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New York Times, Wednesday, July 3, 1968

14-Across : ___ were.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 33.3 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,899
Across
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Possessive. : HERS
5
Philippine island. : SAMAR
10
Headwear. : TAMS
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___ were. : ASIT
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Verify. : PROVE
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Moonfish. : OPAH
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Region in SW Africa. : DAMARALAND
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Hair style. : UPDO
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Warren, and others. : JUSTICES
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Hidden. : SECRET
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French "ones." : UNES
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Asleep ___ switch. : ATTHE
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Kind. : CLASS
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City on the Arno. : FLORENCE
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___ Khan, Kipling's tiger. : SHERE
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River to the Rhone. : SAONE
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Message: Abbr. : TEL
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Writer of the year one. : LIVY
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Musical composition. : FUGUE
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Cultivate. : TILL
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City in Korea. : IRI
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Rifle support. : BIPOD
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Groups. : SECTS
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Brightly colored fish. : DRAGONET
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French fathers. : PERES
42
Possessive. : THEIR
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Tree of Morocco. : ARAR
44
Shows (in). : USHERS
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Flowering vine. : CLEMATIS
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Trench. : MOAT
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Anc. name of the Dardanelles. : HELLESPONT
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Baseball play. : BUNT
54
French spa. : EVIAN
55
Broadway name. : INGE
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Thereabouts. : ORSO
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Branches: Abbr. : DEPTS
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Kind of tide. : NEAP
Down
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Pilgrimage to Mecca. : HADJ
2
Biblical twin. : ESAU
3
Edges. : RIMS
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Museum feature. : STATUARY
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Unobstructed areas. : SPACES
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French city on the Rhone. : ARLES
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Old birds. : MOAS
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Flying: Abbr. : AVN
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Garnet, for one. : REDSTONE
10
Good point! : TOUCHE
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Beginner. : APPRENTICE
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Fashioned. : MADE
13
Movie sequence. : SHOT
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Wash out. : RINSE
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Raison d'___. : ETRE
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Vocally. : ALOUD
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Sound made by cicadas. : CHIRR
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Huge, formidable things. : LEVIATHANS
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Bundle of sticks. : FAGOT
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Welshmen. : CELTS
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House parts. : ELLS
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Hit the dirt. : SLID
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Word with man or market. : SUPER
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Over. : FINISHED
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Turtle. : TERRAPIN
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Afrikaner. : BOER
38
Wrinkles. : SEAMS
40
City section. : GHETTO
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Prinks. : PREENS
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___ once (suddenly). : ALLAT
44
Boss of a shield. : UMBO
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Bitter. : SOUR
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Piece of jewelry. : CLIP
47
Dial sound. : TONE
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Girl's name. : INGA
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Word with up or down. : STEP
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Woman. : EVE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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