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New York Times, Monday, September 23, 1968

44-Across : Muse.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 0, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 27.2
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,981
Across
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Word with native or foreign. : BORN
5
Flash. : GLEAM
10
Eastern nurse. : AMAH
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Friend in Amiens. : AMIE
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Arm bones. : RADII
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Flooring. : TILE
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Flatfish. : SOLE
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Perennial herb. : AVENS
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Peter, for one. : TSAR
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Postpone. : HOLDOVER
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Outlined. : TRACED
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German song. : LIED
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Member of the goosefoot family. : ORACH
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Iowa city. : AMES
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Tennis stroke. : OVERHAND
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Falstaffian. : OBESE
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Oil vessel. : CRUSE
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Conjunction. : NOR
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Chopin's country: Abbr. : POL
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Overlays with plaster. : CEILS
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Spanish "co." : CIA
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Doctors' group. : AMA
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Avenue, in Berlin. : ALLEE
39
Kind of wheel. : EMERY
41
Wall game. : HANDBALL
43
Shop tool. : VISE
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Muse. : ERATO
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Word with bag or box. : MAIL
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Most sage. : WISEST
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Umpire's decision. : BALLFOUR
53
Global area. : ASIA
54
January, in Spain. : ENERO
56
State: Abbr. : OKLA
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Word with miss or beer. : NEAR
58
Type of type. : ROMAN
59
Irish stanza. : RANN
60
Disown. : DENY
61
Union member. : STATE
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Native of Borneo. : DYAK
Down
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Big party, London style. : BASH
2
Melville title. : OMOO
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Brooklet. : RILL
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Obelisks. : NEEDLES
5
Kind of French accent. : GRAVE
6
Washed (against). : LAVED
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River in Hesse. : EDER
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One: Scot. : AIN
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Feminine title. : MISTRESS
10
Ascribe (to). : ATTACH
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Bits of bad luck. : MISCHANCES
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Winglike parts. : ALAE
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Bovine group. : HERD
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River into the Seine. : OISE
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Unusual. : RARE
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Small egg. : OVULE
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S. A. serpent. : ABOMA
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Fijian, for one. : MELANESIAN
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Bay window. : ORIEL
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Black, in Boulogne. : NOIRE
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Sideless cart. : DRAY
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Colorful fish. : OPAH
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Violin's cousin. : CELLO
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Rattles. : CLATTERS
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Down with: Fr. : ABAS
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Unfortunate. : EVIL
40
Connecticut city. : MILFORD
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Doleful. : DREARY
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Famous Jacobin. : MARAT
46
Matchless. : ALONE
47
Baton. : WAND
48
Conversational phrase. : ISEE
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Sanctuary of early churches. : BEMA
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Colloquial affirmative. : OKAY
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Bone. : ULNA
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File's partner. : RANK
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Nowise. : NOT

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

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