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New York Times, Wednesday, October 25, 1967

8-Down : Witticism.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 61, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,647
Across
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Churchman's degree. : STB
4
Magazine: Abbr. : PUBL
8
Form of address. : MAAM
12
London section. : SOHO
13
Capital city. : OSLO
14
Sweet, in Roma. : DOLCE
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Murmuring sound. : PURR
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How the animals went into the Ark. : TWOATATIME
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List. : AGENDA
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___-deucy. : ACEY
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At the age of: Lat. abbr. : AET
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Current best seller. : THEEIGHTHDAY
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Slow: Var. : POKEY
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Schulz creation. : SNOOPY
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Reverence. : AWE
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Ancient chariot. : ESSED
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One: Lat. : UNUS
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Puts down. : LANDS
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Part of IOU. : OWE
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Term in French cookery. : CREME
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Early Japanese. : AINU
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Poetic preposition. : NEATH
43
Obstacle. : BAR
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Most stealthy. : SLYEST
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"You may ___ horse to water ... " : LEADA
49
Fun-and-games time, old style. : TWELFTHNIGHT
54
Wood. : ASH
57
Kazan. : ELIA
58
Floors: Fr. : ETAGES
59
Piece of furniture. : FOURPOSTER
62
East Indian timber tree. : TEAK
63
Compiler of word book. : ROGET
64
Source of basalt. : LAVA
65
Food fragments. : ORTS
66
Persons. : ONES
67
Enthusiasm. : ELAN
68
Editorial material. : MSS
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Sound of the wind. : SOUGH
2
Nail size. : THREEPENNY
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Third largest island in the world. : BORNEO
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Thick soups: Fr. : POTAGES
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Etc., German style. : USW
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Puff up. : BLOAT
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Fish akin to the carp. : LOACH
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Witticism. : MOT
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Inter ___. : ALIA
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Summit. : ACME
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Assembly. : MEET
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Splash or spatter. : SPAT
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Name in the news. : DAYAN
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Does a farmer's job. : TEDS
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Embankments. : DIKES
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Chinese tea. : HYSON
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Part of FYI. : YOUR
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Hits, diamond style. : ONEBAGGERS
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Catamount. : PUMA
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Nieuport's river. : YSER
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Oh dear! : ALAS
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Keen. : WAIL
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Farm animal. : EWE
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Did business (with). : DEALT
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Musical feature. : DUET
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Plain song. : CHANT
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Pahlevi's city. : TEHERAN
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Moved swiftly (with "along"). : SWEPT
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Distant: Prefix. : TELO
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Marine or freshwater alga. : DIATOM
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Cotton thread. : LISLE
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Decisive. : FATAL
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Track meet events. : HEATS
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Tongue-clucking sounds. : TSKS
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Geographical prefix. : AFRO
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Before long. : SOON
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Outsize. : HUGE
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In medias ___. : RES
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Girl's name. : EVA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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