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New York Times, Wednesday, November 15, 1967

40-Down : Track events.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { F J Q X }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,668
Across
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Leader: Colloq. : CAPN
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Part of a cabalistic charm. : ABRA
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Song. : PSALM
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She: Lat. : ILLA
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Regretted. : RUED
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Donizetti role. : LUCIA
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Bay's relative. : ROAN
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Red wine. : CHAMBERTIN
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Feature of the Great Exhibition, 1851. : CRYSTALPALACE
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A tribe of Israel. : ASHER
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Man's nickname. : NATE
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Popular garnish. : ONIONS
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Available. : USABLE
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Father, in Arabic names. : ABU
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Violin maker. : AMATI
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Home plate, for one. : SLAB
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Cloud nine projects. : CASTLESINTHEAIR
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Thought: Prefix. : IDEO
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Kelp. : ALGAE
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Witness's words. : IDO
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Spanish explorer. : DESOTO
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Baron De ___, first governor of Virginia. : LAWARR
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Girl of song. : LILI
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Lake west of Sierra Nevada. : TAHOE
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Hudson romance, 1904. : GREENMANSIONS
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Tree of Florida. : STRONGBARK
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Petitions. : SUES
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Constellation. : ORION
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Bay of the Black Sea. : AZOV
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Bone: Prefix. : OSTE
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"___ hide myself in thee." : LETME
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Pair. : DYAD
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Gaseous element. : NEON
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About. : CIRCA
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Then: Fr. : ALORS
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Places of amusement. : PLAYHOUSES
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Norwegian Arctic explorer. : NANSEN
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Alms box. : ARCA
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Inlaid work. : BUHL
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Harvest. : REAP
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Writer of a kind. : ADMAN
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Skirt feature. : PLEATS
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Temporary respite. : SURCEASE
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Entr'___. : ACTE
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Early date. : LII
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Friday, for one. : MAN
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Blue: Ger. : BLAU
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Effort. : TRIAL
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Group: Suffix. : OME
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Govt. agency. : NASA
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Quiet. : STILL
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Pennsylvania Avenue structure. : BLAIRHOUSE
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Put down. : LAID
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Saragossa's river. : EBRO
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Cutting. : ACID
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Issued an order to. : BADE
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Girl's name. : INGA
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Part of a machine shop. : TOOLROOM
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Marble. : TAW
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Track events. : HEATS
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La ___ (thine): Fr. : TIENNE
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Cassini. : OLEG
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___ d'être. : RAISON
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Out of favor: Colloq. : INBAD
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___ a customer. : ONETO
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City on the Ruhr. : ESSEN
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Sand. : GRIT
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Tortuous. : MAZY
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Venezuelan town, former copper site. : AROA
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It's now MVD. : NKVD
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Scale tone. : SOL
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Three, in Roma. : TRE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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