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New York Times, Monday, June 17, 1968

21-Across : Wages.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,883
Across
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Utter. : EMIT
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Ex ___ (one-sided). : PARTE
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Adroit. : DEFT
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French writer. : GIDE
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League. : UNION
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Lamb. : ELIA
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Social. : GREGARIOUS
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State: Abbr. : CONN
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"Le Roi ___," Hugo drama. : SAMUSE
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Wages. : STIPENDS
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Maximum. : MOST
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Throw. : SLING
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Said yes. : ASSENTED
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Join. : ATTACH
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Directly: Colloq. : SPANG
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Flavorful. : TANGY
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Philippine peasant. : TAO
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Short skirt. : KILT
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Recipient of a gift. : DONEE
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Enough to satisfy. : FILL
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Medieval shield. : ECU
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Napery. : LINEN
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Mitt. : GLOVE
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Litter. : DEBRIS
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Ships' courses. : SEALANES
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Undersized animals. : RUNTS
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Place. : SPOT
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Fearsome fish. : STINGRAY
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Sponsor's concern. : RATING
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Unruffled. : COOL
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Of a branch of biology. : ANATOMICAL
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Malarial symptom. : AGUE
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Substance extracted from cork. : CERIN
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Sweetbrier. : ROSE
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Pillar. : POST
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Sandalwoods. : TREES
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Punta del ___. : ESTE
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Menu entry. : EGGS
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Star in Cetus. : MIRA
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The same: Lat. : IDEM
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Natural covering. : TEGUMENT
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Having the least adulteration. : PUREST
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Black bird. : ANI
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Spanish rivers. : RIOS
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Praises highly: Colloq. : TOUTS
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Stored fodder. : ENSILAGE
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Respectable. : DECENT
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Protraction. : ELONGATION
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Talent scout's achievement. : FIND
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Browns. : TANS
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"With ___ in my heart ... " : ASONG
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Compassion. : PITY
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Rocky Mountain range. : TETON
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Invited. : ASKED
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Curry. : SPICE
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Conducive to health. : SALUBRIOUS
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Jutlanders. : DANES
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Name in opera lore. : CALVE
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Front or back nine. : HOLES
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Hawaiian geese. : NENES
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Divert. : DISTRACT
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Motorists' headache. : FLATTIRE
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Fish akin to the cod. : LING
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Twilight, old style. : GLOAM
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Tiny stream. : RUNLET
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Paved areas of airfields. : APRONS
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More sensible. : SANER
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W. W. II title. : SCAP
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"And four ___." : TOGO
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Responding to the helm. : YARE
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Twenty: Prefix. : ICOS
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Boss Tweed's nemesis. : NAST
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Mirth. : GLEE
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Bond. : TIE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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