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New York Times, Thursday, October 24, 1968

31-Across : Temporizes.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { X }, Scrabble score: 347 (avg 1.86)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 7,012
Across
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Pitch's companion. : TOSS
5
Not very musical instrument. : KAZOO
10
Tennis stratagem. : LOB
13
Together. : WITH
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To any degree. : ATALL
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Man from Odense. : DANE
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Kitchen staple. : OLEO
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Like some roasts. : BONED
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Novel of 1816. : EMMA
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Concert feature. : SYMPHONY
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Falsified. : FIBBED
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Bride-___. : TOBE
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Kitchen staple. : FLOUR
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Irish playwright. : SHAW
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Outsiders. : STRANGERS
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Temporizes. : STALLS
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Skirt features. : HEMS
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Sine ___ non. : QUA
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Songbird. : LARK
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Throng. : HORDE
38
Shirt feature. : CUFF
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Distress. : AIL
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Make-believe. : FAKE
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Dissension. : STRIFE
43
Sources of certain beverages. : BREWERIES
46
Scoreboard entries. : RUNS
47
Temblor. : QUAKE
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Thing at hand. : THIS
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Woos. : COURTS
52
Hazard. : JEOPARDY
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Sheep genus. : OVIS
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Preserves. : KEEPS
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Make bold (to). : DARE
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Neighbor of Essex. : KENT
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All thumbs. : INEPT
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Equalize. : EVEN
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Navy man: Abbr. : ENS
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Mane sites. : NAPES
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Ball team. : REDS
Down
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Braces. : TWOS
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Suave. : OILY
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Pedicel. : STEM
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Conversation of a kind. : SHOPTALK
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Skewer item. : KABOB
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___ leisure (unhurriedly). : ATONES
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Madcap. : ZANY
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Tauromachy exhortation. : OLE
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Former heartthrobs. : OLDFLAMES
10
Valance. : LAMBREQUIN
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"This one's ___." : ONME
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Globule. : BEAD
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Make operational: Colloq. : DEBUG
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Blubber. : HOWL
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Particles. : IONS
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One of the Allens. : FRED
25
Walk-up feature. : STAIR
26
Masqueraders. : HARLEQUINS
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A crowd, 'tis said. : THREE
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Bridge plays. : RUFFS
30
Protected. : SAFE
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Chunk. : SLAB
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Sportswear fabric. : SHARKSKIN
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Steinbeck character. : OKIE
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Man with a mission. : CRUSADER
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Achievement. : FEAT
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Misstep. : TRIP
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Delicatessen item. : WURST
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Tundra's relative. : STEPPE
49
Bonifaces. : HOSTS
50
Industrial fuel. : COKE
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Dutch ___. : OVEN
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Vehicle. : JEEP
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Glowing review. : RAVE
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One of the Scotts. : DRED
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Urges: Colloq. : YENS
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Last Spanish queen. : ENA

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

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