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New York Times, Tuesday, December 17, 1968

39-Down : Takers of prisoners.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J Q V W }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 28.6
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 7,066
Across
1
Ditto. : SAME
5
Copy: Abbr. : FAC
8
Book of the Bible. : ACTS
12
Social unit. : TRIBE
14
Game of Persian origin. : POLO
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Arguable. : MOOT
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Bring upon oneself. : INCUR
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Lounge indolently. : LOLL
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Preposition. : INTO
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Accomplishment. : REALIZATION
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Air Force initials. : SAC
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List of candidates: Scot. : LEET
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Compass point. : ENE
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Sort. : ILK
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Museum piece. : MATISSE
29
Units of force. : DYNES
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Piece of land. : ACRE
32
Philippine peasant. : TAO
34
Cave: Poet. : ANTRE
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Restraining line. : REIN
38
Desert plant. : YUCCA
41
Pas de ___. : DEUX
42
Armistice. : TRUCE
44
Faucet. : TAP
45
Part of A.D. : ANNO
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Compassion. : MERCY
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Wrote, in a way. : PRINTED
51
Beverage. : POP
53
A Gershwin. : IRA
54
Chinese group. : TONG
55
Exclamation of a kind. : ACH
56
Thomas Paine work. : COMMONSENSE
61
Lee J. Cobb role. : LEAR
63
Eastern name. : OMAR
64
Eurasian range. : URALS
65
Of the Isle of Man. : MANX
66
Islands. : KEYS
67
Largest inland sea: Abbr. : MEDIT
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Termites. : ANTS
69
Rialto sign. : SRO
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Statistics. : DATA
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Bustle. : STIR
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English composer. : ARNE
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Isinglass. : MICA
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High spirits. : EBULLIENCE
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Part of a yard. : FOOT
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Closely related. : ALLIED
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Settlement. : COLONY
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"Where ___?" : AMI
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In harmony. : CONSISTENT
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Sum. : TOTAL
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Gillyflower. : STOCK
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Indians. : ERIES
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Geographic feature. : PLATEAU
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Piquant. : ZESTY
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Baby girl: Sp. : NENA
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Emporium. : MART
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Genus of maples. : ACER
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Winning. : TRIUMPHANT
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Risked. : ENDANGERED
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Month: Abbr. : OCT
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Mystic inscription. : RUNE
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Biblical book: Abbr. : EXOD
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Takers of prisoners. : CAPTORS
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Garment. : APRON
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Norse name. : ERIC
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Bends. : CROOKS
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Complain. : YAMMER
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Briefly. : INSUM
51
Canary island. : PALMA
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The deep. : OCEAN
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County of Ireland. : MAYO
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Nothing: Sp. : NADA
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Narrow opening. : SLIT
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This: Sp. : ESTA
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M.D.'s concerns. : RXS

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

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