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New York Times, Friday, January 12, 1968

55-Across : Unjustified seizure.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 300 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,726
Across
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Mocked. : JAPED
6
Overwhelm. : STUN
10
Sorry about that! : ALAS
14
Pontiff's vestment. : ORALE
15
Further. : MORE
16
Conquer. : ROUT
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Germ-killer. : ANTIBIOTIC
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Unmeaning repetition. : ROTE
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Japanese dance-drama. : NOH
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Fjord of Norway. : OSLO
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City on the Vistula. : KRAKOW
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Supporter of: Suffix. : CRAT
25
Device. : PLAN
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"Girls and boys come out ___ ... " : TOPLAY
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Self-glorifier. : BRAGGART
33
Dickens character. : URIAH
34
Levantine vessel. : SAIC
35
Jug. : EWER
36
Facial features. : LIPS
37
Swarm. : HORDE
38
"Give a ___ chance." : MANA
39
Cuts (off). : LOPS
40
Not aweather. : ALEE
41
Composer of "Anvil Chorus." : VERDI
42
Painted. : ENAMELED
44
Creditable. : HONEST
45
Predatory birds. : OWLS
46
See 61 Across. : MALT
47
Order. : SYSTEM
50
Printer's term. : FONT
51
Away, in a phrase. : FRO
54
Ancient conservationist. : NOAH
55
Unjustified seizure. : ARROGATION
58
Caen's river. : ORNE
59
Gypsy gentlemen. : RYES
60
Attendant of a Highland chief. : GILLY
61
Social beverage. : BEER
62
Kind of cap. : KNEE
63
English county. : ESSEX
Down
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French martyr. : JOAN
2
River into the Liguarian Sea. : ARNO
3
Way. : PATH
4
Ivy Leaguer. : ELI
5
Hebrew prophetess. : DEBORAH
6
Young salmon. : SMOLT
7
In ___. : TOTO
8
Swiss canton. : URI
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Hippie adornment. : NECKLACE
10
Vocal score. : ARRANGEMENT
11
Glance. : LOOK
12
Parking problem. : AUTO
13
Heterogeneous victual. : STEW
18
Britisher's exclamation. : ISAY
23
Musical piece. : RAG
24
P.T.A. helper. : CLASSMOTHER
25
Vainglory. : PRIDE
26
Fabric. : TULLE
27
Celestial nimrod. : ORION
28
Child in Browning poem. : PIPPA
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Divulged. : BARED
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Perceptive. : AWARE
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Wrests. : RENDS
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Quality. : TRAIT
34
Fish. : SOLES
37
Distinguishing feature. : HALLMARK
41
Amount of electric potential. : VOLTAGE
43
Woolly beast. : EWE
44
General idea. : HANG
46
Big game. : MOOSE
47
Social climber. : SNOB
48
Of ___. : YORE
49
Able to judge one's actions. : SANE
50
Manumit. : FREE
51
Son: Fr. : FILS
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Character. : ROLE
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Quartz. : ONYX
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Part of Rembrandt's name. : RYN
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Poetic contraction. : TIS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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