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New York Times, Monday, August 12, 1968

51-Across : Golconda.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 256 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 35.1
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,939
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Serving for. : ACTING
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Wooden shoes. : SABOTS
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Shore bird. : PLOVER
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Dismount. : ALIGHT
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Run. : OPERATE
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Kind of palm tree. : FANLEAF
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Volcanic earth. : TRASS
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Stowe heroine. : EVA
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Color. : ECRU
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Bovine of a kind. : TORO
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Lewis Carroll portmanteau word. : SNARK
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Satisfy. : SATE
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Poetic time. : EVE
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Aglow. : SHINING
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Concert item: Abbr. : SEL
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Popular ballet. : REDSHOES
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Business matters. : ORDERS
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Affected manner. : AIRS
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Portico. : STOA
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Brassard. : ARMLET
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Delayed. : RETARDED
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Letter. : DEE
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American composer of operettas. : DEKOVEN
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Lyricist Gershwin. : IRA
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Dear me! : ALAS
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Annoyed: Colloq. : RILED
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Piece of scenery. : FLAT
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Golconda. : MINE
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East Indian weight. : SER
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Stop a while. : PAUSE
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___ Wells Ballet. : SADLERS
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Chosen. : ELECTED
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The "Beautiful Cloak Model" of 1906. : NELLIE
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Mailroom worker. : SORTER
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Characteristics. : TRAITS
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Dons. : TUTORS
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Sanction. : APPROVE
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Netted. : CLEARED
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Trunk. : TORSO
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Marsh elders. : IVAS
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Seine. : NET
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Inexperienced ones: Colloq. : GREENIES
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Hunting expedition. : SAFARI
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Where Selma is: Abbr. : ALA
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Coal holder. : BIN
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Looks amorously. : OGLES
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Perry Mason's problem. : THECASE
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Elevator man. : STARTER
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Fur. : OTTER
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Oil and others. : FUELS
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Vehicles. : VANS
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Less verbose. : SHORTER
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Tied securely. : KNOTTED
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Turned aside suddenly. : SHIED
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Moan. : GROAN
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Al's frivolous gal. : SAL
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Women's group. : DAR
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Harshest. : SEVEREST
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Memorable stage name. : ADAMS
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Trusting. : RELIANT
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Wander aimlessly. : MEANDER
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Ingenue. : ROLE
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Water, for one. : DILUTER
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Pencil parts. : ERASERS
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Passé. : DATED
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Pieces of candy. : KISSES
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Seat: Lat. : SELLA
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Ipso ___. : FACTO
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Saucy. : PERT
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Whitney. : ELI
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Musical abbreviation. : RIT
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Gehrig. : LOU

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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