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New York Times, Tuesday, July 23, 1968

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 27, Avg Word Len: 5.50, Missing: { C J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 92, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 38.3 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,919
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Multiplies by a certain number. : TREBLES
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Nursery purchase. : SAPLING
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Spell. : RELIEVE
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More legible. : PLAINER
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Exacted satisfaction. : AVENGED
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Grass, as in a pasture. : HERBAGE
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A.B. or B.A. : DEG
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Sharpshooters of a kind. : SNIPERS
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Hang behind. : LAG
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Cleopatra's attendant. : IRAS
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Chic. : SMART
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European dictator. : TITO
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Shoe sizes. : NINES
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Compass point. : ENE
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Superior. : FINER
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Prosper. : GETALONG
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Covetous. : GREEDY
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Neuf, for one. : PONT
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Wood wind. : REED
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Move down a peg. : DEMOTE
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Popular singer. : MELTORME
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At that time: Fr. : ALORS
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Tote. : BAG
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Pledge solemnly. : SWEAR
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Spanish painter. : SERT
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Establish. : SETUP
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A Zola work. : NANA
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Gunny cloth. : TAT
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Chemist's tools. : PESTLES
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___-de-Calais. : PAS
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Dye compound. : ANILINE
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Human being. : ADAMITE
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Most promising. : ROSIEST
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Plunderer. : RAVENER
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Wardrobe. : DRESSES
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Heavy hammers. : SLEDGES
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Kind of stamp. : TRADING
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Dream. : REVERIE
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Luxurious. : ELEGANT
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Storage place. : BIN
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Shank's mare. : LEGS
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Ties. : EVENS
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Dregs. : SEDIMENT
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Jurisdiction. : SPHERE
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On the qui vive. : ALERT
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Sections of printed matter: Abbr. : PARS
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Ad ___. : LIB
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Queued up. : INALINE
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Denied. : NEGATED
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Early Pope. : GREGORY
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Painful feeling. : PANG
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What Bolivia lacks. : SEAPORT
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Restrict free movement. : TIEDOWN
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Ballot box features. : SLOTS
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Worries. : FRETS
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Pronoun. : ONE
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Set. : GEL
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Habitués. : REGULARS
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Bad guy, old style. : DASTARD
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Singer Steber. : ELEANOR
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Carpenter's term. : MORTISE
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Book of the Bible: Abbr. : MATT
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Garnering. : REAPING
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Aquatic mammal, the sea cow. : MANATEE
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Art store purchases. : ERASERS
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Attacks. : BESETS
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Feel intuitively. : SENSE
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Ride a bike. : PEDAL
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Patties. : PIES
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Prepare for a rainy day. : SAVE
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Fleur-de-___. : LIS
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Science course: Abbr. : MED

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2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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