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New York Times, Friday, January 26, 1968

6-Across : ___ fide.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,740
Across
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Asian capital. : LHASA
6
___ fide. : BONA
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Now: Lat. : NUNC
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Literate form of "et." : EATEN
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Very audible. : LOUD
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A way of saying "ten." : ONEO
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Component of a mosquito fleet. : EBOAT
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"___ Staircase." : UPTHEDOWN
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Goes wild. : RAMPAGES
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Bursts. : ERUPTS
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Mountain: Prefix. : OREO
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Asian lake. : ARAL
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Spy drama of the 1920's. : THREEFACESEAST
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Bird sounds. : HOOTS
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Goose of Hawaii. : NENE
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Ruler of a kind. : ROI
34
Primitive craft. : ARKS
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German President, 1919-25. : EBERT
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Farm animal. : CALF
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Equal: Prefix. : ISO
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Science course: Abbr. : ANAT
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___ corn. : EAROF
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Career advice, 1850 style. : GOWESTYOUNGMAN
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Fish. : GARS
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Kind of deck. : POOP
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City dating from 4th cen. B.C. : SMYRNA
50
Trick. : ARTIFICE
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Occur periodically. : COMEANDGO
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Ancient metropolis. : SIDON
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Inch or foot. : UNIT
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Cooper character. : CORA
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Deal with. : TREAT
60
June bugs. : DORS
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Satrap's superior. : EMIR
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East-West pact. : SEATO
Down
1
Ogle's cousin. : LEER
2
Spanish bean. : HABA
3
Splittable item. : ATOM
4
47 Across and others. : SEAPORTS
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Star in Scorpio. : ANTARES
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"___ the Night." : BLUEOF
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Slangy exclamation. : OOPS
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Brazil ___. : NUT
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Follower. : ADHERENT
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Lump. : NODULE
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Without competition: Abbr. : UNOP
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Triton. : NEWT
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Guides, as a ship. : CONS
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Clean off. : ERASE
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Exclamation. : GEE
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Tree genus. : ACER
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Trunk. : TORSO
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Chinese treaty port. : HOKOW
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Spanish peak. : ANETO
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Parrot. : ARARA
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Wise man. : SOLON
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Petty quarrel. : TIFF
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British marshal of W. W. I. : HAIG
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Portal. : ENTRANCE
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Certain horses. : BAYS
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Center of attraction for hikers, scouts, etc. : CAMPFIRE
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Manner of sitting, as in yoga. : ASANA
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Self-centered ones. : EGOISTS
42
Birds. : EGRETS
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Continuous din. : UPROAR
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Negative. : NOT
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Sail before the wind. : SCUD
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Single: Prefix. : MONO
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Giant of Norse myth. : YMIR
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Fields: Lat. : AGRI
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Inventor's forte. : IDEA
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Covering. : COAT
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Within: Prefix. : ENTO
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Portuguese title. : DOM

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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