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New York Times, Monday, December 2, 1968

51-Across : Baked dish.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 336 (avg 1.78)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 7,051
Across
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Dance music. : JAZZ
5
Kind of game. : SHELL
10
Advice to the wind. : BLOW
14
Bread spread. : OLEO
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Strained pulp. : PUREE
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Dear one. : LOVE
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Being amused by. : LAUGHINGAT
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Cards. : ACES
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Poetic contraction. : TIS
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Passed bills. : ACTS
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Classify. : ASSORT
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Spanish "three." : TRES
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Novel thread. : PLOT
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Sports groups. : SQUADS
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Errs: Slang. : GOOFSOFF
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Pet. : PUPPY
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Flash. : GLINT
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Mine: It. : MIA
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Shine's partner. : RISE
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Murmur. : DRONE
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Plant. : MILL
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Resident: Suffix. : ITE
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Balkan native. : CROAT
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Kind of nut. : BETEL
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Misses a turn. : GETSLOST
44
Delights. : FEASTS
45
Trophies. : CUPS
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College group. : FRAT
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Takes alarm. : SCARES
50
Rubber stamp of a kind. : PAID
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Baked dish. : PIE
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Whale. : ORCA
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Too hot for comfort. : OVERLYWARM
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Jettison. : DUMP
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Kind of exam. : FINAL
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Stone. : OPAL
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Tools. : AXES
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Keeps (off). : FENDS
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Like certain trees. : OAKY
Down
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Setback. : JOLT
2
___ Mountains. : ALAI
3
Cronus's son. : ZEUS
4
Albania's one-time king. : ZOG
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Basil and rosemary. : SPICES
6
Sports events. : HUNTS
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Work units. : ERGS
8
Mead. : LEA
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Not to mention. : LETALONE
10
Whistle sounds. : BLASTS
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In ___ parentis. : LOCO
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Finished. : OVER
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Movie milieu. : WEST
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Daring. : HARDY
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Cuddly. : SOFT
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Record. : TAPE
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Cogency. : POINT
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Spray. : SPRIG
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Completely. : QUITE
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Turn over. : UPSET
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Crow (over). : GLOAT
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Leaves undone. : OMITS
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Fish dish. : FILET
32
Cascades. : FALLS
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144. : GROSS
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Falls asleep. : DROPSOFF
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In-a-nutshell item. : MEAT
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Inkling. : CLUE
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Kind of eye. : BEADY
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Bits. : SCRAPS
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Furbelows. : FRILLS
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Electrical unit. : FARAD
47
Beverage. : SODA
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Critical moment. : CRUX
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Top. : ACME
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Well-known Quaker. : PENN
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Santa's aide. : PAPA
52
Asian land. : IRAK
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Dickens girl. : EMLY
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Contend (with). : VIE
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Press one's suit. : WOO

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

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