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New York Times, Wednesday, April 10, 1968

50-Down : Ceases to have.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,815
Across
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Paris square. : PARC
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Obstacle of a sort. : HUMP
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Not one's cup ___. : OFTEA
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Genus of trees. : OLEA
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Spoken. : ORAL
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Sister: Lat. : SOROR
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Speech sound. : LISP
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Hearty soup. : MINESTRONE
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Belles ___. : LETTRES
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Bakery goods. : BREADS
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Sorry one. : RUER
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Article of food. : VIAND
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Ballerina Shearer. : MOIRA
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Dance step. : PAS
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Challenged. : DARED
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Honorary title. : EXCELLENCE
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Days of ___. : YORE
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Tennis term. : LET
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Rich white wine. : MADEIRA
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Container. : BIN
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___ and terminer. : OYER
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Certain winds. : WESTERLIES
44
Jewish festival. : SEDER
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Direction. : SSE
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Clergyman's home. : MANSE
48
Hearth goddess. : VESTA
50
Helen's cousin. : LENA
51
Rotary tool. : REAMER
53
Scene of historic conference, 1945. : POTSDAM
56
Wind instruments. : HARMONICAS
58
"___ Camera." : IAMA
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Not fitting. : UNAPT
60
Yorkshire river. : AIRE
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His ___ (self-important one). : NIBS
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Term in billiards. : MASSE
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Drowses. : NODS
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Stout: Fr. : GROS
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Ballot. : POLL
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"I cannot tell ___." : ALIE
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Limited. : RESTRICTED
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Arrest. : CAPTURE
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Baseball term. : HOMER
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American novelist. : URIS
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Person. : MAN
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Important vote. : PLEBISCITE
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Belgian seaport. : OSTEND
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"Queen ___." : FORADAY
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Walked. : TROD
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Untold years. : EONS
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"We ___ Not Alone." : ARE
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Mrs. in Spain. : SRA
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Province. : REALM
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First name in the English theater. : VANESSA
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Cyclades island. : MELOS
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Daisy. : OXEYE
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Commonplace. : PEDESTRIAN
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Old Irish love song. : ROBINADAIR
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Enemies of the Iroquois. : ERIES
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Obtuse. : DENSE
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Profession. : LAW
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Before: Poet. : ERE
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Medieval helmet. : ARMET
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Patches up. : REVAMPS
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City in Michigan. : LANSING
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Inaccessible. : REMOTE
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Relative of Rep. : SEN
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Ceases to have. : LOSES
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Frog genus. : RANA
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Historic times. : ERAS
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Companion: Slang. : PARD
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Early pulpit. : AMBO
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Larger part. : MASS
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Drone. : HUM
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Labor group. : CIO

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

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