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New York Times, Thursday, November 16, 1967

48-Down : Extinguish.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { P Q Z }, Scrabble score: 306 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,669
Across
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First word of the "Aeneid." : ARMA
5
Nibble. : GNAW
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Car part, old style. : CRANK
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Spanker. : SAIL
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Where the Shannon flows. : EIRE
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Home on a height. : AERIE
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Play by Maxwell Anderson, 1935. : WINTERSET
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___ Loa. : MAUNA
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Shoe leather. : ELK
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Holy day. : XMAS
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Painter of "The Gleaners." : MILLET
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Mephisto. : SATAN
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Hesitates. : FALTERS
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Chairman's concern. : MOTION
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Symbol of purity. : LILY
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Drama of 1879. : ADOLLSHOUSE
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Flatfish. : DAB
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Twenty-minute walk. : MILE
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Certain transit lines. : ELS
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English composer. : ARNE
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Honor card. : ACE
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Historic date. : SIXTHOFJUNE
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Ancestor. : SIRE
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Fairy tale creature. : DRAGON
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Angry man. : HOTHEAD
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Beauty parlor workers. : DYERS
49
Put ___. : ONAIRS
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Flophouse, London style. : DOSS
51
U.S. power project. : TVA
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Musteline animal. : OTTER
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Copse. : BRUSHWOOD
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Disciple, in India. : CHELA
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Yorkshire river. : OUSE
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Reliquary. : ARCA
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Western sight. : HERDS
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Toe the line. : OBEY
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Hide's partner. : SEEK
Down
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" ___ were marching ... " : ASWE
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Crake. : RAIL
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Type of evening wrap. : MINKSTOLE
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High, in music. : ALT
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Berliners. : GERMANS
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Jewish month. : NISAN
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Olympian god. : ARES
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Weather word. : WET
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Dumas title. : CAMILLE
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Houses and lots. : REALTY
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As ___. : ARULE
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Forty ___. : NINER
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Great name in poetry. : KEATS
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Sing the praises of. : EXTOL
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But: Fr. : MAIS
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Wing: Fr. : AILE
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Good poker hand. : FLUSH
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Homemaker indubitably. : MAMA
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Of poetry. : ODIC
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Jinxed. : HEXED
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Danube tributary. : OLT
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Shop. : DRUGSTORE
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Part of A.D. : ANNO
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Auxiliary verb. : BEEN
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Out of harmony. : AJAR
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Mountain chain. : SIERRAS
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Cleopatra's attendant. : IRAS
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A long wandering. : ODYSSEY
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Invigorating. : FRESH
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Badge of a kind. : SHIELD
45
Home brew. : HOOCH
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___ qui vive. : ONTHE
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Vegetable: Dial. : TATER
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Extinguish. : DOUSE
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Defeat decisively. : DRUB
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Sotto ___. : VOCE
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Aleutian isle. : ADAK
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Startling sound. : BOO
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Existed. : WAS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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