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Anne Fox
Anne Fox

FIRST EDITION

New York Times, Sunday, January 1, 1967

18-Across : Tree.

Author:
Anne Fox
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 138, Blocks: 78, Avg Word Len: 5.26, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 600 (avg 1.65)
Open Squares: 118, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 12, XRef: 2, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 18 Grid has duplicate clues.
Anne Fox has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,350
Across
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In ___ (excited). : ASTEW
6
Store. : SHOP
10
Ends of the earth: Lat. : POLI
14
Slam. : BANG
18
Tree. : BIRCH
19
Bugle call: Var. : TATOO
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Old "enough." : ENOW
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Beyond. : OVER
23
January: Sp. : ENERO
24
Grounds. : PROOF
25
She: It. : ELLA
26
V. P. Morton. : LEVI
27
One thing Dr. Johnson said to Bozzy. : LETUSBEASHAPPYASWECAN
31
Common sense. : WITS
32
Tennis stroke. : LOB
33
Kind of dog. : TOY
34
Words by Edmund Waller, 1685. : THETHRESHOLDOFTHENEW
44
Musketeer's implement. : RAMROD
45
Prefix with crat or mat. : AUTO
46
Lode loads. : ORES
47
Biblical land. : NOD
49
Hipbones. : ILIA
50
Hardy. : TOUGH
52
Entrance. : DOOR
53
African gazelle. : ADMI
54
Words by Tennyson. : CIRCLEOFTHEGOLDENYEAR
59
Growing out. : ENATE
60
Jokes of a sort. : GAGS
61
Animal, for short. : ORANG
62
Braided. : PLATTED
66
Peak. : ALP
67
Back up. : REVERSE
69
Lab product. : SERUM
70
S. A. rodent. : PACA
72
Large stake. : SPILE
74
Very popular song, with eight letters. : HAPPYBIRTHDAYMCMLXVII
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Citrus drinks. : ADES
83
Step ___! : ONIT
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Take care of. : NURSE
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Peer. : EARL
86
Some tresses. : WIG
87
Gawks. : OAFS
88
Saharan people. : TEBU
89
Shoe. : SANDAL
91
Adage by John Heywood, 1546. : NEWBROMESWEPTHCLEENE
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Book of the Bible: Abbr. : HOS
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Poem. : LAY
98
Natural. : REAL
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Yarn. : WOOL
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Robt. ___. : ELEE
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Curaçao's neighbor. : ARUBA
113
Fluff. : EIDER
114
Berserk. : AMOK
115
Miscellanea. : ANAS
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Wandered. : ROVED
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V. P.'s first name. : ADLAI
118
Congeals. : SETS
119
Missile. : DART
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Football play. : PASS
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Dances. : REELS
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First shepherd. : ABEL
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___ qua non. : SINE
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Allowance akin to tare. : TRET
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Color. : ECRU
5
The élite. : WHOSWHO
6
Florida city, for short. : STPETE
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Badger. : HARASS
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Indians. : OTOS
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Nonsense! : POOH
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Yum-Yum's friend. : PEEPBO
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But: Colloq. : ONLY
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Girl of song. : LOLA
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Admiral Leahy's book. : IWASTHERE
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Henry's second. : BOLEYN
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___ plaisir. : AVEC
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Leningrad's river. : NEVA
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Beam. : GRIN
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Words by Tennyson. : OFALLTHEGLADNEWYEAR
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Cardinal. : BIRD
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Foot: Prefix. : PODO
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Troubles. : WOES
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With 37 Down, backgammon, French style. : TRIC
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Sea: Prefix. : HALI
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Arabian chief. : EMIR
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See 34 Down. : TRAC
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___ couture. : HAUTE
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Exclamation of disgust. : OUGH
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Motley men. : FOOLS
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Stepped on. : TROD
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Make beloved. : ENDEAR
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"___ work is never done." : WOMANS
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Threnody. : DIRGE
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Amphibian. : TOAD
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Frequently. : OFT
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Saluki. : DOG
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Point on the Isle of Man. : AYRE
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"___ people go." : LETMY
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Compass pt. : ENE
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Hiatus. : GAP
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Unusual. : NOVEL
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Fiddlesticks! : PSHAW
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Antenna wire. : LEADIN
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Musical chord: Fr. : ARPEGE
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Rams. : TUPS
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Ah me!: Ger. : ACH
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Staple food. : RICE
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Slippery ___. : ELM
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Polyhedron. : PRISM
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Lawyer: Abbr. : ATT
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Sweet stuff. : SYRUP
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Times: Abbr. : PMS
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Mrs. Quickly's tavern. : BOARSHEAD
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News, for short. : INFO
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Short river to the Seine. : AUBE
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Suffix on minerals. : XENE
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___ mecum. : VADE
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Where Isfahan is. : IRAN
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Latin pronoun. : ILLE
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Hautboy. : OBOE
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Peter, for one. : TSAR
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Bop. : SCAT
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___ round. : ALLYEAR
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Mollusks. : WHELKS
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Senior. : ELDEST
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Clans. : TRIBES
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Groups of six. : HEXADS
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Poetic contraction. : TWAS
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Rooftree. : HOME
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Kind of beer. : ROOT
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Bone. : ULNA
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Intimate. : NEAR
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Let fall. : DROP
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Fiji island. : SUVA
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Bona ___. : FIDE
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Loaf. : IDLE
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Menu item. : VEAL
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Ares's sister. : ERIS

Answer summary:
11 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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