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New York Times, Monday, July 22, 1968

49-Across : Becoming discomposed: Slang.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 253 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,918
Across
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___ even. : ODDOR
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Display device. : RACK
10
Window part. : SASH
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Poet of our time. : MOORE
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Thames town. : ETON
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Essayist Lamb. : ELIA
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Fiord. : INLET
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Striking. : ARRESTING
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Speak in current fashion. : TELLITLIKEITIS
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Machine piece. : CAM
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Cervine animal. : DOE
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Remained confident (in). : RESTED
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Frenzied. : FRENETIC
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Exhausted: Colloq. : ALLIN
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South African plant. : ALOE
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Bear: Sp. : OSO
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Jet setters. : BEAUTIFULPEOPLE
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There: It. : IVI
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Directory entry. : NAME
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Attempted. : TRIED
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Deprive of innate qualities. : DENATURE
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Pamphlets. : TRACTS
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City section: Abbr. : BOR
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Gambler's concern. : IOU
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Becoming discomposed: Slang. : LOSINGONESCOOL
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Prayers. : DEVOTIONS
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Kind of lily. : CALLA
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Hebrew measure. : OMER
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Pleasing. : NICE
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Early church heretic. : ARIAN
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Costume. : GARB
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Insect. : GNAT
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Not a soul. : NOONE
Down
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Forget. : OMIT
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Word to seal a bargain. : DONE
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"Living" creature. : DOLL
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City on the Oka. : OREL
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Uncommunicative. : RETICENT
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Kingdom. : REALM
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Italian bell town. : ATRI
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Irish county. : CORK
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Like one end of a pool. : KNEEDEEP
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Porch piece. : SETTEE
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Others: Lat. : ALII
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Venial and mortal. : SINS
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Witch. : HAG
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Israel: Var. : SION
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Little one. : TAD
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Too zealous. : RABID
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Pupil: Fr. : ELEVE
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Done in. : SLAIN
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Germanic deity. : TIU
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Ravine with stream. : FLUME
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Function. : ROLE
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Subject. : TOPIC
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Cay or holm. : ISLET
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Campus attractions. : COEDS
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From a distance. : AFAR
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Storing in a receptacle. : INURNING
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Tuscan's ancestor. : ETRUSCAN
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Pray: Lat. : ORA
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Soak up. : ABSORB
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Go ___. : TOIT
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Part of a foot. : TOE
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Map extra. : INSET
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Golf star. : LEMA
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Finished. : OVER
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Enter. : GOIN
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Portuguese weight. : ONCA
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Gilda's "___ Nome." : CARO
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Potpourri. : OLIO
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Pearl Buck heroine. : OLAN
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Place for a walk. : LANE
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Saluki. : DOG

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

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