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New York Times, Tuesday, April 2, 1968

36-Across : Man of assays.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 301 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,807
Across
1
Long tales. : SAGAS
6
Relative of "thataway." : THAR
10
Flatfish. : DABS
14
From the beginning: Lat. : ABOVO
15
Dolly, for instance. : ROLE
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Rounded. : OVAL
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Good ___! : GRIEF
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In ___ (sulking). : APET
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Part of the Aloha State. : OAHU
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Penn ___, N.Y. : YAN
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Kind of board. : FACTFINDING
24
Enter. : GOINTO
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Gets in touch with. : CALLS
27
Know-it-all. : SMARTY
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Critical. : ACUTE
31
American inventor. : HOWE
32
Fallacies, in logic. : IDOLA
33
Photographer's abbreviation. : POS
36
Man of assays. : ANALYST
39
Biblical temptress. : DELILAH
41
New Jersey cape. : MAY
42
Imitation. : APERY
44
City of Japan. : NARA
45
Play. : DRAMA
46
Pastry. : DANISH
48
Hard quartz. : FLINT
50
French home. : MAISON
52
Jim Hawkins's find. : TREASUREMAP
54
Task. : JOB
57
Divining rod. : WAND
58
Trail the field. : LOSE
59
Pointless. : INANE
61
Staff officer. : AIDE
62
Arabian gulf. : ADEN
63
Talk, in a way. : RUNON
64
Bridge term. : SLAM
65
Take five. : REST
66
Wield. : EXERT
Down
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Having a minty seasoning. : SAGY
2
Part of a magic word. : ABRA
3
Departing. : GOINGAWAY
4
Farewell: Lat. : AVE
5
Underside of a cornice, in architecture. : SOFFIT
6
Leaflet. : TRACT
7
Amphibian. : HOPTOAD
8
Hebrew letter. : ALEF
9
Workbag. : RETICULE
10
Scribble. : DOODLE
11
Be of use. : AVAIL
12
Highways of a kind. : BAHNS
13
Slot machine jammer. : SLUG
22
One or another. : ANY
23
Of birth. : NATAL
25
City of Russia. : OREL
27
Pillow cover. : SHAM
28
Girl's name. : MONA
30
Wild West showman. : CODY
32
Piece of data. : ITEM
33
Ordinary. : PLAINJANE
34
Sculls. : OARS
35
Monarch. : SHAH
37
Tall stories. : YARNS
38
Spoon-shaped. : SPATULAR
40
___ time (pronto). : INNO
43
Pharaoh. : RAMESES
45
Crown. : DIADEM
46
Through: Prefix. : DIA
47
Have hopes. : ASPIRE
48
Delicate. : FRAIL
49
___ hand. : LENDA
51
Willow spike. : AMENT
52
Poetic contraction. : TWAS
53
Traveled. : RODE
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___ about (a certain date). : ONOR
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Inclination. : BENT
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Nut: Lat. : NUX

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

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