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New York Times, Tuesday, April 23, 1968

66-Across : French fabric.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.76, Missing: { H J K W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,828
Across
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Quatrain rhyme scheme. : ABAB
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Kind of vegetable. : COS
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Lampoon. : SQUIB
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Hurrah!: It. : VIVA
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Broadway group. : ANTA
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Material. : TULLE
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Vous ___. : ETES
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Housewife's buy. : MEAT
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Badgerlike animal. : RATEL
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Hernando Cortez. : CONQUISTADOR
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Italic deities. : FAUNS
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Revolt. : UPRISE
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Biblical kingdom. : EDOM
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Withstands. : RESISTS
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"Le ___ d'Or." : COQ
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Shade of green. : OLIVE
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Biblical patriarch. : ENOS
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Fault. : ONUS
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Ordain. : ENACT
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Fish dish. : SOLE
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British antitank gun. : PIAT
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Accustom. : ENURE
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Card. : TEN
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Certain horses. : SORRELS
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Liturgy. : RITE
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Unimpaired. : ENTIRE
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Museum pieces. : BUSTS
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Student's concern. : PREREQUISITE
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___ Flow. : SCAPA
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___ for one's money. : ARUN
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And others: Abbr. : ETAL
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Famous philologist. : ROGET
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French fabric. : SOIE
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Spike. : NAIL
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Radio feature. : OPERA
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42d and others. : STS
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Results. : ENDS
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Gallic "with." : AVEC
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"A ___ all right." : BITOF
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Oat genus. : AVENA
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Pyrenees dweller. : BASQUE
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Woman's garment. : CAMISOLE
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Individuals. : ONES
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Art dept. paste-up. : STAT
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Tonsorial appurtenances. : STROPS
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Sights in Vermont. : QUARRIES
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Business letter abbreviation. : ULT
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Seine island. : ILE
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___ canto. : BEL
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___ loss. : ATA
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Bring to ruin. : UNDO
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Imminent. : DUE
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Frequently contracted phrase. : ISNOT
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Shawl. : STOLE
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Germany's "Pittsburgh." : ESSEN
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Montana sights. : MINES
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Return to the mind. : RECUR
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Thicket. : COPSE
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Kitchen aroma. : ONION
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More than a fifth. : QUART
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___ Beethoven. : VAN
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Ecdysiast. : STRIPPER
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Roman officers. : TRIBUNES
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Small case. : ETUI
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Editor's concerns. : ERRATA
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Shelter. : LEE
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Monastic of early Palestine. : ESSENE
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Huge fellow. : TITAN
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Sober. : STAID
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African title. : RAS
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Antony's friend. : EROS
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Drop out. : QUIT
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Building parts. : ELLS
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B'way sign. : SRO
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Badge-wearer. : COP
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Lifetime. : AGE

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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