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New York Times, Tuesday, November 14, 1967

8-Across : Hit hard: Slang.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,667
Across
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Hippy hangouts. : PADS
5
Peak. : ALP
8
Hit hard: Slang. : WHAM
12
Make ineffective. : ANNUL
13
Person. : SOUL
15
Tourist center for Mauna Loa. : HILO
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Shelve. : PIGEONHOLE
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Grocery item. : OLEO
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Kind of punch. : ONETWO
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Cried raucously. : SQUALLED
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Stitched. : SEWN
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Stimulus. : URGE
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Constellation. : LEO
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Cologne's river. : RHINE
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Adjective suffix. : ESQUE
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Costly. : HIGH
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Wind direction. : ENE
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Injury. : TRAUMA
38
Field: Prefix. : AGRO
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Compass. : REACH
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Research centers: Colloq. : LABS
42
Lay aside. : SHELVE
44
Pump part. : TOE
45
Dev's land. : EIRE
46
Baffled. : ATSEA
47
Goes marketing. : SHOPS
49
Flower child. : LAD
50
Ely, for one. : ISLE
52
Extra. : PLUS
54
Face of a building. : FRONTAGE
58
Participating. : ACTIVE
62
San ___. : REMO
63
Snug places. : CUBBYHOLES
65
Tennis term. : ADIN
66
Part of the London street scene. : KERB
67
Cathedral city of France. : ARLES
68
Eminence. : NOTE
69
The sun. : SOL
70
Permeate. : SEEP
Down
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Nabokov novel, 1957. : PNIN
2
French angel. : ANGE
3
Songs of a kind. : DUETS
4
More gradual. : SLOWER
5
Wood for cricket bats. : ASH
6
Writer Anita. : LOOS
7
Drink of Mexico. : PULQUE
8
Indiscriminate. : WHOLESALE
9
Topographic feature. : HILL
10
Out of the storm. : ALEE
11
Disposition. : MOOD
12
G.I. address. : APO
14
French possessive. : LEUR
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Get ___ (fail). : NOWHERE
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Teen ___. : AGER
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Prime time. : NINE
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The "Forbidden City." : LHASA
26
Prime time. : EIGHT
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Dreaded persons. : OGRES
29
Under: Poet. : NEATH
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Lose courage. : QUAIL
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Shaded area. : UMBRA
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Mitigated. : EASED
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Relative of eagle or birdie. : HOLEINONE
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"___'s the thing ... " : THEPLAY
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Place for the birds. : COOP
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Enormous. : VAST
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Musical transitions. : SEGUES
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For example. : SUCHAS
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Deficiency. : LACK
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Business place. : STORE
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Mrs. Dodsworth. : FRAN
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Make over. : REDO
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Pass over. : OMIT
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Tortosa's river. : EBRO
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"Winnie ___ Pu." : ILLE
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Humphrey, for one. : VEEP
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Letter. : ESS
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Unit of measure: Abbr. : BBL

Answer summary:
8 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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