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New York Times, Saturday, March 23, 1968

36-Down : ___-my-thumb.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,797
Across
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Loose. : SLACK
6
Kiss, old style. : BUSS
10
Daughter of Laban. : LEAH
14
Hawaiian island. : LANAI
15
Bone: Prefix. : OSTE
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Except. : SAVE
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English actor. : EVANS
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Sucrose. : BEETSUGAR
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Rich, reversible fabrics. : DAMASKS
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Legal abbreviation. : ATT
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Golf ball position. : LIE
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More, in music. : PIU
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Tidbits. : MORSELS
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Vireos. : GREENLETS
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Spouse of Tithonus. : EOS
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Grass plant. : OAT
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Home in Tijuana. : CASA
35
Poetry line. : STICH
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In any way whatever. : BYHOOKORBYCROOK
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Breed of cattle from Aberdeen. : ANGUS
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Glass casing. : SASH
43
___ tree. : UPA
44
French pronoun. : ILS
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Game for two. : TITTATTOE
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Mislead. : DECEIVE
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Upon: Prefix. : EPI
51
Elizabethan or Christian. : ERA
52
Negative prefix. : NON
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In the midst of. : AMONGST
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Reprimands: Colloq. : CALLSDOWN
60
Potato country. : IDAHO
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Salt tree. : ATLE
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Figure eight, for one. : KNOT
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Negative adverb. : NEVER
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Narrow spades of Ireland. : LOYS
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On a cruise. : ASEA
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Partner of trick. : TREAT
Down
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Coast, in a way. : SLED
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Obsidian. : LAVA
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Former Asian empire. : ANAM
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Appetizer. : CANAPE
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Certain relatives: Colloq. : KISSINCOUSINS
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Anglers' floats. : BOBS
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Application. : USE
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Cooks, in a way. : STEAMS
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Bout. : SETTO
10
Southern campus. : LSU
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B.S.A. member. : EAGLESCOUT
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Profit. : AVAIL
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Start of a toast. : HERES
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Make an exception. : STRETCHAPOINT
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Russians of former days. : KULAKS
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Paris time. : SOIR
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Large mouthful: Slang. : GOB
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Non-Moslem of Turkey. : RAYA
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According to national groups. : ETHNICALLY
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That: Sp. : ESO
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Ankles: Anat. : TARSI
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Way. : SYSTEM
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___-my-thumb. : HOPO
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Wolfish look. : OGLE
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Racket. : BAT
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Jackdaw: Scot. : KAE
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Mortise fits. : TENONS
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Touchwood. : TINDER
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Transfer picture. : DECAL
48
Muse. : ERATO
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Refreshment for 21 Down. : VODKA
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Pilaster, in architecture. : ANTA
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Chipped in. : GAVE
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Stadium. : SHEA
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Legal term. : TORT
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"___ Sylphides." : LES
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Unhappiness. : WOE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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