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New York Times, Monday, November 25, 1968

23-Across : Food lists.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 7,044
Across
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Melton. : CLOTH
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Partition of a kind. : SEPTUM
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French term of endearment. : CHERIE
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Conciliate. : APPEASE
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Get in the way of. : HINDER
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Whispered. : BREATHED
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"What a good boy ___!" : AMI
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File. : DOSSIER
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Old ending of verbs. : ETH
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Bird food. : SEED
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Food lists. : DIETS
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Wynken, Blynken and Nod. : TRIO
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Birds. : ERNES
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Compass point. : NNE
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East Flanders city. : GHENT
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Remained stoically (through something boring). : SATITOUT
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Popular game. : BRIDGE
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Casks. : TUNS
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Gaelic name. : SEAN
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Close to. : BESIDE
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Well pleased. : THANKFUL
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American Indians. : ERIES
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Greek letter. : PSI
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American Revolutionary diplomat. : DEANE
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College course. : ARTS
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Wide-awake. : ALERT
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River bank. : RIPA
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Shape of a cross. : TAU
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Worn away. : FRETTED
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___ Angeles. : LOS
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Branch post offices. : STATIONS
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Cause of obsolescence. : NONUSE
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Repeat. : ITERATE
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Went sky-high. : SOARED
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Salad vegetable. : CELERY
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Fix firmly. : EMBED
Down
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Foolish fancy. : CHIMERA
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Permissive. : LENIENT
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Fort in California. : ORD
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Bound. : TIED
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Ruler of Galilee, 4 B.C-A.D. 39. : HEROD
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Elfish person. : SPRITE
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Fencing weapons. : EPEES
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Anjou, for one. : PEAR
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Make lace. : TAT
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Escorted. : USHERED
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Convention. : MEETING
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Follows (after). : CHASES
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Not attentive. : ABSENT
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Table ___. : DHOTE
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Cavity: Anat. : SINUS
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Pantheon members. : DEITIES
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Plato, for one. : THINKER
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Decorative nailheads. : STUDS
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Majestic. : GRAND
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Pronoun. : ONE
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Nickname in the theater. : BEA
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Jersey. : SHIRT
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Defeats. : BEATS
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Eccentric. : ERRATIC
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Locate. : SITUATE
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Fly. : TSETSE
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Dud. : FAILURE
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Best kind of photograph. : UNPOSED
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Rented. : LEASED
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Abundance. : PLENTY
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Bursting with tumultuous acclaim. : AROAR
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Verb form. : TENSE
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Enthusiasm. : FIRE
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Last judgment. : DOOM
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Communication system: Abbr. : TEL
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Snatch: Colloq. : NAB

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

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