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New York Times, Saturday, August 10, 1968

26-Across : Navy men: Abbr.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,937
Across
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Of great excellence. : SUPER
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In ___ (in trouble). : AJAM
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Small habitation. : CELL
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Talk, in a way. : PRATE
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Gare du ___. : NORD
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Medley. : OLIO
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Asset in the tropics. : AIRCONDITIONING
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Hebrew letter. : TETH
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Rabbit. : CONY
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Theatrical. : STAGY
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Wallach. : ELI
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Wine. : PORT
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Vessel: Abbr. : STR
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Navy men: Abbr. : CDRS
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Abrogated. : REPEALED
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Habituate. : INURE
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Bright star in Lyra. : VEGA
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Tendril. : BINE
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Asset for a buyer. : SALESRESISTANCE
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Javanese tree. : UPAS
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Psyche's admirer. : EROS
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Subordinate to. : UNDER
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Not public. : PERSONAL
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Lose color. : FADE
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Sometime road covering. : MUD
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Come ___ (discover). : UPON
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Nautical course. : NBE
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Covered colonnades. : STOAS
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To thee: Fr. : ATOI
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School groups. : PTAS
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Indoor game. : POCKETBILLIARDS
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Small: Suffix. : ETTE
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Agora coin. : OBOL
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Belgian city. : LIEGE
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Entrance. : DOOR
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Not few. : MANY
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Joints. : KNEES
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Freshet. : SPATE
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Archangel. : URIEL
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Fastidious. : PARTICULAR
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Practice an art. : ETCH
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Old car. : REO
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Legal phrase, with virgule. : ANDOR
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Congressional action. : JOINTRESOLUTION
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Bohemian. : ARTY
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16th-cen. date. : MDI
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Prohibited. : CONTRABAND
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Famous nom de plume. : ELIA
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Burbot or hake. : LING
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Sluggish. : LOGY
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Army men: Abbr. : NCOS
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Bone: Prefix. : OSTE
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Exec. officer. : PRES
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Resorts. : SPAS
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Garment worker. : DRESSMAKER
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Sponsorship. : EGIS
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Basswood. : LINDENTREE
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Noun ending. : ENCE
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Fawn. : DEER
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"The jig ___." : ISUP
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Scruff. : NAPE
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Actress Miles. : VERA
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Tear. : REND
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Oriental title. : TUAN
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River into the Humber. : OUSE
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Weapon in a sport. : FOIL
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Girl of nursery rhyme. : POLLY
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Emblem. : BADGE
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Letters. : ESSES
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Made haste. : SPED
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In ___. : TOTO
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Numerical prefix. : OCTO
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Eastern church title. : ABBA
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Sometime neck ailment. : PAIN
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Boy of nursery rhyme. : TOM
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Sort: Colloq. : ILK

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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