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New York Times, Friday, January 12, 1968

20-Across : Japanese dance-drama.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 300 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,726
Across
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Mocked. : JAPED
6
Overwhelm. : STUN
10
Sorry about that! : ALAS
14
Pontiff's vestment. : ORALE
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Further. : MORE
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Conquer. : ROUT
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Germ-killer. : ANTIBIOTIC
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Unmeaning repetition. : ROTE
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Japanese dance-drama. : NOH
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Fjord of Norway. : OSLO
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City on the Vistula. : KRAKOW
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Supporter of: Suffix. : CRAT
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Device. : PLAN
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"Girls and boys come out ___ ... " : TOPLAY
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Self-glorifier. : BRAGGART
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Dickens character. : URIAH
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Levantine vessel. : SAIC
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Jug. : EWER
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Facial features. : LIPS
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Swarm. : HORDE
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"Give a ___ chance." : MANA
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Cuts (off). : LOPS
40
Not aweather. : ALEE
41
Composer of "Anvil Chorus." : VERDI
42
Painted. : ENAMELED
44
Creditable. : HONEST
45
Predatory birds. : OWLS
46
See 61 Across. : MALT
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Order. : SYSTEM
50
Printer's term. : FONT
51
Away, in a phrase. : FRO
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Ancient conservationist. : NOAH
55
Unjustified seizure. : ARROGATION
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Caen's river. : ORNE
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Gypsy gentlemen. : RYES
60
Attendant of a Highland chief. : GILLY
61
Social beverage. : BEER
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Kind of cap. : KNEE
63
English county. : ESSEX
Down
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French martyr. : JOAN
2
River into the Liguarian Sea. : ARNO
3
Way. : PATH
4
Ivy Leaguer. : ELI
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Hebrew prophetess. : DEBORAH
6
Young salmon. : SMOLT
7
In ___. : TOTO
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Swiss canton. : URI
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Hippie adornment. : NECKLACE
10
Vocal score. : ARRANGEMENT
11
Glance. : LOOK
12
Parking problem. : AUTO
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Heterogeneous victual. : STEW
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Britisher's exclamation. : ISAY
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Musical piece. : RAG
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P.T.A. helper. : CLASSMOTHER
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Vainglory. : PRIDE
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Fabric. : TULLE
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Celestial nimrod. : ORION
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Child in Browning poem. : PIPPA
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Divulged. : BARED
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Perceptive. : AWARE
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Wrests. : RENDS
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Quality. : TRAIT
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Fish. : SOLES
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Distinguishing feature. : HALLMARK
41
Amount of electric potential. : VOLTAGE
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Woolly beast. : EWE
44
General idea. : HANG
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Big game. : MOOSE
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Social climber. : SNOB
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Of ___. : YORE
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Able to judge one's actions. : SANE
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Manumit. : FREE
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Son: Fr. : FILS
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Character. : ROLE
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Quartz. : ONYX
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Part of Rembrandt's name. : RYN
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Poetic contraction. : TIS

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

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