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New York Times, Tuesday, December 19, 1967

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { F J K Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 33.7
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,702
Across
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The two. : BOTH
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Skirt feature. : SLIT
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Greek letter. : THETA
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Pierrette, for one. : AMIE
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Juke box choice. : TUNE
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Law. : CANON
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Prominent Washingtonian. : TALLTEXAN
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Exhorted. : URGED
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Denouement. : END
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Missing link. : APEMAN
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Bear in the sky. : URSA
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Gods: Fr. : DIEUX
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Puzzle. : ENIGMA
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Type of column. : PILASTER
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Social lion. : VIP
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Geological division. : LIAS
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Letter. : ESS
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Garden flower. : LUPINE
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Exaggerate. : STRETCH
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Perfume. : ESSENCE
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Chickadee. : TOMTIT
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Before: Prefix. : PRE
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Ceylon moss. : AGAR
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Campus group. : SRS
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Faithful servant. : RETAINER
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Having rows. : TIERED
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Political groups. : BLOCS
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Chalcedony. : SARD
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Malaise of a sort. : NAUSEA
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Neckline. : VEE
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"There was ___ Man with a beard ... " : ANOLD
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Rabi or Urey. : SCIENTIST
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Silly slip: Slang. : BONER
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Title. : EARL
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A science: Abbr. : ANAT
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Resentful. : ANGRY
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Those who "say." : THEY
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A Wolfe. : NERO
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Diminished. : BATED
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People of Arabia. : OMANI
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Diacritical mark. : TILDE
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Loki's daughter. : HEL
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Degree. : STEP
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Elegance: Fr. : LUXE
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Disordered. : INAMESS
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Roomer. : TENANT
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Fort Worth school. : TCU
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David of fiction. : HARUM
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Picture. : ENGRAVING
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Digits. : TOES
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Time ___ half. : ANDA
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Hack. : TAXI
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Public opinion statistician. : NIELSEN
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Perturbed. : UPSET
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Crane constellation. : GRUS
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Desk. : LECTERN
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Timber tree. : ASH
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Ancient Peruvian. : INCA
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Equal. : PEER
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W. W. II craft. : LSTS
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Take ___ leave it. : ITOR
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Satchmo. : ARMSTRONG
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Shade of gray. : PEARL
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Lose patience. : TIRE
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Fictional "Cap'n." : ERI
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City on the Ohio. : PADUCAH
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Household china. : TEASET
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Israeli leader. : EBAN
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Slothful one. : IDLER
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Sheeplike. : OVINE
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Franck. : CESAR
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Fracas. : SETTO
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Sheba. : SABA
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By and by. : ANON
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Father: Poet. : SIRE
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Squirming. : EELY
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Parched. : DRY
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Shoe shade. : TAN

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

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