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New York Times, Tuesday, October 31, 1967

9-Down : Floating wreckage.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 318 (avg 1.68)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,653
Across
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Beyond. : PAST
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Vegetable dish. : SLAW
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Allegory. : FABLE
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Eerie sound. : ECHO
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Present. : POSE
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Famous Virginia caverns. : LURAY
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Silver City, for instance. : GHOSTTOWN
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"The Winter ___ Discontent." : OFOUR
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Dividing walls. : SEPTA
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Kind of jury. : PETIT
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Lyric. : ODE
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Part of a foot. : INCH
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Where Shillong is. : ASSAM
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Ship: Abbr. : SCH
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Sentimental talk. : GOO
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Joins forces. : TEAMSUP
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Birds. : HOOTOWLS
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Prefix with arch or archy. : MATRI
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Both: Prefix. : AMBI
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Sprang. : LEAPT
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Stand. : RISE
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Large: Prefix. : MEGAL
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Subject of a Poe tale. : BLACKCAT
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Ghost ___. : STORIES
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"I ___ stranger here myself." : AMA
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Opener. : KEY
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Commonplace. : BANAL
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Low country: Abbr. : NETH
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Lima coin. : SOL
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Holder for gold. : CROCK
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Secret signals. : CODES
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Courage: It. : ANIMO
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Political harassment. : WITCHHUNT
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Mercenary. : VENAL
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Enough, of old. : ENOW
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Hair style. : UPDO
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Ruhr city. : ESSEN
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Depression. : DENT
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Big butte. : MESA
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Identifies. : PEGS
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Wish ardently. : ACHE
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Boutique. : SHOP
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Composer of "Goodbye." : TOSTI
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N.Y.C., for one. : SPT
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Means of evading the law. : LOOPHOLE
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"___ forgive those ... " : ASWE
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Undertook. : WENTAT
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Floating wreckage. : FLOTSAM
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___ Wiedersehen. : AUF
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Magical conveyance. : BROOMSTICK
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Praise. : LAUD
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Jane of fame. : EYRE
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Dated dance. : TANGO
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Honshu bay. : ISE
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Hood. : COWL
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Make ___ on. : AMARK
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Counterfeits. : SHAMS
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Celestial body. : COMET
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Certain trick-or-treaters. : HOBGOBLINS
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Bears: Lat. : URSAE
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Devoutness. : PIETY
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Coronet. : TIARA
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Holy day: Abbr. : SAB
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Floating food for fish. : PLANKTON
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Cultivated. : TAME
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Midwest capital. : LINCOLN
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Ball game for two. : CATCH
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Cereal head. : EAR
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Delayed. : SLOWED
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Uninteresting. : HOHUM
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Except. : SAVE
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Numbers. : ONES
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Madrid movie. : CINE
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Trick. : DUPE
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Purposes. : ENDS
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Where Greek met Greek. : STOA
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Girl's name. : MAE
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Hundredweight: Abbr. : CWT

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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