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New York Times, Monday, January 8, 1968

12-Down : Dredges.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 61, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,722
Across
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Jump. : START
6
Both: Prefix. : AMBI
10
Mixture: Abbr. : CPD
13
Outdoor area. : PATIO
14
Encounters. : SEES
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Gas: Prefix. : AERO
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Follow up. : ACTON
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Famous family of aerialists. : WALLENDAS
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Degree. : NTH
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"And that's how ___ began." : ITALL
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Obstacles. : SNAGS
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Corroded. : EATEN
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Stopping places. : MOTELS
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Woodman's warning. : TIMBER
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Dreams: Fr. : REVES
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Old Greek coin. : OBOL
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Marbles. : AGATES
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Intention. : AIM
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Come into power. : RISE
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Of the ends of the earth. : POLAR
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In the year: Lat. : ANNO
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Listen! : TST
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Spiny cactus. : CHOLLA
42
Kind of compass. : GYRO
43
Girl of song. : DAISY
44
Be doubtful. : WONDER
46
Spell: Fr. : CHARME
48
Newspapers, et al. : MEDIA
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S. S. Van Dine's sleuth. : PHILO
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English potter. : SPODE
52
Vegetable. : YAM
55
Partners in crime, so to speak. : CELLMATES
57
"___ song ... " : SINGA
59
Bye-bye. : TATA
60
Certain socials. : BEES
61
Range over. : SCOUR
62
Written additions, for short. : PSS
63
Lightsome. : SPRY
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Swinging. : ASWAY
Down
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Measure of length. : SPAN
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Discrimination. : TACT
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No more than. : ATTHEMOST
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Where Sugar Loaf Mountain is. : RIO
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Explosive. : TONITE
6
City in the U.A.R. : ASWAN
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Word with corn or oat. : MEAL
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Copper and tin alloy. : BELLMETAL
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Atlas abbreviation. : ISL
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Resort city in SE France. : CANNES
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Lever. : PEDAL
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Dredges. : DRAGS
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W. W. II group. : OSS
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___ Park, in the Rockies. : ESTES
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Ancient Hebrew household gods. : TERAPHIM
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Fitted. : ABLE
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Restrained by fear. : OVERAWED
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Legal term. : TORT
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Wading bird. : IBIS
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Mass meeting. : RALLY
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Military exercise. : GOOSESTEP
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Soon. : ANYDAYNOW
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About. : INRE
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Heath. : MOOR
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Hindu fire god. : AGNI
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Strike and rebound. : CAROM
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City on the Trinity River. : DALLAS
45
Black Sea port. : ODESSA
46
Inferior. : CHEAP
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Sword handles. : HILTS
48
Lichenous. : MOSSY
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Banking abbreviation. : PCT
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Peep out. : PEER
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Water: Sp. : AGUA
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Well-known gardener. : MARY
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Missing: Abbr. : ABS
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Suffix of nouns. : ICS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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