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New York Times, Saturday, December 2, 1967

15-Across : Minding.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.25, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 0, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,685
Across
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Transport. : HAUL
5
Keyboard. : CLAVIER
12
Attractive girl. : BELLE
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Native of Bucharest. : RUMANIAN
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Minding. : CARING
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Liqueur. : ANISETTE
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Sports sites. : ARENAS
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Conduit. : DUCT
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Make haste. : HIE
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Garden spot. : BOWER
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French pronoun. : ELLE
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Transmit. : SEND
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Birds. : ANIS
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Open to all. : FREE
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Heyward hero. : PORGY
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Gain. : NET
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Kind of palm. : SAGO
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Small coin. : SOU
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Boston. : ATHENSOFAMERICA
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Opportune. : PAT
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Clodhopper. : LOUT
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He who would "kiss and tell." : CAD
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Cheviot. : SHEEP
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Bell sound. : DING
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Reminder of a kind. : MEMO
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Whetstone. : HONE
44
Friction preventive. : LUBE
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Cringe. : COWER
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Ancient times: Poet. : ELD
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Renown. : FAME
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Arrow poison. : CURARE
49
Rival. : EMULATOR
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Spellbinder. : ORATOR
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Not migratory. : RESIDENT
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Scott heroine. : ELLEN
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Good golf score. : SEVENTY
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Worker with fabrics. : DYER
Down
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By this means. : HEREWITH
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Adjusts in rows. : ALINES
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Of a certain bone. : ULNAR
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Stages of a journey. : LEGS
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Faneuil Hall. : CRADLEOFLIBERTY
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Half-moon at base of a fingernail. : LUNULE
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Vestment. : AMICE
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Extensive. : VAST
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Feminine suffix. : INE
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One or the other (of two). : EITHER
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Class or grade. : RATING
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Nobleman. : BARONET
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In want. : NEEDY
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Pool adjunct. : CABANA
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Therefore. : ERGO
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Peevish. : SOUR
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Ahead of time. : FAST
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Berryman, for one. : POET
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Vigor: Colloq. : SNAP
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Complacent. : SMUG
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Fencing foil. : EPEE
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The best: Colloq. : AONE
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Cold drink. : ICEWATER
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City in Texas. : CAMERON
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Worshipful one. : ADORER
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Utter. : SHEER
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Baker Street man. : HOLMES
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Purpose. : ENDUSE
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Famous TV pioneer. : DUMONT
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Esprit de corps. : MORALE
44
Grow towards night. : LATEN
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"Oklahoma" hero. : CURLY
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Vanish. : FADE
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Campus attraction. : COED
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1st-cen. date. : LIV

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

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