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New York Times, Monday, March 18, 1968

48-Down : Menu entries.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Min Word Len: 4, Missing: { J M Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,792
Across
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Faint. : WEAK
5
People of Asia. : TAIS
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College group. : GRADS
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Ship of myth. : ARGO
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Smallest of a litter. : RUNT
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Musical show. : REVUE
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"Eri Tu?", for one. : ARIA
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Former. : ONCE
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New York city. : UTICA
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Childhood game. : FOLLOWTHELEADER
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Untwisted silk. : SLEAVE
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Rural place. : DELL
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Fraulein's name. : ILSA
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Features of old-time drama. : ASIDES
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Pottery piece. : SHARD
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Emir's cousins. : AGAS
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Get ___ deal. : ARAW
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Secret writing. : CODE
40
Pair. : BRACE
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Hartebeest. : TORA
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Came to rest. : ALIT
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Go over MSS. : EDIT
44
Full of ginger. : PEPPY
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Show. : DEPICT
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Govt. agency. : NASA
49
Work group. : CREW
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Named. : TITLED
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Outdoor activity. : THREELEGGEDRACE
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Old-time wagons. : WAINS
62
Lamb. : ELIA
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Sports: Abbr. : ATHL
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Choose. : ELECT
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Smarten (up). : PERK
66
Avian sound. : WHOO
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They: Fr. : ELLES
68
Cliques. : SETS
69
Not so much. : LESS
Down
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Servicewomen, in Britain. : WAAFS
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Famous Flynn. : ERROL
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Spry. : AGILE
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Australian bear. : KOALA
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Gardener's need. : TROWEL
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Chloe, for one. : AUNT
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Kind of worm. : INCH
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Pegasus. : STEED
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Liquid nourishment. : GRUELS
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Get back at. : RETALIATE
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Eager. : AVID
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Leader: It. : DUCE
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Cookbook term. : SEAR
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Latin poet. : OVID
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Legal document. : LEASE
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Carnelian. : SARD
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Moreover. : AGAIN
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Plummet. : DROP
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Wyatt of the West. : EARP
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Dancer's motion. : SWAY
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Fish. : SCAD
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Rabbit's home. : HOLE
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Take ___ (decline). : ADIP
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Disposition to say little. : RETICENCE
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Deeds: Lat. : ACTA
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Kind of nut. : BETEL
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The best kind of bill. : PAID
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Heraldic devices. : CRESTS
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Menu entries. : STEAKS
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Cries. : WEEPS
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Fish in a certain way. : TRAWL
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Machine. : LATHE
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Namesakes of a nymph. : ECHOS
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Aegean island. : DELOS
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Avian sound. : TWEE
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Campus building. : HALL
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Cambodian coin. : RIEL
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Kind of club. : GLEE
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Surrounded. : GIRT

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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