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New York Times, Friday, November 29, 1968

46-Down : Ridicule.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 7,048
Across
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Illuminating device. : LAMP
5
Bubbling sound. : GLUB
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One's strong point. : FORTE
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Chill. : AGUE
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Wine: Prefix. : OENO
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Alaskan. : ALEUT
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Propriety personified. : MRSGRUNDY
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Printer's term. : RESET
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Spelling ___. : BEE
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Otherwise. : ELSE
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Brown and simmer. : BRAISE
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Dignified. : SEDATE
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Charlemagne's nephew. : ROLAND
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Proper. : FIT
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Romanov. : TSAR
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Japanese food plant. : UDO
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Natural ability. : FLAIR
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Early Chinese dynasty. : HAN
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King of Arabia, 1953-64. : SAUD
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Brushup of a kind. : REFRESHERCOURSE
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Poker term. : ANTE
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R.L.S. character. : PEW
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Hen. : LAYER
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First name in stage lore. : MAE
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Resentful: Colloq. : SORE
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Stock exchange abbreviation. : DIV
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Fish that travels with sharks. : REMORA
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Made level. : EVENED
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Enmity. : RANCOR
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Ran swiftly. : TORE
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Wave: Sp. : OLA
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Take ___ (peek). : ALOOK
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Ski slope feature. : CHAIRLIFT
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Purloined. : STOLE
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Ride ___ on. : HERD
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Commodore Perry's base. : ERIE
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Sharpens, in a way. : HONES
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Gaelic. : ERSE
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Go (one's way). : WEND
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Dears. : LAMBS
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Concur. : AGREE
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Meditated. : MUSED
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Count cribbage score. : PEG
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Singing star. : GOULET
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Burning glass. : LENS
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Not in the pink. : UNDERTHEWEATHER
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Youth. : BOY
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Met's famous Carmen. : FARRAR
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City on the Allegheny. : OLEAN
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Kind of legatee. : RESIDUARY
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Calendar abbreviation. : TUES
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Feminine diminutive. : ETTE
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Withdraw. : RETIRE
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Alpine peak. : BLANC
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Full of ardor. : AFIRE
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Glacial ridges. : OSAR
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Great tragedienne. : DUSE
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Stettin's river. : ODER
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Nansen's ship. : FRAM
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Girl's name. : LENA
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Day time. : AFTERNOON
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Urbane. : SUAVE
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Wild animal's track. : SPOOR
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Man's title. : HERR
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"As You Like It" character. : OLIVER
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Cures, as meat. : SMOKES
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Ridicule. : DERIDE
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Haute ___ (dressage): Fr. : ECOLE
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Black: Fr. : NOIRE
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Puckish. : ELFIN
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Old-fashioned. : DATED
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Hasty. : RASH
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Low-pitched voice. : ALTO
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Boathouse gear. : OARS
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___ Guevara. : CHE
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Actor Ayres. : LEW

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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