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New York Times, Saturday, March 23, 1968

54-Down : Chipped in.

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
34
Home in Tijuana. : CASA
35
Poetry line. : STICH
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In any way whatever. : BYHOOKORBYCROOK
41
Breed of cattle from Aberdeen. : ANGUS
42
Glass casing. : SASH
43
___ tree. : UPA
44
French pronoun. : ILS
45
Game for two. : TITTATTOE
47
Mislead. : DECEIVE
50
Upon: Prefix. : EPI
51
Elizabethan or Christian. : ERA
52
Negative prefix. : NON
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In the midst of. : AMONGST
57
Reprimands: Colloq. : CALLSDOWN
60
Potato country. : IDAHO
61
Salt tree. : ATLE
62
Figure eight, for one. : KNOT
63
Negative adverb. : NEVER
64
Narrow spades of Ireland. : LOYS
65
On a cruise. : ASEA
66
Partner of trick. : TREAT
Down
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Coast, in a way. : SLED
2
Obsidian. : LAVA
3
Former Asian empire. : ANAM
4
Appetizer. : CANAPE
5
Certain relatives: Colloq. : KISSINCOUSINS
6
Anglers' floats. : BOBS
7
Application. : USE
8
Cooks, in a way. : STEAMS
9
Bout. : SETTO
10
Southern campus. : LSU
11
B.S.A. member. : EAGLESCOUT
12
Profit. : AVAIL
13
Start of a toast. : HERES
19
Make an exception. : STRETCHAPOINT
21
Russians of former days. : KULAKS
26
Paris time. : SOIR
27
Large mouthful: Slang. : GOB
28
Non-Moslem of Turkey. : RAYA
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According to national groups. : ETHNICALLY
30
That: Sp. : ESO
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Ankles: Anat. : TARSI
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Way. : SYSTEM
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___-my-thumb. : HOPO
38
Wolfish look. : OGLE
39
Racket. : BAT
40
Jackdaw: Scot. : KAE
45
Mortise fits. : TENONS
46
Touchwood. : TINDER
47
Transfer picture. : DECAL
48
Muse. : ERATO
49
Refreshment for 21 Down. : VODKA
53
Pilaster, in architecture. : ANTA
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Chipped in. : GAVE
55
Stadium. : SHEA
56
Legal term. : TORT
58
"___ 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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