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New York Times, Friday, February 23, 1968

45-Across : Cannon and Bible.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,768
Across
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Vichy and others. : SPAS
5
Not speaking. : TACIT
10
Utmost. : BEST
14
Take cover. : HIDE
15
Eye part: Prefix. : IRIDO
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Over again. : ANEW
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One-sided. : UNILATERAL
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Chassé. : STEP
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One who classifies. : LABELLER
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Flashes of light. : SPARKS
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Ember. : COAL
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Hackneyed. : STALE
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Butler's aide. : WAITER
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Lack. : SHORTAGE
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Caen's river. : ORNE
32
Iraq's neighbor. : KUWAIT
34
Party beverage. : TEA
35
Improves. : MENDS
37
Patriotic group. : SAR
38
What "cano" means. : ISING
40
From ___ Z. : ATO
41
In passing: Lat. : OBITER
44
Continued to be. : WERE
45
Cannon and Bible. : NEVADANS
47
Blackboard accessory. : ERASER
49
By the side of. : ALONG
50
Night crawlers. : BAIT
51
In ___. : NOTIME
53
Poisonous alkaloid. : NICOTINE
57
Not a copy: Abbr. : ORIG
58
Startled. : FRIGHTENED
60
Noun suffix. : TION
61
"The mouse ran ___ clock ... " : UPTHE
62
Split. : RIVE
63
River into the Danube. : ENNS
64
Sacks. : LOOTS
65
T. Williams role. : STAN
Down
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Synagogue. : SHUL
2
Kind of cloth. : PINA
3
Star in Draco. : ADIB
4
Picked out. : SELECTED
5
Pipit. : TITLARK
6
Swaying. : AREEL
7
Curl: Prefix. : CIRR
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Peak of Crete. : IDA
9
Lev of literature. : TOLSTOI
10
Rock. : BASALT
11
Prayers. : ENTREATIES
12
Ask for. : SEEK
13
County divisions: Abbr. : TWPS
18
Lily plant. : ALOE
22
Book section. : PARTI
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Portion. : SHARE
25
Eve. : WOMAN
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Alpine ridge. : ARETE
27
Novelty. : INNOVATION
28
Ruth specialties. : SWATS
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Type. : GENRE
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Ardent. : EAGER
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Putting into practice. : USING
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Biblical city. : SODOM
39
Fly ___. : SWATTERS
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Fraught with ruin. : BANEFUL
43
Attains. : REACHES
46
Straightens. : ALIGNS
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___ Act. : RIOT
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Bay. : BIGHT
51
Eminence. : NOTE
52
O'Neill role. : ORIN
53
Fern of P. I. : NITO
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Kind of letter: Abbr. : INIT
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River into Gulf of Finland. : NEVA
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London's Martin. : EDEN
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Type of post office: Abbr. : RPO

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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