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New York Times, Monday, November 4, 1968

42-Across : Step (up), as an engine.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J K P Q Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 7,023
Across
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Begin. : SETIN
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Celebrity. : LION
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Peak, in Italia. : CIMA
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Seedlet. : OVULE
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Hawaiian thrush. : OMAO
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Jai ___. : ALAI
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Dud. : FALSEALARM
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Lake, in Wales. : LLYN
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Classifieds. : ADS
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Kind of race. : DRAG
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It's about time! : ATLAST
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Visual aids in teaching. : REALIA
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___ up (devours greedily). : EATSIT
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NASA chief. : WEBB
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___ the Union. : STATEOF
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Nuptial obligation. : HONOR
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Kind of beam. : LASER
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Pother. : ADO
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De novo. : ANEW
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Senator from Texas. : TOWER
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A ___ Able. : ASIN
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Step (up), as an engine. : REV
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Landlord. : OWNER
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Construct. : ERECT
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Bent. : TRENDED
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Flimsy. : THIN
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Kaput. : RUINED
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Common ester. : OLEATE
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Threnody. : LAMENT
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Hercules's captive. : IOLE
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Passing through. : VIA
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Norse name. : ERIC
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At least. : INANYEVENT
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Antler branch. : TINE
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Unearthly. : EERY
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Neighbor of Sverige. : NORGE
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Track term. : ODDS
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Charon's river. : STYX
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Grimace. : SNEER
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As yet. : SOFAR
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Shirk. : EVADE
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"Oil capital of the world." : TULSA
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French pronoun. : ILS
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In greater want. : NEEDIER
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Girl of song. : LOLA
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Adman's concern. : IMAGE
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Scull. : OAR
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Regardless of. : NOMATTER
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___ a day. : CALLIT
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Uncomfortable. : ILLATEASE
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Diamond name. : MAYS
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Common solecism. : AINT
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Hussein subject. : ARAB
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Despot. : TSAR
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Polish name for Lemberg. : LWOW
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Declare. : ASSERT
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Descriptive of some wigs. : BLONDE
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Of poetry. : ODIC
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Source. : FONT
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Stag. : HART
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Telling blow. : ONER
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Don't bother. : NEVERMIND
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Frighten. : AWE
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Flapper era. : TWENTIES
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British composer. : ARNE
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War god. : ODIN
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Farrell and others. : EILEENS
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River in Texas. : NUECES
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Sinless. : HOLY
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Daybook. : DIARY
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To have: It. : AVERE
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Touch. : TINGE
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Jack Sprat. : EATER
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Apollo's mother. : LETO
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Desiccated. : ARID
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Cameo stone. : ONYX
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Gain. : NET
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___ Bismarck. : VON

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

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