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New York Times, Saturday, February 10, 1968

18-Across : Agent of vengeance.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 29, Avg Word Len: 5.44, Missing: { Q U X }, Scrabble score: 305 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 92, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,755
Across
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Pronoun. : SOMEONE
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Wading birds. : JACANAS
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Continuously. : ONANDON
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"___ any other name ... " : AROSEBY
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Highly pleasing. : WELCOME
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Agent of vengeance. : NEMESIS
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Civil War abbreviation. : CSA
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Soothing tonic. : NERVINE
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Blasting agent. : TNT
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Baseball term. : ATBAT
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City in Palestine. : GAZA
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Der ___. : ALTE
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Study. : READ
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Girl's name. : MYRA
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Microorganism. : GERM
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Pixie. : SPRITE
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Rockefeller domain. : ARKANSAS
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Bridge support. : PIER
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Toy. : YOYO
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Toothed metal wheel. : SPROCKET
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64 Across and others. : FEMMES
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Letters. : CEES
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Hinged fastening. : HASP
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___ River. : EAST
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Rapid current of water. : RACE
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Wax, old style. : CERE
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Between: Prefix. : INTER
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"Rocks." : ICE
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Brothers. : FRATERS
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The Altar. : ARA
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Popular movie star. : POITIER
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Peer of Charlemagne. : PALADIN
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Stately dances of old. : PAVANES
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Shortly: Poet. : ERELONG
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Barren. : STERILE
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Annemarie Selinko novel. : DESIREE
Down
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Native bankers of Anglo-India. : SOWCARS
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Dance. : ONESTEP
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Coast of India. : MALABAR
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Common letter abbreviation. : ENC
5
Tooth: Prefix. : ODONT
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Province of Greece. : NOME
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Vigor. : ENERGY
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Turkish soldier. : JANIZARY
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Place for 43 Down. : ARENA
10
Arrive. : COME
11
Suffix for enzymes. : ASE
12
Settles comfortably. : NESTLES
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From within: Lat. : ABINTRA
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Ways. : SYSTEMS
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Spanish measure of length. : VARA
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Fatty. : ADIPOSE
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Nickname. : AGNOMEN
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Gentle. : MEEK
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Twitching. : TIC
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Men's organization: Abbr. : KOFP
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Nautical reply. : AYE
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Practice. : REHEARSE
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Well-known name in journalism. : SCRIPPS
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Seaman's jacket. : PEACOAT
40
Hold. : RECEIVE
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Pungent. : TART
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Performer with a cape. : MATADOR
44
Alkaloid used in medicine. : ESERINE
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Singular. : STRANGE
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Went through interstices. : SEEPED
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Wicker basket. : CREEL
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Landfalls in an archipelago. : ISLES
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Ended, French style. : FINI
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Distinctive. : RARE
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Coating for heavy paper. : TAR
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Husband of Fatima. : ALI

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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