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New York Times, Tuesday, January 23, 1968

28-Down : Garment of a kind.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,737
Across
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Hungry Horse or Navajo. : DAM
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Twenty: Prefix. : ICOS
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Promise. : WORD
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Iolanthe, for one. : PERI
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A time, in Scotland. : NICHT
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Slavic name. : IGOR
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Kimono sashes. : OBIS
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Companionway. : STAIR
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Salver. : TRAY
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Kind of grape. : MUSCAT
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Kid and calf. : LEATHERS
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___ on (get ahead of). : STEALAMARCH
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Fish. : SOLE
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Puckered. : TUCKED
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Insipid. : TASTELESS
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Laundry problem. : GRIME
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Choir voices. : ALTI
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Scatter. : STREW
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Critic Downes. : OLIN
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Lively dance. : FLING
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Intentionally deceptive reasoning. : SOPHISTRY
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Old-time shields. : TARGES
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Cans. : TINS
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Latest style: Slang. : THELASTWORD
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Boring. : TIRESOME
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Worse. : POORER
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Ancient theaters. : ODEA
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Oscar. : WILDE
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Ready to eat. : RIPE
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Watch pockets. : FOBS
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More cunning. : SLIER
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Well-known name in Hawaii. : DOLE
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Piece of scenery. : FLAT
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Vegetables. : YAMS
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Bend in timber. : SNY
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First appearance. : DEBUT
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Come up. : ARISE
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Actor's problem. : MISCASTING
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Seats. : INSTALLS
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Op. ___. : CIT
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Florida city. : OCALA
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More retiring. : SHIER
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By means of. : WITH
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Folklore figure. : OGRE
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Traffic sound. : ROAR
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Prohibitionists. : DRYS
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Flowers, for short. : POMS
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Pamphlet. : TRACT
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Yucca's relative. : ALOE
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Ruffian. : THUG
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Sits. : MEETS
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Some puzzles. : CROSSWORDS
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Garment of a kind. : KILT
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Arabian title. : EMIR
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Controvert. : DENY
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White House name. : TAFT
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To the: It. : ALLA
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Sensation. : STIR
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Theater sign. : SRO
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Partitions. : SEPTA
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Secrets. : WHISPERS
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Understands: Colloq. : GETS
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Preposition. : INTO
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Displays. : SHOWS
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"Our Town" role. : EMILY
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George Sand novel. : LELIA
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Constellation. : ORION
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Rejoinder. : REPLY
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Endure: Scot. : DREE
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British swell. : TOFF
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Object of great admiration. : IDOL
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Midianite king. : REBA
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Orient. : EAST
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Party man: Abbr. : DEM

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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