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New York Times, Monday, October 28, 1968

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 4, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 27.0
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 7,016
Across
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Bay of Gulf of Mexico. : TAMPA
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Sea of Antarctica. : ROSS
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Move (around) slowly in a circle. : MILL
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Pseudonym. : ALIAS
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Man's name. : ERLE
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Notion. : IDEA
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Beveled edges. : CANTS
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Small quantity. : DRAM
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Sluggish. : LOGY
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Alert. : ONTHEQUIVIVE
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Overwhelms. : STUNS
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Loch in Inverness. : NESS
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See 52 Across. : ADS
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A Caesar. : SID
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Artist's medium. : PASTEL
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Danish physicist. : BOHR
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Laundry saver. : PAPERTOWEL
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Basket of a kind. : CREEL
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And not. : NOR
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Soul: Lat. : ANIMA
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Half dollar. : SILVERCOIN
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Hindu land grant. : ENAM
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Unter den Linden. : AVENUE
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Compact mass. : WAD
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Cheat: Slang. : GYP
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Picnic provender. : EATS
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Rents. : HIRES
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Helpful newspaper listing. : LOSTANDFOUND
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Italian wine center. : ASTI
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Hero of Ben Hecht novel. : ERIK
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Nickname on the links. : ARNIE
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Water bird. : LOON
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High. : TALL
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Muskie's state. : MAINE
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Box sleigh. : PUNG
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Graf ___. : SPEE
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Chemical compound. : ESTER
Down
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Mexican sandwich. : TACO
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Chester ___ Arthur. : ALAN
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A great deal. : MINT
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Park ways. : PATHS
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Resources. : ASSETS
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Wordiness. : REDUNDANCE
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Plant with fragrant roots. : ORRIS
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European. : SLAV
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Study group. : SEMINAR
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Marker. : MILESTONE
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Affirmative reply. : IDO
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Part of a trivet. : LEG
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Short poem for singing. : LAY
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Witty allusion. : QUIP
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Roman goddess of the hearth. : VESTA
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Housewife's skill. : SEWING
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A little knowledge. : ABCS
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Palace in Rome. : DORIA
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Put aside for later attention. : SHELVE
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Snail. : PERIWINKLE
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Name in the news. : LEMAY
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Unveiling. : REVEALING
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Nanki-___. : POO
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Light. : LAMP
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Slow: Mus. : LENTO
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Apples. : RUSSETS
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Aromatic plant. : NARD
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Malign. : DEFAME
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___ Selassie. : HAILE
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Birds. : SORAS
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Golf term. : TRAP
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Standard quantity. : UNIT
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Shoe size. : NINE
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Whitetail. : DEER
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Monte Rosa. : ALP
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Penny. : SOU
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See 54 Down. : TON

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

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