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New York Times, Saturday, April 6, 1968

52-Across : VIP in the family.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.49, Missing: { F J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 92, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,811
Across
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Storied rabbit. : MOPSY
6
Have priority. : PRECEDE
13
Guitarist's specialty. : BALLAD
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Apposite. : RELEVANT
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Things that fall short. : UNDERS
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Natural elevation. : EMINENCE
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___ the feet of. : SATAT
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Member of a Protestant denomination. : UNITARIAN
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Cut. : SLIT
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Jalopy. : CRATE
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Novel heroine. : TESS
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Leisure. : TIME
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Book of the Bible: Abbr. : LAM
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Martinique's volcano. : PELEE
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Decide against. : OVERRULE
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See 52 Across. : LAD
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By way of. : PER
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Letters. : ENS
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Impediment. : BAR
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Directed. : LED
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Islet. : CAY
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Type of medication. : SEDATIVE
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Popular color. : CORAL
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Important commodity. : OIL
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Exclude. : OMIT
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Egyptian deity. : AMON
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___ at last! : ALONE
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Assistant. : AIDE
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Creating a new production. : RESTAGING
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Fragrant compound. : ESTER
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Sophoclean work. : ANTIGONE
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Important art. : ACTING
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VIP in the family. : TEENAGER
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Wherefore. : WHENCE
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Symbols of China. : DRAGONS
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Norway, to natives. : NORGE
Down
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Surprised exclamation. : MANALIVE
2
Veteran. : OLDTIMER
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Sewing machine attachment. : PLEATER
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Iranian Turk. : SART
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Gridiron units: Abbr. : YDS
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Part of one's signature. : PRENAME
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Postpone. : REMIT
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Superior. : ELITE
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Supper, in ancient Rome. : CENA
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Turned outward. : EVERTED
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Sen. Brewster of Maryland. : DANIEL
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Box. : ENCASE
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Inge drama. : BUSSTOP
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Term in grammar. : TENSE
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Where Molotov is. : URALS
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Museum in Paris. : CLUNY
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Brazilian state. : PARA
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Indubitable. : REAL
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Tureen's adjunct. : LADLE
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Person. : BEING
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Setting bounds. : LIMITING
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Show. : EVIDENCE
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Cleanse. : DETERGE
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Bistro, in the Southwest. : CANTINA
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Oklahomans. : SOONERS
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Electrical appliance. : TOASTER
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200 milligrams. : CARAT
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Foreshadowed. : OMENED
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Personnel list. : ROSTER
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Dancing craze. : AGOGO
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Toile or cambric. : LINEN
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King of Amalek. : AGAG
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Visible satellite. : ECHO
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Slender bristle. : AWN

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

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