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New York Times, Tuesday, November 12, 1968

55-Across : Heavy, insoluble powder.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { B J Q }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 28.4
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 7,031
Across
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City in Spain. : CADIZ
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Take down ___. : APEG
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Recently popular dance. : FRUG
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Fill with wonder. : AMAZE
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Miss Dartle. : ROSA
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Baltic port. : RIGA
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Living room pieces. : SOFAS
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Type of illumination. : STARLIGHT
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Property. : ESTATE
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He's a Victor. : HUGO
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Quiet! : SSH
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City in Japan. : KYOTO
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Cereal grass. : OAT
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Partner of sweet. : LOW
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Set out. : SALLYFORTH
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Yellow bugles. : IVAS
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Belonging to an earlier age. : NEOLITHIC
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Fused. : SMELTED
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Brazilian gentlemen. : SENHORS
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To the point. : PERTINENT
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A McCarthy. : GENE
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Supermarket's forte. : ASSORTMENT
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Went ahead. : LED
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1933 initials. : NRA
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Canadian ruminant. : MOOSE
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Suffix with be and see. : ING
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Dev's land. : EIRE
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Heavy, insoluble powder. : YTTRIA
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Hushed. : SOUNDLESS
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Island of a kind. : ATOLL
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Field: Prefix. : AGRO
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Prepare copy. : EDIT
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Town near Amiens. : NESLE
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Cook's mixture for soups and sauces. : ROUX
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Limehouse bed or bunk. : DOSS
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Shift. : DRESS
Down
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Situation. : CASE
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Book of the Bible. : AMOS
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Balmy. : DAFT
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Fisherman famous since 1653. : IZAAKWALTON
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Piquant. : ZESTY
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Letters. : ARS
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Part of the street scene. : POTHOLE
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Biblical twin. : ESAU
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Waterspout of a special form. : GARGOYLE
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Calendar abbreviation. : FRI
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Oil field gear. : RIGS
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Sounds of disgust. : UGHS
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Philistine city. : GATH
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Taking it easy. : LOAFING
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Dawn goddess. : EOS
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Kind of bicycle. : TANDEM
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Perfect. : TOTHELETTER
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Fruit. : LIMES
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Shots beyond the target. : OVERS
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___ time (started quickly). : LOSTNO
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River of Lyons. : RHONE
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Spent. : TIRED
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What the Rangers and Hawks are: Abbr. : HCS
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Moved. : STIRRED
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Resort. : SPA
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Involved. : ENTAILED
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Retribution. : NEMESIS
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Doll, for one. : TOY
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Small table. : STAND
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Munich's river. : ISAR
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Impossible: Slang. : NOGO
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Teacher, Asian style. : GURU
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Fix over. : REDO
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Popular color. : ROSE
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Evils. : ILLS
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Beverages. : ALES
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Roman goddess of night. : NOX
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Main and others: Abbr. : STS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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