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New York Times, Monday, December 30, 1968

18-Across : Fanciful names.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { X }, Scrabble score: 334 (avg 1.75)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 7,079
Across
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Stroll. : WALK
5
Imitate a vine. : CREEP
10
Man from Tallin. : ESTH
14
Egyptian god. : AMON
15
Engineroom man. : OILER
16
Je ne sais ___. : QUOI
17
Mod phrase. : GOGO
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Fanciful names. : SOBRIQUETS
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Advertise, in a way. : SKYWRITE
22
Ensembles. : SUITES
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Suffers. : AILS
24
Laundry item. : SOAP
25
Effervescent. : BUBBLY
28
Through. : FINISHED
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Where the Adige flows. : ITALY
33
Eye color. : HAZEL
34
Pitching statistic: Abbr. : ERA
35
Hardy character. : JUDE
36
Buffoon. : JOKER
37
Campus group. : FRAT
38
Assn. : ORG
39
Beach features. : DUNES
40
Oppressive. : CLOSE
41
Like some baseball runs. : UNEARNED
43
Unclaimed. : NOONES
44
Shrewd. : CAGY
45
Fire: Prefix. : PYRO
46
Respite. : LAYOFF
49
Nameless ones. : SOANDSOS
53
Bridge extras. : OVERTRICKS
55
Concerning. : INRE
56
Senior member. : DEAN
57
E. Indian tree wood. : ALOES
58
Roman goddess of fate. : NONA
59
Misdoes. : ERRS
60
Extreme. : ULTRA
61
Actress Verdon. : GWEN
Down
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Humorists. : WAGS
2
Berserk. : AMOK
3
Sluggish. : LOGY
4
Within one's ken. : KNOWABLE
5
With comfort. : COSILY
6
Disorders. : RIOTS
7
River of Germany. : ELBE
8
Noun ending. : EER
9
Captive. : PRISONER
10
Supplies. : EQUIPS
11
Fat. : SUET
12
Kind of bag. : TOTE
13
Sibilant sound. : HISS
19
Cower. : QUAIL
21
Turbid. : RILY
24
Appraises (with "up"). : SIZES
25
Gem. : BIJOU
26
Traffic maneuver. : UTURN
27
Sign of office. : BADGE
28
Pretended. : FAKED
29
Egret. : HERON
30
Remove. : ERASE
31
Engagements. : DATES
33
Sweet spread. : HONEY
36
View from Interlaken. : JUNGFRAU
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Engulfing. : FLOODING
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Current of air. : DRAFT
40
Menu item. : CORN
42
Certain squashes. : ACORNS
43
African lake. : NYASSA
45
Las Vegas game. : POKER
46
Deposit of ore. : LODE
47
State positively. : AVER
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Calendar unit. : YEAR
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Highlander. : SCOT
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Certain flakes. : SNOW
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French river. : ORNE
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Gaelic name. : SEAN
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Under the weather. : ILL

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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