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New York Times, Thursday, November 23, 1967

36-Across : Sharpens.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,676
Across
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Busy. : AHUM
5
Spells of activity. : BOUTS
10
Churchmen. : DOMS
14
Occidental alliance. : NATO
15
On land ___. : ORSEA
16
Seth's son. : ENOS
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Central item in kindergarten song. : THEMULBERRYBUSH
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Agreed. : ASSENTED
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Postprandial feature. : TOAST
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Man's nickname. : TED
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Yearling. : COLT
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Changed the wording of. : EDITED
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Like the time before dawn. : DARKEST
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Rugged individualist. : LONER
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Opera role. : BORIS
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Well, well! : AHA
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Spirit. : LIFE
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Sharpens. : HONES
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Great work. : EPIC
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Helmsman's course. : ENE
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Affected with uneasiness. : AILED
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Clement, for today. : SAINT
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Cooking device. : GRIDDLE
43
Piano studies. : ETUDES
44
Buenos ___. : DIAS
45
Nasser's dream. : UAR
46
Speech of a sort. : SPIEL
48
Space phenomenon. : ASTEROID
53
Part of the route to grandfather's house. : THROUGHTHEWOODS
55
Part of a home. : ROOM
56
Kind of space. : OUTER
57
Sound of rain on the pane. : SPAT
58
Joyous exclamations. : YOWS
59
Sky lights. : STARS
60
Y.M.C.A. : ASSN
Down
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Theatrical group. : ANTA
2
Exclamations. : HAHS
3
Western tribe. : UTES
4
Jabberwocky word. : MOME
5
Ran away. : BOLTED
6
Round. : ORBED
7
Employed. : USED
8
Three times: Prefix. : TER
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Family name in Faulkner novels. : SARTORIS
10
Talk of a kind. : DEBATE
11
Burden. : ONUS
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Highest. : MOST
13
Quiet! : SSH
18
___ den Linden. : UNTER
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Innermost parts. : YOLKS
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Hoped. : CARED
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Relative of "il." : ELLE
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Partner of up. : DOING
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Surmise. : INFER
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Letter. : TEE
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Receiver. : DONEE
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Tasty. : SAPID
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"For ___ is the kingdom ... " : THINE
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Plant capsules. : BOLLS
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Simulates. : ACTS
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Spanish noblemen. : HIDALGOS
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___ de Cologne. : EAU
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Word at parting. : ADIEU
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Scatter. : STREW
42
Conversational expressions. : IDIOMS
43
Knife-and-fork wielders. : EATERS
45
Introduce. : USHER
46
Chase away. : SHOO
47
Bow. : PROW
48
___ boy! : ATTA
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Girl's name. : ROSA
50
Slangy exclamation. : OOPS
51
Greek hero. : IDAS
52
Home town, for one: Abbr. : DSTN
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Attempt. : TRY
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Cabin. : HUT

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