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New York Times, Thursday, January 11, 1968

42-Down : Great English dramatist.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,725
Across
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Glaswegians. : SCOTS
6
Stalemate. : DRAW
10
Nanny's vehicle. : PRAM
14
Wait. : TARRY
15
Background. : REAR
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Miss. : LOSE
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Rigel's constellation. : ORION
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Concerning: Lat. : INRE
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Leigh Hunt hero. : ABOU
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Meeting. : RENDEZVOUS
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French pronoun. : NOUS
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Caviar. : ROE
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Inform on. : TATTLE
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Injure. : DAMAGE
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Light watercraft. : BALSA
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Phrase expressing some doubt. : IFANY
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Certain firearms. : REPEATERS
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Electrical unit. : VOLT
38
Nuremberg artist. : DURER
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Bright thought. : IDEA
40
Carriage's underpinnings. : AXLETREES
42
Cover girl. : MODEL
43
Dr. Dolittle's friend. : BEAST
44
Hawaiian. : KANAKA
45
Saint of April 21st. : ANSELM
48
Timetable abbreviation. : ARR
49
Objective. : GOAL
50
Tree of India. : SANDALWOOD
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Military acronym. : AWOL
58
Part of a parka. : HOOD
59
Chicago's airport. : OHARE
60
Carte. : MENU
61
Wave: Fr. : ONDE
62
Adam's ale. : WATER
63
Ottoman flag. : ALEM
64
Ibsen role. : PEER
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Moral nature. : ETHOS
Down
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Kind of battery: Abbr. : STOR
2
Concern. : CARE
3
O'Neill role. : ORIN
4
Tramped. : TROD
5
Combined action. : SYNERGY
6
Energy. : DRIVE
7
American inventor. : RENO
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Egyptian heaven. : AARU
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Type of athlete. : WRESTLER
10
Southern estate. : PLANTATION
11
Capek character. : ROBOT
12
Not ___. : ASOUL
13
Verdun's river. : MEUSE
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Girl's name. : ZOE
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Pretty ___ picture. : ASA
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Singing star. : DIVA
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Cunning as ___. : AFOX
28
Promenade. : MALL
29
Before 1941. : ANTEBELLUM
30
Basque headgear. : BERET
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Primates. : APES
33
Streets of Paris. : RUES
34
Book of Norse myths. : EDDA
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Send out fumes. : REEK
36
Hacienda room. : SALA
38
Pub, old style. : DRAMSHOP
41
1876 invention: Abbr. : TEL
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Great English dramatist. : MARLOWE
44
Macaque. : KRA
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Tropical lizard. : AGAMA
46
Christmas song. : NOWEL
47
River of Burgundy. : SAONE
48
Viper. : ADDER
51
First-rate. : AONE
52
Joint of a stem. : NODE
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How surprising! : WHAT
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Vow. : OATH
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Mountain: Prefix. : OREO
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Word sources: Abbr. : DERS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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