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New York Times, Thursday, August 22, 1968

17-Across : Beverage of a kind.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F J K Q U X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 0, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,949
Across
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Draughts and skittles. : GAMES
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Reuters specialty. : NEWS
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Masterpieces of engineering. : DAMS
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Silly. : INANE
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Title character in famous comedy. : ABIE
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Shortly. : ANON
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Beverage of a kind. : BARLEYCORN
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Portico. : STOA
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Porch piece. : GLIDER
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Rembrandt's "Tobias and the Angel." : ETCHING
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Clematis and others. : VINES
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Finial. : EPI
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Tents. : TEPEES
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Occupancy. : TENANTRY
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Devices for drying. : OVENS
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Connelly. : MARC
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Valise. : GRIP
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Army man: Abbr. : GEN
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Warbled. : TRILLED
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Swiss river. : AAR
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O'Neill heroine. : ANNA
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French pronoun. : ELLE
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Conjecture. : OPINE
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Wild headlong flight. : STAMPEDE
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Shore dinner fish. : SMELTS
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Buddy. : PAL
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Swift. : RAPID
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Hampered. : IMPEDED
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Term in grammar. : GENDER
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Social liability. : BOOR
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British officer in the American Revolution. : CORNWALLIS
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Empty. : IDLE
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Kauri or roble. : TREE
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Entice. : TEMPT
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Calls on. : SEES
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Repeats. : SAYS
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Gnawed away. : EROSE
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British colony: Abbr. : GIB
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Word game: Abbr. : ANAG
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Earth. : MARL
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Pep up. : ENLIVEN
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Most down at heels. : SEEDIEST
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Mother-of-pearl. : NACRE
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Central American tree. : EBO
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Fencing. : WIRE
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"I do," for one. : SENTENCE
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Bold and lively. : DASHING
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Against. : ANTI
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Challenging destination. : MOON
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Obstacle. : SNAG
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Longings: Colloq. : YENS
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Professional man. : CPA
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Player for time. : STALLER
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Forum garments. : TOGAS
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Occasion. : EVENT
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State: Abbr. : PENNA
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Man's name. : ERLE
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Woodsman's route. : TRAIL
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Laughing. : RIANT
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Belgian town. : YPRES
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Balmy. : MILD
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Returns to office. : REELECTS
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Rule. : DOMINATE
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Electrical units. : AMPERES
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Chapman. : PEDDLER
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Clipboard item. : PAD
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Eject. : SPEW
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Saint of Keats poem. : AGNES
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Wading bird. : IBIS
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Fashion. : MODE
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European. : POLE
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Theo's cousin. : DORA
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Sailors' patron saint. : ELMO
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Tears. : RIPS
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Spanish king. : REY
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Church title. : STE

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1 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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