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New York Times, Saturday, December 2, 1967

48-Across : Arrow poison.

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
13
Native of Bucharest. : RUMANIAN
15
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
38
Cheviot. : SHEEP
41
Bell sound. : DING
42
Reminder of a kind. : MEMO
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Whetstone. : HONE
44
Friction preventive. : LUBE
45
Cringe. : COWER
46
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
53
Scott heroine. : ELLEN
54
Good golf score. : SEVENTY
55
Worker with fabrics. : DYER
Down
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By this means. : HEREWITH
2
Adjusts in rows. : ALINES
3
Of a certain bone. : ULNAR
4
Stages of a journey. : LEGS
5
Faneuil Hall. : CRADLEOFLIBERTY
6
Half-moon at base of a fingernail. : LUNULE
7
Vestment. : AMICE
8
Extensive. : VAST
9
Feminine suffix. : INE
10
One or the other (of two). : EITHER
11
Class or grade. : RATING
12
Nobleman. : BARONET
14
In want. : NEEDY
15
Pool adjunct. : CABANA
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Therefore. : ERGO
22
Peevish. : SOUR
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Ahead of time. : FAST
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Berryman, for one. : POET
27
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
33
City in Texas. : CAMERON
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Worshipful one. : ADORER
38
Utter. : SHEER
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Baker Street man. : HOLMES
40
Purpose. : ENDUSE
41
Famous TV pioneer. : DUMONT
42
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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