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New York Times, Friday, March 1, 1968

40-Across : Pole vault.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,775
Across
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Quartet member. : ALTO
5
Do the work of. : ACTAS
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Complacent. : SMUG
14
Water bird. : LOON
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Instant. : FLASH
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Relative of tights. : HOSE
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Initials on electrical appliances. : ACDC
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Pertinent. : TOTHEPOINT
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Tire casings. : SHOES
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Surprised exclamation. : SAY
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Giant of legend. : ATLAS
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One kind of space. : OUTER
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Director's call. : CUT
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Former Hollywood name. : DAVIES
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Window part. : SASHBAR
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Widespread. : RIFE
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Follower of a preface. : CHAPTERONE
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Surplus. : EXTRA
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Past. : AGO
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Types. : SORTS
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Pole vault. : FIELDEVENT
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Fixed quantity. : UNIT
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Arranged in order. : SERIATE
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Benares's river. : GANGES
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Initials on govt. documents. : GPO
48
Snap. : CINCH
49
Glimpse. : SIGHT
52
Hairdo. : BUN
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Admit. : OWNUP
57
Certain totals, in bridge. : PARTSCORES
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Jot. : IOTA
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Bedouin's head cord. : AGAL
62
Flavoring. : ANISE
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Pitfall. : TRAP
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Ale jug. : TOBY
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Leaven. : YEAST
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Sound of amusement. : HAHA
Down
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State: Abbr. : ALAS
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Katrine. : LOCH
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Have ___ with. : TODO
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Swift appraisal: Slang. : ONCEOVERLIGHTLY
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At the stern. : AFT
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Narrow squeak. : CLOSESHAVE
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Crimean. : TATAR
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Pale. : ASHY
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Novel title. : SHE
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Permeated by. : SHOTTHROUGHWITH
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Drudge. : MOIL
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Middies' campus. : USNA
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Causes to be. : GETS
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Takes a break. : PAUSES
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___ generis. : SUI
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Gumshoe. : TEC
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Grimalkin. : CAT
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Part of the U.S. : DIXIE
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In search of. : AFTER
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Resilience. : SPONGINESS
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Wafted. : BORNE
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Oppositionists. : ANTIS
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Inactivity. : REST
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Game officials: Abbr. : REFS
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Time of one's life. : AGE
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Conforms (to). : ADAPTS
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Wartime initials. : ETO
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Take the sun. : TAN
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Sarge. : NCO
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Papal court. : CURIA
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Young oyster. : SPAT
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Verdi villain. : IAGO
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Take, in a way. : GRAB
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Kind of china. : BONE
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Helmer's wife. : NORA
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State. : UTAH
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Breadwinner. : PAPA
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Islet. : CAY
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Tennis term. : SET

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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