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New York Times, Tuesday, December 5, 1967

73-Across : Presto.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,688
Across
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Imposing. : EPIC
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Straight ___ arrow. : ASAN
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Party. : FETE
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Greek dialect. : DORIC
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Standout: Slang. : LULU
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Army acronym. : AWOL
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Sect. : AMISH
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Triviality. : PETTINESS
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Mexican liquor. : MESCAL
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Duration. : TERM
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Novel title. : SHE
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Natives of: Suffix. : OTES
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Burst seams. : RIPS
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Youth group. : BSA
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Amphibian. : TOAD
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Illinois town. : ARCOLA
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Org. of states. : OAS
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Literary light. : ELIOT
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Kind of stand. : EASEL
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Stroke, sports style. : AUSTRALIANCRAWL
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Cook, in a way. : STEAM
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Narrow groove. : STRIA
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Earth: Prefix. : GEO
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Moroccan port. : TETUAN
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Transmitted. : SENT
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Time zone. : EST
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Goshen race. : TROT
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Insignificant one. : SNIP
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Choose. : OPT
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Glasgow place of worship. : KIRK
60
Cricket play. : YORKER
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Attire. : DRESSSUIT
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Excluding all. : NOONE
68
Mete (out). : DOLE
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Singer Fitzgerald. : ELLA
70
Wise man. : SOLON
71
Kitchen staple. : SALT
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C. G. S. unit. : DYNE
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Presto. : FAST
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Kind of cheese. : EDAM
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Fruit. : POME
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Greek goddess. : IRIS
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Lake herring. : CISCO
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High barrier. : ALP
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Fatty stuff. : SUET
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Modify. : ALTER
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Kind of fur. : NUTRIA
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Electrical device. : FAN
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Woolly beasts. : EWES
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Buncombe! : TOSH
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Other. : ELSE
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Curved tracks on glaciated rocks. : CHATTERMARKS
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Maledictions. : IMPRECATIONS
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Girl's name. : LEOLA
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Lateens. : SAILS
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Isolated rock. : SCAR
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Talk big. : BOAST
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Cookery term. : SAUTE
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Desirable thing. : ASSET
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Old Dutch coins. : DOITS
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Indian. : OSAGE
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British writer. : LEWES
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Appoint. : ALLOT
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Fodder plants. : TARES
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Tense. : TAUT
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Goose. : NINNY
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Bruited (about). : NOISED
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Without a doubt. : TRULY
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Missourian's requirement. : PROOF
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Gambler's choice. : ODDS
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Asian craft. : PROA
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Divulge. : TELL
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Arts-and-crafts item. : KILN
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Kind of nut. : KOLA
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Name meaning man. : ENOS
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Torn. : RENT
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Immovable. : SET
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Scottish preposition. : TAE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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