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New York Times, Friday, October 25, 1968

51-Down : Noted watercolorist.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J W X }, Scrabble score: 319 (avg 1.67)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 7,013
Across
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Clerical garb. : ALBS
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Nautical term. : ABEAM
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Chooses. : OPTS
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___ Alto. : PALO
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Name in early movies. : CLARA
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Pen. : COOP
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Arm of the Black Sea. : AZOV
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Square dance direction. : CIRCLEHOME
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Woman's page specialties. : RECIPES
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Ate with gusto. : SAVORED
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For ___. : KEEPS
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Language: Abbr. : GER
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Choral group. : SEPTET
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Certain writers. : DIARISTS
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Santa ___. : ANA
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Fruit. : LEMON
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Hat. : TOQUE
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Ares. : MARS
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One of the Eisenhowers. : DAVID
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You bet! : SURE
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See 25 Across. : OCTET
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Juniper of the Old Testament. : RETEM
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Moreover. : AND
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Designs, in a way. : STYLIZES
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Nanette. : FABRAY
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Washington initials. : FBI
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Blackbird. : MERLE
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Outdoor sport. : ARCHERY
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Gives in. : ACCEDES
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Place to stay. : MOTORCOURT
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Dickens girl. : NELL
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Prefix with gram or graph. : IDEO
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Burr Tillstrom portrayal. : OLLIE
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Surrealist painter. : DALI
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Deliver. : SEND
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Oodles. : NOEND
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Fe or Cl. : ELEM
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On ___ with (equal to). : APAR
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Loaf. : LAZE
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Neighborhood shindig. : BLOCKPARTY
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Governing council. : SOVIET
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Conventional. : ACCEPTED
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Ecstasy. : BLISS
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Cereal plant part. : EAR
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Curves. : ARCS
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Wine grape. : MALAGA
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Jamaican resort. : OCHORIOS
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Scanty. : POOR
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Volume. : TOME
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Made haste. : SPED
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Turn outward. : EVERT
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Skin. : PEEL
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Birthplace of Pythagoras. : SAMOS
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Decree. : ENACT
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Certain oppositionists. : DOVES
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"What's ___ for me?" : INIT
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Fair shake. : SQUAREDEAL
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Not ___ hair. : TURNA
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Run-down. : SEEDY
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Equine. : MARE
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Individuality. : SELFHOOD
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Fell away. : DEFECTED
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Ostia's river. : TIBER
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Connelly. : MARC
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Gem. : ZIRCON
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Zinc ore. : BLENDE
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Noted watercolorist. : MARIN
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British writer. : AMIS
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Cycled. : RODE
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Comb: Prefix. : CTEN
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California county. : YOLO
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French pronoun. : ELLE
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Meager. : SLIM
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Diminutive suffix. : ULE

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

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