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New York Times, Monday, September 9, 1968

38-Down : One-___ (ball game).

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 40.2
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,967
Across
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Choice thing. : PLUM
5
Start of a tot's song. : ABCDE
10
Worlds. : ORBS
14
New Rochelle campus. : IONA
15
Grumble. : CROAK
16
Fish. : TUNA
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Paris newspaper. : SOIR
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Confederate sympathizer. : COPPERHEAD
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Doctor's choice. : ANTIGEN
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Nest. : AERIE
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Tokyo locale. : GINZA
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Asian country: Abbr. : SYR
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Merchant. : IMPORTER
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Inn. : HOSTEL
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Distributed. : DEALT
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A felony. : ARSON
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Eggs: Lat. : OVA
37
Country. : LAND
38
Marble. : AGATE
39
Journey. : TREK
40
Limit. : END
41
Setting. : SCENE
42
Bishop's headdress. : MITRE
43
Sports places, old style. : STADIA
45
Pluck. : GAMENESS
47
Common suffix. : ENT
48
Throws off. : EMITS
49
"On ___ and a prayer." : AWING
52
Sets within. : INSERTS
56
Kitchen items. : SILVERWARE
60
Reclined. : LAIN
61
Land mass. : ISLE
62
One who gives. : DONOR
63
Volcano. : ETNA
64
An emotion. : FEAR
65
Shawn's cousins. : SEANS
66
Profound. : DEEP
Down
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Campanile city. : PISA
2
Diving bird. : LOON
3
Distinct part. : UNIT
4
Flower. : MARIGOLD
5
Stress. : ACCENT
6
Period beginning circa 3500 B.C. : BRONZEAGE
7
Yarn on a spindle. : COP
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Drop bait. : DAP
9
Squeeze (out). : EKE
10
Remaining ones. : OTHERS
11
Remorseful one. : RUER
12
___ B'rith. : BNAI
13
Marquis de ___. : SADE
19
Fabric. : RAYON
21
Encircled. : GIRT
24
Put in order. : ARRANGE
25
Brake part. : SHOE
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Wastes time. : IDLES
27
Intended. : MEANT
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Himalayan animal. : PANDA
30
Continental dessert. : TORTE
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Between Tinker and Chance. : EVERS
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Victoria and others. : LAKES
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Tailor's equipment. : STEAMIRON
38
One-___ (ball game). : ACAT
39
Tawdry. : TINSELED
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Scorch. : SINGE
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Pride of New York. : METS
44
State capital. : DENVER
46
Forty-niners. : MINERS
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What "quasi" means. : ASIF
50
Sound. : WISE
51
At that place: Lat. : ILLA
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Unit charge. : RATE
54
Prong. : TINE
55
Speak curtly. : SNAP
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Map entries. : RDS
58
Grief. : WOE
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Literary scraps. : ANA

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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