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New York Times, Thursday, July 18, 1968

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 23.5
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,914
Across
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Army man: Abbr. : CORP
5
Tighten (ropes), on shipboard. : FRAP
9
Hanging unevenly. : ALOP
13
Scope. : AREA
14
Mystic writing. : RUNE
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Something to eat: Colloq. : DONUT
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Inclinations. : PENCHANTS
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Like a lamb. : OVINE
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City problem. : SMOKE
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Crepe fabric. : GEORGETTE
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Humpty Dumpty. : EGG
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Editor's papers. : MSS
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Dancers of the 1930's. : JITTERBUGS
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Electrical units. : OHMS
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One, in Turin. : UNO
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Miss Doone. : LORNA
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U. N. vote. : NYET
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Dissolve. : MELT
41
Windshield device. : WIPER
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French writer. : GIDE
44
Malt liquor. : BREW
45
Ohio city. : NILES
47
Born. : NEE
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Eight: It. : OTTO
49
Eye or taste bud. : SENSEORGAN
51
Sound from the bleachers. : BOO
53
Where some mail goes: Abbr. : DLO
54
Pupils' needs. : COPYBOOKS
60
Church title. : ABBOT
64
Make ___ of. : ANOTE
65
Book. : PAPERBACK
67
Feline sounds. : MEOWS
68
Adjective suffix. : ULAR
69
This: Sp. : ESTO
70
Pump. : SHOE
71
Title. : SIRE
72
Greek letters. : RHOS
Down
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Companions of gowns. : CAPS
2
Town in Utah. : OREM
3
Italian river. : RENO
4
Ship. : PACKET
5
Monk. : FRA
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Chair part. : RUNG
7
Prefix with date or room. : ANTE
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Coin. : PESO
9
___ life. : ADOGS
10
Serenade. : LOVESONG
11
Step ___. : ONIT
12
Thames boat. : PUNT
16
Letter. : TEE
18
German philosopher. : HEGEL
22
Want ad abbreviation. : RMS
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Become mature. : GROW
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Huge. : JUMBO
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Moveless. : INERT
28
Want ad phrase. : TOLET
29
Salt solution. : BRINE
30
Unfasten. : UNPIN
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Dubliners. : GAELS
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Going speedily. : HYING
34
Greek sorceress. : MEDEA
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Dutch painter. : STEEN
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In pairs. : TWOBYTWO
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Cattail. : REED
46
Of the sun. : SOLAR
49
___ Canals. : SOO
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Hands-up man. : ROBBER
52
Overweight. : OBESE
54
Machine part. : CAM
55
Loved ___. : ONES
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Juvenile hero. : POOH
57
Musical work. : OPUS
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Glasswort. : KALI
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Box. : SPAR
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Big party, British style. : BASH
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Numerical prefix. : OCTO
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Boxing term. : TKOS
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Prior to: Poet. : ERE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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