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New York Times, Saturday, February 3, 1968

23-Across : Singing voice.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.51, Missing: { J K }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 90, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,748
Across
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Demand. : REQUIRE
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Plunders. : RAVAGES
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Divider of a sort. : EQUATOR
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Exalted. : EMINENT
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Piece of armor. : CUIRASS
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Rhythm. : CADENCE
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Map abbreviation. : LAT
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Certain contracts. : LEASES
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Strip of shoe leather. : WELT
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Singing voice. : ALTO
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Demonstrative. : THIS
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Make lace. : TAT
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Holm oak. : ILEX
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Arm of the Black Sea. : AZOV
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Swarm. : HIVE
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Poker game expression. : MYDEAL
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Embarrassed. : REDFACED
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Seasonal evergreens. : YULETREES
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Sign in a store window. : FIRESALE
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Condense on a surface. : ADSORB
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Enemies of the Pueblos. : UTES
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Construction man: Abbr. : ENGR
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Father of Eliasaph. : LAEL
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Knot in cotton fiber. : NEP
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Field: Lat. : AGER
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Girl's name. : ETTA
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Cleaving tool. : FROE
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TV script direction. : FADEIN
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Degrees. : MAS
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From a certain direction. : EASTERN
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Metric foot. : ANAPEST
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Kind of fatty acid. : STEARIC
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Marked with grooves. : STRIATE
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Having made a will. : TESTATE
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Sang, in a way. : YODELED
Down
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Salvage. : RECLAIM
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Alike. : EQUALLY
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Discontinued. : QUITTED
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Middle East federation. : UAR
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Of a European country: Abbr. : ITAL
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Sweetbrier. : ROSE
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Substitute. : ERSATZ
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Catcher, in baseball. : RECEIVER
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Collect. : AMASS
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See: Lat. abbr. : VID
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Over again. : ANEW
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Of the origin of something. : GENETIC
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Monaco, for example. : ENCLAVE
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Made marks on galleys. : STETTED
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Reduced. : SHORTENED
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Daisies. : OXEYES
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___ marcia (march style): Mus. : ALLA
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Squabble: Slang. : HASSLE
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From: Ger. : AUS
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Cherished. : DEAR
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Nourished. : FED
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Restrained opulence. : ELEGANCE
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Celebration: Colloq. : FUNFEST
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Say again. : ITERATE
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Is supported (on). : REPOSES
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Cereal. : OATMEAL
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Take another sip. : RETASTE
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Confounded. : BLASTED
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Unctious. : GREASY
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Jinni. : AFRIT
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Homme d'___. : ETAT
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Within. : INTO
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Aromatic ointment. : NARD
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Time. : ERA
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Anything easy: Slang. : PIE

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

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