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New York Times, Tuesday, August 13, 1968

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { K Q V W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9, Grid flow: 33.9
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,940
Across
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Bell sound. : TOLL
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Misbehave. : ACTUP
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Son of Noah. : HAM
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Nautical term. : ALEE
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Wild game. : MOOSE
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Nickname in sports. : BOBO
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Plant pest. : LEAFHOPPER
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Chemical suffix. : ENOL
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Swiss districts. : CANTONS
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Extreme. : FAROUT
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Embrace. : HUG
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Wrath. : CHOLER
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Principal study. : MAJOR
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Piece of furniture. : TIERTABLE
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Cuckoopints. : ARUMS
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Great ___, Bahama Island. : ABACO
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Scull. : OAR
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Capitol feature. : DOME
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Wear away. : ERODE
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Caroled. : SUNG
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Uraeus. : ASP
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___ nous. : ENTRE
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Baccarat term. : BANCO
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Policewoman of a kind. : METERMAID
42
Shakespearean scene. : ARDEN
43
State capital. : HELENA
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Result. : END
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White poplars. : ABELES
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Glut. : SATIATE
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Perceptive. : SAGE
52
Carpet. : HALLRUNNER
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Construction beam. : STUD
56
Follow. : ENSUE
57
March time. : IDES
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Bedtime. : TEN
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Out of vogue. : DATED
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"It ___ necessarily so ... " : AINT
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Powder. : TALC
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Olive genus. : OLEA
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Spare. : LEAN
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Went away. : LEFTHOME
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In. : AMONG
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Fuzz. : COPS
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Summit. : TOP
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Avail. : USE
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Necessarily. : PERFORCE
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Obligated. : HONORBOUND
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Middle East name. : ABOU
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Cast off shell, horns, etc. : MOLT
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Kentucky college. : BEREA
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Long time, for waiters. : HOURS
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Choir member. : ALTO
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Eucharistic cups. : CIBORIA
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Took charge. : HEADED
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Feminine title. : MADAM
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Came up. : AROSE
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Act prematurely: Slang. : JUMPTHEGUN
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Clan wear. : TARTAN
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Weapon. : LANCE
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Unit of work. : ERGON
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Tangled up. : ENMESHED
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Corsica's neighbor. : SARDINIA
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Man's name. : ERLE
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African language. : BANTU
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Fished. : EELED
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Auriculate. : EARED
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Man Friday: Abbr. : ASST
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Diminish. : BATE
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Swing around. : SLUE
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"The King ___ ." : ANDI
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Numerical suffix. : TEEN
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Formerly, formerly. : ERST
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Curator's concern. : ANA
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W. W. II vessel. : LST

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

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