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New York Times, Friday, June 7, 1968

25-Across : Sweet medicine.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { B J Q }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,873
Across
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Timetable listings. : STOPS
6
Brassard site. : ARM
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Bouquet. : POSY
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Turning point. : PIVOT
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Became fair. : CLEAREDUP
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Wolf in Kipling tales. : AKELA
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Member of the underworld. : RACKETEER
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More calamitous. : DIRER
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City in West Germany. : ESSEN
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Pindaric or Horatian. : ODE
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Sailors: Colloq. : SALTS
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___ beck and call. : ATONES
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Sweet medicine. : ELIXIR
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Weapon. : LUGER
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Nickname in baseball. : YAZ
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Black gum. : TUPELO
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Time ___ half. : ANDA
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Robert ___. : ELEE
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Pact of 1954. : SEATO
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Short fiber. : NOIL
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Heroes of June day. : DADS
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Put finishing touches to. : TOPOFF
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Make lace. : TAT
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Doer. : AGENT
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City on Panay Island. : ILOILO
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Convince. : ASSURE
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To ___ (just right). : ATURN
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12th-cen. finale. : MCC
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Mohammedanism. : ISLAM
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Place. : SITUS
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Light from a heavenly body. : MOONSHINE
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Raise. : HOIST
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Dinner course. : APPETIZER
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Man's name meaning "noble." : ELMER
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Den. : NEST
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Rabbit's foot. : PAW
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Legal papers. : DEEDS
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Miner's nail. : SPAD
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"Kon-___." : TIKI
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Too big. : OVERSIZED
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Medieval weapon. : POLEAX
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Lighted by a heavenly body. : STARLIT
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Dear, dear! : ALAS
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Written acknowledgments: Abbr. : RECS
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See (something) through. : MAKEAGOOFIT
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Hamster, for one. : PET
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Music hall. : ODEON
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Undressed kid. : SUEDE
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Flanders town. : YPRES
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Musical abbreviation. : CRES
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French revenue. : RENTE
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Property management post. : TRUSTEESHIP
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City in Algeria. : ORAN
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Stared at. : EYED
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Flighty exclamation. : LALA
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Jumped. : LEAPT
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Last month: Abbr. : ULTO
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Worker. : PEON
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Late. : NOTINTIME
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Dashboard item. : DIAL
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Countertenor. : ALTO
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Edom. : ESAU
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Rosy. : FLUSHED
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Grain. : GRIST
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Songbird. : ORIOLE
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City in Jordan. : AMMAN
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Outlook. : SCOPE
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Old English bards. : SCOPS
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The U. S. A. : AMER
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Girl of song. : LIZA
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Another time. : ANEW
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Put into practice. : USED
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Boats: Abbr. : STRS
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Business term. : NET

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

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