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New York Times, Monday, March 4, 1968

69-Across : More precise.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 302 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,778
Across
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Life of the party. : CARD
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La ___. : SCALA
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Herrings' kin. : SHAD
14
Mishmash. : OLIO
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Amerind. : HURON
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___ Alto. : PALO
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Aces of a kind. : BACKTOBACK
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Not pro. : ANTI
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Blessed: Lat. : BEATA
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Not as ___. : ARULE
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Man's title. : DON
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Initials of British honor. : OBE
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Punishing by a fine. : AMERCING
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Dunkers' colony, now a Penn. Dutch town. : EPHRATA
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Rifle. : GUN
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Letter. : DEE
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Plummer or Fry. : CHRISTOPHER
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Equipment. : GEAR
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"___ was a lady ... " : EADIE
43
Store sign. : SALE
44
Sweetie, etc. : ENDEARMENTS
47
State: Abbr. : NEV
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Child. : TAD
49
Clear-cut. : DECIDED
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Son of a kind. : PRODIGAL
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___ Mateo. : SAN
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Shout. : RAH
58
Hubs. : NAVES
60
Milk: Prefix. : LACTO
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United. : ONED
66
A little at a time. : FOOTBYFOOT
68
Old oath. : EGAD
69
More precise. : FINER
70
First: Abbr. : INIT
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Ancient Asian. : MEDE
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Muse. : ERATO
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Wood: Prefix. : XYLO
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Tyrus. : COBB
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Wings: Bot. : ALAE
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Costa ___. : RICA
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Berlin degree. : DOKTOR
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___ nuff! : SHO
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OAS problem. : CUBA
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Macaw. : ARARA
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___ tenens. : LOCUM
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Where skirts used to end. : ANKLE
10
Baden-Baden. : SPA
11
Side-by-side. : HANDINHAND
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Illinois city. : ALTON
13
Accomplishment. : DOING
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Parisian smoke. : TABAC
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Hence. : ERGO
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Atmosphere. : ETHER
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Trophies. : CUPS
28
Rim. : EDGE
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Hammer part. : PEEN
30
Having a tête-à-tête. : HEADTOHEAD
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"My Name Is ___." : ARAM
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Chemical suffix. : IDE
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Part of Pakistan. : SIND
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Heads: Fr. : TETES
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Robert ___. : ELEE
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Church title: Abbr. : REVD
41
Translate. : READ
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Tennis score. : ADIN
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Like an armadillo. : SCALY
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Troubled: Colloq. : INAFIX
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Preface. : PROEM
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Western acreage. : RANGE
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Faux pas. : GAFFE
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To have: Fr. : AVOIR
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Girl's name. : LEONA
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Let it stand. : STET
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Rodent. : CONY
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Labor. : TOIL
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Eight: It. : OTTO
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Dwight. : DDE
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Business partner: Abbr. : BRO

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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