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New York Times, Wednesday, January 10, 1968

57-Across : Girl's name.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { H J K Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,724
Across
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Pastel shade. : AQUA
5
Society affair. : DEBUT
10
Chatters: Colloq. : GABS
14
Conversational gambits. : PUNS
15
In high spirits. : ELATE
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Famous nom de plume. : ELIA
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Little Margaret. : RITA
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System of protocol. : CEREMONIAL
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Phenomenon of our time. : ATOMBOMB
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Children's magic word. : PLEASE
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"Do ___!" : ORDIE
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Poetic contraction. : EER
25
Armstrong, to pals. : LOUIE
27
Unusual one. : RARAAVIS
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Defeat. : WORST
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Kind of candle. : ROMAN
34
Have being. : ARE
35
Church title. : ABBE
36
Phenomenon of our time. : UFO
37
Ice mass. : FLOE
38
Louis Quinze. : ROI
39
Flower. : PANSY
41
Amalgamate. : BLEND
42
Alienate. : ESTRANGE
44
Two on the aisle. : SEATS
45
One, in Naples. : UNA
46
Brag, old style. : VAUNT
48
Chess maneuver. : GAMBIT
51
Sign of a one track mind. : IDEEFIXE
55
Made a bridge bid. : OVERCALLED
57
Girl's name. : ELMA
58
Branches: Zool. : RAMI
59
___ à manger. : SALLE
60
Greek group of W. W. II. : ELAS
61
Source of power: Abbr. : ELEC
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Foils. : EPEES
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Laboratory procedure. : TEST
Down
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Port of Guam. : APRA
2
Desist. : QUIT
3
Poetic preposition. : UNTO
4
Quiet ___. : ASAMOUSE
5
Solve. : DECODE
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Type of resin. : ELEMI
7
Beaumarchais hero. : BARBEROFSEVILLE
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Indian. : UTE
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Paint used by artists. : TEMPERA
10
Kinds. : GENERA
11
Inter ___. : ALIA
12
Prejudice. : BIAS
13
Bazaar. : SALE
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City in N. Y. : OLEAN
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Young herring. : BRIT
25
Western wolves. : LOBOS
26
Path of a kind. : ORBIT
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Chinese seaport. : AMOY
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Gentleman's gentleman. : VALET
30
Items "in the fire." : IRONS
31
Plant. : SEED
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Merchandise. : WARE
33
Rounded rod. : RUNG
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Pavement-pounder's problem. : FLATFEET
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Lose one's head. : PANIC
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Octahedrite, a mineral. : ANATASE
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Part of N. B. : BENE
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Red letter, in early books. : RUBRIC
44
Materials. : SUEDES
47
Girl's name. : ADELE
48
Term in dressmaking. : GORE
49
Grandparental. : AVAL
50
Same: Fr. : MEME
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That: Lat. : ILLE
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December time. : XMAS
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Bridge player. : EAST
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Circuit. : LAP

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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