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New York Times, Wednesday, July 10, 1968

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 23.8
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,906
Across
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June bug. : DOR
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Popular color. : ROSE
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Czech. : SLAVIC
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Anthropoid. : APE
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Organic compound. : ENOL
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Civil. : POLITE
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Something very easy: Slang. : KIDSTUFF
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___ d'être. : RAISON
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"Who's ___ ?" (Abbott-Costello routine). : ONFIRST
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Lincoln Center offering. : CONCERT
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Wee. : TEENY
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Helpmate. : SPOUSE
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___ rule. : ASA
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Distributed. : DEALT
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Windstorm. : BLOW
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Opportune. : TIMELY
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Region: Poet. : CLIME
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Survivor of the Pequod. : ISHMAEL
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Hit hard: Colloq. : CLOUTED
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Muscular. : BEEFY
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Storage space. : CLOSET
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Pianist Peter. : NERO
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Brown ermine. : STOAT
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Records. : LPS
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White water. : RAPIDS
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Deflect. : AVERT
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Subsequently. : LATERON
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Worldly. : SECULAR
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Ridge near Jerusalem. : OLIVET
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Our time. : SPACEAGE
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Give in. : RELENT
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Know, old style. : WIST
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Proper. : DUE
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Florida beach. : DELRAY
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Entomologist's concern. : ANTS
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Still. : YET
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Indian. : DAKOTA
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Thinks or supposes. : OPINES
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Community Chest symbol. : REDFEATHER
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Process again. : RETRY
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Burden. : ONUS
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Advertising tactic. : SOFTSELL
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Sprite. : ELF
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Grow rapidly. : SPROUT
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Bank business. : LOANS
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Light shade. : ALICEBLUE
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Workbench item. : VISE
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"Take ___ leave it." : ITOR
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Coin. : CENT
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Pride, for one. : SIN
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Mountain pass. : COL
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Yield. : PAY
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Letter. : DEE
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She gets "a great big hand." : LITTLELADY
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Cockney's flat. : OME
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Espoused. : WED
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"___ blowing bubbles ... " : IMFOREVER
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New Jersey cape. : MAY
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Lettuce. : COS
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Element in Arabic names. : IBN
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Understand. : SEE
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Graduate's memento. : CLASSPIN
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Piece of ground. : LOT
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Food fish. : COD
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Irregular. : SPOTTY
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Component of pewter. : TIN
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City on the Moldau. : PRAGUE
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Part of the neighborhood. : STREET
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Theater-in-the-round. : ARENA
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CPA's. : ACCTS
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Aspect: Fr. : VUE
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Man of rank. : LORD
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Nautical term. : ALEE
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Cash drawer. : TILL
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Direction. : EAST
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Home of the Hottentots: Abbr. : SWA

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

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