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New York Times, Wednesday, February 21, 1968

8-Down : Straw hat.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J X }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,766
Across
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Clothes. : GARB
5
A party: Abbr. : DEM
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Whirring sounds. : BIRRS
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Guffaw. : ROAR
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Admirer. : BEAU
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___ on (ahead of). : ONEUP
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Part of A. D. : ANNO
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Valuations: Abbr. : ESTS
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Concede. : ADMIT
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Equivocate. : BEGTHEQUESTION
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In a swivet. : HETUP
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Give heed to. : HEAR
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Size of coal. : EGG
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___ rule. : ASA
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Type of verb: Abbr. : IRR
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Air group. : SAC
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Foregoing. : PRIOR
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Bonanza. : MINE
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Second in a series. : BETA
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Take the blame. : HAVETOANSWERFOR
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No. or So. ___. : AMER
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Rat-___. : ATAT
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Impact. : BRUNT
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Felt. : HAT
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Make do (with "out"). : EKE
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Adjective suffix. : ILE
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Nautical term. : LEE
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Now's partner. : HERE
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14 pounds. : STONE
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Indubitably. : BEYONDQUESTION
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Blue-penciled. : DELED
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Baseball plays. : OUTS
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Weather word. : HAZE
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Privileged group. : ELITE
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Is situated. : LIES
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Girl's name. : ESME
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Grocery items. : OLEOS
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Wts. : LBS
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Double-talker. : LIAR
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Clutch. : GRAB
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Top-drawer. : AONE
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Called up. : RANG
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Stock. : BROTH
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Scale, as fish. : DESQUAMATE
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Exhaust. : EATUP
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Calliope. : MUSE
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Straw hat. : BOATER
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Where Baroda is. : INDIA
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Sorry. : REMORSEFUL
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Rack's partner. : RUIN
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Type of city: Abbr. : SPT
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Farm crop. : BEETS
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Courage. : HEART
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Small mammal. : SHREW
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Hebrew measure. : EPHAH
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Pasture grass. : GRAMA
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Disprove (with "to"). : GIVETHELIE
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Originates. : INSTITUTES
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United. : ATONE
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D'Oyly ___. : CARTE
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Poetic preposition. : OER
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___ tizzy. : INA
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Chilly sound. : BRR
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Of a hard wood. : OAKEN
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Holden and others. : EBENS
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Diminishes by degrees. : ERODES
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Loamy deposit. : LOESS
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Have an ___. : EYETO
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Lampoon. : SQUIB
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Actress Waters. : ETHEL
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Chime. : BELL
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Toy. : DOLL
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Rumanian city. : IASI
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Juvenile heroine. : OZMA
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Poetic contraction. : NEER
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Part of D. V. : DEO

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

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