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Not present company. : OTHERS
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Imperfection. : FLAW
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Bone: Prefix. : OSTE
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Organic compound. : ENOL
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Marsh gas. : METHANE
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Try to get, by indirect means. : FISHFOR
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Brings up. : REARS
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Hyperion, for one. : TITAN
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Sibilant sound. : SST
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Slangy exclamation. : WOW
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Calisthenic maneuvers. : PUSHUPS
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Type of footwear. : SABOTS
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Small change. : TWOBITS
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Eddy or ripple. : PURL
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Kitchen appliance. : TOASTER
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Sun Valley service. : SKITOW
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Tennis strokes. : LOBS
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Comic actor, Italian style. : BUFFO
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Cinch. : SNAP
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Pepper pot and others. : SOUPS
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Like some offerings. : BURNT
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Revue item. : SKIT
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Companion of cherish. : LOVE
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Dernier ___. : CRI
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Italian pronoun. : MIA

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

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