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New York Times, Saturday, November 4, 1967

17-Across : Pre-eminent person.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.71, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 94, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,657
Across
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Grows less. : RECEDES
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Many ___ (often). : ATIME
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Deprive of natural quality. : DENATURE
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Quagmire. : MORASS
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Disaffect. : ESTRANGE
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Pre-eminent person. : PRINCE
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Corsair. : PIRATE
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Center of attraction. : POLESTAR
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"Awake and Sing" playwright. : ODETS
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___ the way. : PAVE
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Rhode Island's motto. : HOPE
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Links places. : TEES
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The "in" thing. : RAGE
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Capital of Jordan. : AMMAN
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Traveler. : FARER
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Gettysburg victor. : MEADE
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Do the town. : STEPOUT
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Dazed. : STUNNED
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Julius or Tullius. : NOMEN
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Prefix with link or lock. : INTER
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Becoming mellow. : AGING
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Appear. : SEEM
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Siamese. : CATS
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Complete assortment of type. : FONT
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Military setting. : CAMP
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Ladies' man. : SHEIK
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Composite plant. : FLEABANE
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Notably gay. : SPORTY
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Asian monkey with very long tail. : LANGUR
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Surfeit. : SATURATE
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Claque's cry. : ENCORE
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Repeats. : ITERATES
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Man's nickname. : DENNY
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Frontier character. : SETTLER
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Dwell. : RESIDE
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Freedom of access. : ENTREE
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Jewelry weights. : CARATS
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States: Fr. : ETATS
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Desert sight. : DUNE
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Work unit. : ERG
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Oozing. : SEEPAGE
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Enough. : AMPLE
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Moved swiftly. : TORE
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Kelly and others. : IRISHMEN
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Like a father-son talk. : MANTOMAN
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Adventurous affair. : ESCAPADE
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Storehouse. : DEPOT
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Tranquilized. : SERENED
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Exceed. : OVERSTEP
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Supporter. : PARTISAN
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Santha Rama ___. : RAU
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Asian river. : AMUR
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Senator from Hawaii. : FONG
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Bridle bit. : SNAFFLE
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Country on the Gulf of Guinea. : TOGOLAND
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Natural elevation. : EMINENCE
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Edifice in Arlington, Va. : PENTAGON
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Egyptian deity. : TEM
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Goddess of vengeance. : NEMESIS
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Sung by a choir. : CHORAL
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Make effervescent. : AERATE
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Nervous laugh. : TITTER
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Terriers of a certain breed. : SKYES
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Mother ___'s chickens. : CAREY
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Sudden spell of activity. : SPURT
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Give out light. : BURN
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Dele's antithesis. : STET
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Used up. : ATE

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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