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New York Times, Wednesday, December 11, 1968

44-Down : Holds back.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { F J V X Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 7,060
Across
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Certain performances. : SOLOS
6
Golfer's lie. : TRAP
10
Flounder. : DAB
13
Peculiarity. : QUIRK
14
Of ___ (of old). : YORE
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Architectural feature. : DOME
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Release. : UNTIE
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Southern food. : PONE
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Poet Lazarus. : EMMA
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German exclamation. : ACH
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Master of telling phrases. : RHETORICIAN
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American linden. : BEETREE
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Historic school. : ETON
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Robert Burns's shire. : AYR
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Narrate. : DESCRIBE
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Packet. : DECK
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Cousin of tennis. : SQUASH
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___ de sac. : CUL
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Bitter drug. : ALOES
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Navy abbreviation. : USS
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Nobel Prize winner, 1923. : YEATS
42
Chief, in India. : MIR
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See 40 Across. : WRITER
46
Kind of bet. : ANTE
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Certain floors. : PARQUETS
49
Govt. group. : AID
51
Feminine title. : AUNT
52
Supple. : LISSOME
56
Convention groups. : DELEGATIONS
60
Gubernatorial nickname. : RON
61
Brook. : RILL
62
Cleave. : REND
63
Inappropriate. : UNAPT
65
Soviet city. : OREL
66
Boy-meets-girl. : DATE
67
Fisherman. : EELER
68
Base: Abbr. : PED
69
Hit signs. : SROS
70
European. : SWEDE
Down
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Menu delicacy. : SQUAB
2
Small amount. : OUNCE
3
See 52 Across. : LITHE
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Mouth: Prefix. : ORI
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Rocky isle. : SKERRY
6
Melville novel. : TYPEE
7
Source. : ROOT
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Florence's river. : ARNO
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Lady, for one. : PEERESS
10
Black Friar. : DOMINICAN
11
Church title. : AMMA
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___ bag. : BEAN
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Scenery. : DECOR
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Possessive. : HERS
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Restive. : ITCHY
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Receipts: Colloq. : TAKE
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Cleans. : DUSTS
28
Facility. : EASE
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Target. : BUTT
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Otherwise. : ELSE
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Weather word. : DAMP
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Lamb. : ELIA
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Brought together in one place. : CORRALLED
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Desist. : QUIT
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Waved. : SWUNG
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Famous engineer. : EADS
44
Holds back. : RETARDS
45
Sadie Thompson play. : RAIN
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Subdue. : QUELL
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Disputed points. : ISSUES
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Miners' concerns. : LODES
53
Church cape. : ORALE
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Acted listlessly. : MOPED
55
___ nous. : ENTRE
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Tiny amount. : DROP
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Green land. : EIRE
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Sign of sorrow. : TEAR
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Word used in division. : INTO
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Fresh. : NEW

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

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