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New York Times, Monday, September 2, 1968

9-Across : Garden sights.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 46, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 233 (avg 1.30)
Open Squares: 44, Cheaters: 20, FITB: 4, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 57.0 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,960
Across
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Party man. : HOST
5
On ___ with. : APAR
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Garden sights. : POSIES
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Worked with authors. : EDITED
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Press agent's work. : RELEASE
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Butcher's tool. : CLEAVER
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November winners. : INS
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Cut, as prices. : SLASHED
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Little Miss St. Clare. : EVA
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Bud Fisher character. : MUTT
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Shorten or lengthen. : ALTER
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Stuffed shirt. : PRIG
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Warning. : ALERT
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___ soda. : SAL
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Ramp of a kind. : AISLE
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Pick up the tab. : TREAT
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Popular casserole dish. : NOODLES
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Shopper's choice. : BRANDNAME
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Señorita's name. : DOLORES
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Addition to a document. : RIDER
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Claude of art. : MONET
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Help wanted! : SOS
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"Whistle While You Work," et al. : TUNES
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Pyrites, et al. : ORES
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Dazes. : STUNS
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Blanch. : PALE
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Obsession: Colloq. : TIC
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River phenomenon. : SILTING
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D. C. agency. : CIA
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Cracker. : SALTINE
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Figures of the Spanish Main. : PIRATES
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Clouds: Fr. : NUAGES
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Bowling marks. : SPARES
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Things to eat. : BUNS
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Peered at. : EYED
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Wearing apparel in Westerns. : HOLSTER
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Chemical suffix. : OSE
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New Mexican Indians. : SIAS
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Electrical genius. : TESLA
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Stella of the stage. : ADLER
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Mottled. : PIED
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Work ___ job. : ATA
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Auto gear. : REVERSE
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Next to the last syllable. : PENULT
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Validates. : SEALS
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Airplane formation. : ECHELON
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Printers' apprentices. : DEVILS
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Terza ___, Dante's verse form. : RIMA
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Style wildly popular. : RAGE
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Is obviously superior. : STANDSOUT
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Certain voices. : TREBLES
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Amassed. : PILEDUP
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Old playing card. : TAROT
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Concede. : ADMIT
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Dick Deadeye. : TAR
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Propeller. : OAR
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Snuggles. : NESTLES
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With 50 Down, Oscar Wilde character. : DORIAN
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Bridge bid. : ONECLUB
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Passed. : ENACTED
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Depends (on). : RELIES
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Some ad libs. : MOTS
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Cuts. : SNIPS
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The Red and the Black. : SEAS
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Math terms. : SINES
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Bird. : SNIPE
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"Not working," for example. : SIGN
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See 34 Down. : GRAY
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Greek letter. : TAU
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Common verb. : ARE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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