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New York Times, Saturday, June 29, 1968

43-Across : Aspects of the moon.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 49.1
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,895
Across
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Not care ___. : ARAP
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Cupid. : EROS
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Unit of energy. : JOULE
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Contented sound. : PURR
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Opulent. : RICH
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Street sign. : ARROW
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Combine together. : INTEGRATE
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World-weary. : BLASE
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One at ___. : ATIME
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Stewardess's concern. : SEATBELTS
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___ evil. : SEENO
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Pear or peach. : TREE
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Party man, for short. : DEMO
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Crafty. : ARTFUL
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Sought after. : ASPIREDTO
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Pule. : WHINE
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Spore case. : THECA
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"I think, therefore ___." : IAM
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Birds of a region. : ORNIS
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Corday's victim. : MARAT
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Aspects of the moon. : CRESCENTS
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Iago's wife. : EMILIA
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Guided missile. : NIKE
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Gallery items. : OILS
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Flues. : PIPES
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Obscure. : RECONDITE
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Greek dialect. : EOLIC
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In company with. : ALONG
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City man. : EASTSIDER
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___ bell. : RINGA
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Balkan statesman. : TITO
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Leningrad's river. : NEVA
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Famous storyteller. : AESOP
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North African port. : ORAN
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Low card. : TREY
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Samoan port. : APIA
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Peewees. : RUNTS
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Man's nickname. : ARTIE
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Type of college course. : PREMEDICAL
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Slip. : ERR
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Inlets. : RIAS
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Singing group. : OCTET
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Clip. : SHEAR
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Meaningless writings. : JABBERWOCKIES
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Narrow fillet. : ORLE
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___ Mountains. : URAL
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Misplaced. : LOST
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Sheep. : EWES
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Problem of the ages. : GENERATIONGAP
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Social. : TEA
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Mrs. 'Arris's residence. : OME
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Of a poem. : ODIC
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Type of plane landing. : THREEPOINT
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Huck, for one. : FINN
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Company. : UNIT
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Minus. : LESS
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"Look ___!" : ATME
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Pretense. : SHAM
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Iolanthe. : PERI
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Roofing. : TAR
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Foretoken. : OMEN
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Drink, in a way. : SIP
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Foreign ___. : AID
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Remain stationary, as a ship. : LIETO
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Way up. : STAIR
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Senior citizen. : ELDER
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Sifter. : SIEVE
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___ avis. : RARA
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Faure. : ELIE
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Those against. : CONS
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Progress. : ONGO
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This one: Sp. : ESTA
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Spiny lobster, for short. : CRAY
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A great deal: Colloq. : TON

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

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