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New York Times, Friday, March 15, 1968

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.49, Missing: { J Q U X Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 28.6
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Across
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Small herring. : SPRAT
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Hair preparation. : POMADE
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Sculptor Taft. : LORADO
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Band business. : PARADING
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Malt vinegar. : ALEGAR
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Show a play of colors. : OPALESCE
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In ___ (almost immediately). : NOTIMEATALL
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___ mot. : BON
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Word after grace. : AMEN
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Linen or cotton cloth. : DRILL
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Pungent. : TART
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Chinese society. : TONG
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Gold: It. : ORO
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Sleepyhead. : YAWNER
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Close. : END
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Pretentiousness: Slang. : SWANK
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Overblouse. : MIDDY
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Beethoven's birthplace. : BONN
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Church figure. : ICON
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Blazed path. : TRAIL
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Peevish: Dial. : TECHY
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10th-cen. date. : CMI
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Garment of a kind. : HALTER
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New Zealand vine. : AKA
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Sheer. : THIN
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Poetic times of day. : EVES
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Horse opera. : OATER
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Stick. : WAND
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Slangy negative. : NAW
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Stage and film Finchley. : ROBERTMORSE
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Rabble-rouser. : AGITATOR
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Money of a kind. : REBATE
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Lubricant's origin. : REFINERY
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Skipped over. : ELIDED
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Get away. : DEPART
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Word with East or West. : SIDER
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Name meaning peaceable. : SOLOMON
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Feign. : PRETEND
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Violent. : RAGING
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"East of Eden" role. : ADAM
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Destroyed. : TOREDOWN
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___ cross. : PAPAL
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Viva voce. : ORALLY
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Promenade. : MALL
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"Fables in Slang" author. : ADE
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Break up. : DISBAND
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Shouted "bis" at the Met. : ENCORED
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Woolly. : LANATE
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Liquid mixture. : POTION
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Folks. : GENTRY
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Downright. : ARRANT
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Duplicate. : TWIN
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Chinese island. : AMOY
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Solitary. : SOLE
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Field goal man. : KICKER
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Certain acting roles. : BITS
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City of Notre Dame. : CHARTRES
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Palm of the hand. : THENAR
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Devastated. : RAVAGED
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Fish. : ALEWIFE
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Lunch room: Slang. : EATERY
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Pantomime game. : CHARADE
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Type of church. : MINSTER
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Truly. : INDEED
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True fan. : ROOTER
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Bridge term. : TWOBID
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Terminate, as a missile flight. : ABORT
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Frog genus. : RANA
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Honey: Prefix. : MELI
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Word with off or over. : TIP

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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