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New York Times, Monday, September 9, 1968

48-Across : Throws off.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,967
Across
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Choice thing. : PLUM
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Start of a tot's song. : ABCDE
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Worlds. : ORBS
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New Rochelle campus. : IONA
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Grumble. : CROAK
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Fish. : TUNA
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Paris newspaper. : SOIR
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Confederate sympathizer. : COPPERHEAD
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Doctor's choice. : ANTIGEN
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Nest. : AERIE
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Tokyo locale. : GINZA
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Asian country: Abbr. : SYR
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Merchant. : IMPORTER
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Inn. : HOSTEL
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Distributed. : DEALT
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A felony. : ARSON
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Eggs: Lat. : OVA
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Country. : LAND
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Marble. : AGATE
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Journey. : TREK
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Limit. : END
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Setting. : SCENE
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Bishop's headdress. : MITRE
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Sports places, old style. : STADIA
45
Pluck. : GAMENESS
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Common suffix. : ENT
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Throws off. : EMITS
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"On ___ and a prayer." : AWING
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Sets within. : INSERTS
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Kitchen items. : SILVERWARE
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Reclined. : LAIN
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Land mass. : ISLE
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One who gives. : DONOR
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Volcano. : ETNA
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An emotion. : FEAR
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Shawn's cousins. : SEANS
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Profound. : DEEP
Down
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Campanile city. : PISA
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Diving bird. : LOON
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Distinct part. : UNIT
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Flower. : MARIGOLD
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Stress. : ACCENT
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Period beginning circa 3500 B.C. : BRONZEAGE
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Yarn on a spindle. : COP
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Drop bait. : DAP
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Squeeze (out). : EKE
10
Remaining ones. : OTHERS
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Remorseful one. : RUER
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___ B'rith. : BNAI
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Marquis de ___. : SADE
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Fabric. : RAYON
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Encircled. : GIRT
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Put in order. : ARRANGE
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Brake part. : SHOE
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Wastes time. : IDLES
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Intended. : MEANT
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Himalayan animal. : PANDA
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Continental dessert. : TORTE
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Between Tinker and Chance. : EVERS
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Victoria and others. : LAKES
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Tailor's equipment. : STEAMIRON
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One-___ (ball game). : ACAT
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Tawdry. : TINSELED
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Scorch. : SINGE
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Pride of New York. : METS
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State capital. : DENVER
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Forty-niners. : MINERS
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What "quasi" means. : ASIF
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Sound. : WISE
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At that place: Lat. : ILLA
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Unit charge. : RATE
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Prong. : TINE
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Speak curtly. : SNAP
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Map entries. : RDS
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Grief. : WOE
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Literary scraps. : ANA

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

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