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New York Times, Wednesday, November 20, 1968

38-Across : German name for Praha.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 87, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
David Steinberg notes:

Original solution grid had DANGLES at 61-Across instead of DANGLED; changed it.

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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 7,039
Across
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Greek version of Eve. : PANDORA
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Placate. : APPEASE
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Like certain jacks. : ONEEYED
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Dandie Dinmont. : TERRIER
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Comply with (rules, etc.). : SATISFY
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Important man in sports. : TRAINER
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Hilly regions: Abbr. : HTS
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Mini-mini skirt. : TUTU
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Contracts. : INCURS
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Cordelia's sister. : REGAN
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Certain copies: Abbr. : CCS
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Move back. : RETIRE
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Mast. : POLE
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30, for one. : AGE
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Famous track star. : OWENS
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Revive. : COMEROUND
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Seas: Fr. : MERS
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Vice President, 1925-29. : DAWES
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German name for Praha. : PRAG
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Roman first name. : PRAENOMEN
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Look. : STARE
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Soothing sound. : SSH
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In excess. : OVER
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Buggy shafts. : THILLS
45
Cockney's flat. : OME
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System of moral values. : ETHIC
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Texture. : FABRIC
51
Do a sewing job. : DARN
52
Former Federal agency. : WPA
55
Singer Steber. : ELEANOR
57
Golf club. : MIDIRON
59
Flow (from). : EMANATE
60
Manifest. : EVIDENT
61
Hung. : DANGLED
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Governors. : REGENTS
Down
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Elegant: Brit. slang. : POSH
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Science course: Abbr. : ANAT
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Fishing gear. : NETS
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___ gratia. : DEI
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___ Rockefeller. : OYSTERS
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Shelter. : REFUGE
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Shrines in old temples. : ADYTA
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Counselor: Abbr. : ATT
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Famous Athenian. : PERICLES
10
Vixen's teammate. : PRANCER
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The Red, et al. : ERICS
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Aboriginal Japanese. : AINU
13
Foreteller. : SEER
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Slips. : ERRS
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Like some satellites. : UNPOWERED
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Beauty parlor item. : RINSE
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Frolics. : ROMPS
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Pitchers. : EWERS
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Father of Abraham. : TERAH
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Augury. : OMEN
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Of hearing. : AURAL
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Contort. : GNARL
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Moves cautiously. : EDGES
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Got there. : CAME
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Pertaining to sight. : OPTIC
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Columbary. : DOVECOTE
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Trifling. : NOMINAL
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Blowout of a sort. : SHINDIG
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Flourish. : THRIVE
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Borneo animal. : ORANG
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Less exciting. : TAMER
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Farmer's buy. : FEED
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Girl's name. : ALMA
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Legume. : BEAN
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Spunky bird. : WREN
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Bridge: Fr. : PONT
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Aardvark's food. : ANTS
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Titian. : RED
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Suffix in chemistry. : IDE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 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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