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New York Times, Friday, November 8, 1968

63-Across : Concert piece.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.37, Missing: { F J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 7,027
Across
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California desert. : MOHAVE
7
Ascended. : RISEN
12
Reclusive. : ASOCIAL
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Silver-tongued one. : ORATOR
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Albanian city. : SCUTARI
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Chain store employe. : MANAGER
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Fellow: Colloq. : CUSS
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Capital of Sarthe department, France. : LEMANS
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Give: Scot. : GIE
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Old Norfolk nog. : ALE
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Led off. : BEGAN
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Movie, in Spain. : CINE
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Relating to a branch. : RAMAL
28
"Clinton's Big Ditch." : ERIECANAL
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Moorish tabor. : ATABAL
33
Auto style. : SEDAN
34
Vitreous composition. : ENAMEL
36
Sandwich choice. : SALAMI
39
Morning hour. : TENAM
41
Matronly titles. : MADAMS
43
Precedes in time. : ANTEDATES
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First name of stage fame. : SAMMY
48
Student of a kind. : COED
49
Obstacle. : HITCH
51
Spoil. : MAR
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Ragweed genus. : IVA
53
Music lover's choice. : STEREO
55
Rumanian coins. : BANI
56
Tripolitan War hero. : DECATUR
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Surveyors. : POLEMEN
60
Whitish mark at base of a fingernail. : LUNULE
61
Putting away. : STORING
62
Yearned (for). : PINED
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Concert piece. : SONATA
Down
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Cosmetic preparation. : MASCARA
2
Kiss. : OSCULATE
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Maintenance employe. : HOUSEMAN
4
Treads the boards. : ACTS
5
Rome's ___ Veneto. : VIA
6
American painter. : EARLE
7
Gypsies. : ROMANIES
8
Pakistan's neighbor. : IRAN
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Without. : SANS
10
Seventh Greek letter. : ETA
11
Head: Colloq. : NOGGIN
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Belgian province. : LIEGE
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Queen: Sp. : REINA
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Be in a whirl. : REEL
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Father of Romulus. : MARS
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Held responsible. : BLAMED
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Northern neighbor. : CANADA
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Let up. : ABATED
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Provolone's Dutch cousin. : EDAM
30
Carriage style. : CALASH
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Siberian river. : LENA
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Soaped. : LATHERED
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"Good heavens!" Italian style. : MAMMAMIA
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Subjective. : IMMANENT
40
Golda of Israel. : MEIR
42
Flowering plant. : SYRINGA
43
Chemical. : ACID
44
Fresh. : NOVEL
45
Wedgwood piece. : TEACUP
46
Degrees. : STEPS
50
Water birds. : COOTS
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Overwhelm. : STUN
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Bulrush. : TULE
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City on the Aar. : BERN
57
Black bird. : ANI
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Old card game. : LOO

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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