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New York Times, Saturday, November 30, 1968

31-Down : Short addition at end of a newspaper piece.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.51, Missing: { F G J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 15, Grid flow: 84.7
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 7,049
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Not of the clergy. : LAIC
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Customer. : USER
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German composer. : ERNST
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Part of a foot. : INCH
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___ Marquette. : PERE
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Aussie's warning cry. : COOEE
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Certain facts and figures. : VITALSTATISTICS
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"South Pacific" role. : EMILE
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Not touch with ___-foot pole. : ATEN
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Chemical suffix. : ENOL
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"Laugh-In" phrase. : SOCKITTOME
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Watson's "double helix." : DNA
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Ruler. : TSAR
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Satisfied. : SATED
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Mountain of myth. : OSSA
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Man's nickname. : MAC
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Connive. : SCHEME
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Cigar box wood. : PHILIPPINECEDAR
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Bell sound. : TINKLE
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Against. : CON
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Talking bird. : MYNA
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Stair part. : RISER
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Sports group. : NCAA
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Bottle sizes: Abbr. : PTS
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Bridge player's guide. : ELEVENRULE
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___ boy! : ATTA
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Fix over. : REDO
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___ wave. : TIDAL
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Cause of many a quarrel. : SARCASTICREMARK
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Record of a kind. : DIARY
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Single. : UNAL
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Kind of sad. : BLUE
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The "Lady of the Lake." : ELLEN
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Best friends. : PALS
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Pub sign. : ALES
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Biographies. : LIVES
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With intention: Lat. : ANIMO
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Of metrical accent. : ICTIC
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Briefings with pictures: Colloq. : CHALKTALKS
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Pick-me-___. : UPS
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Prepare an ambush. : SETATRAP
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One of the Muses. : ERATO
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Juniper of the Bible. : RETEM
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Engineering Corps units: Abbr. : ECS
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Routine. : ROTE
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Colloquial refusal. : NOINDEEDY
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What Caesar said he'd rather not be, in Rome. : SECONDMAN
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Name in electricity. : TESLA
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Garlands. : LEIS
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Basically. : INESSENCE
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Meddlers. : TAMPERERS
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CPA's concern. : ACC
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Band instrument. : THEMARIMBA
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Choose. : OPT
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Short addition at end of a newspaper piece. : SHIRTTAIL
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Left-handed. : SINISTRAL
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Presidential title: Abbr. : CIC
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Time in history. : ERA
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___ de France. : ILE
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Not for singing. : NONVOCAL
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Put up stakes. : ANTE
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___ deux, ballet specialty. : PASDE
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Slacken. : LETUP
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Midlothian city: Poet. : EDINA
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Cabinet name. : UDALL
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The street, in Paris. : LARUE
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Actress Sommer and others. : ELKES
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Lot of land. : ACRE
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Writer Rand. : AYN
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English writer. : RLS

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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