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New York Times, Wednesday, May 8, 1968

47-Down : ___ town.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,843
Across
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Playbill features. : CASTS
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Bovine. : BULL
10
Creole rice cake. : CALA
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Frilling. : RUCHE
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Part of SEATO. : ASIA
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Pub specialties. : ALES
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Additional. : OTHER
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Precedence. : SENIORITY
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Court. : WOO
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To one side. : APART
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Bright red. : FLAME
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Collar extensions. : LAPELS
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Storage space. : CLOSET
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Flew. : SOARED
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Craft. : BOAT
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Shelter: Fr. : ABRI
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Peak in Genesis. : ARARAT
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Military honor. : DSC
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Some high school students. : COLLEGEMATERIAL
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Code. : KEY
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Wave. : COMBER
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___ de Pinos. : ISLA
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Lake: Sp. : LAGO
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Garage item. : OILCAN
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___ public. : NOTARY
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Oklahoman. : SOONER
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Still. : INERT
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Where Rangoon is. : BURMA
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Wane. : EBB
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Extreme or utmost. : NTHDEGREE
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Roundup. : RODEO
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Friend's word. : THEE
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Opera role. : AIDA
62
Indebted. : OWING
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Obey. : HEED
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Reward: Poet. : MEED
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Epigrammatic. : WITTY
Down
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Rook. : CROW
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Word with graph or giro. : AUTO
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Studious. : SCHOLARLY
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Article. : THE
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Jalisco attire. : SERAPE
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Primary. : BASAL
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Buyers. : USERS
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Ravelings. : LINT
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Arthurian poem. : LAI
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Quantity of cargo. : CARLOT
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Another name. : ALIAS
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"Now, ___ see." : LETME
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Until now. : ASYET
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Recently. : OFLATE
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Teaching. : PEDAGOGY
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Seed covering. : ARIL
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See 26 Across. : COATROOM
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Dress style, old style. : SACK
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Hautboy. : OBOE
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Hillside: Scot. : BRAE
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San ___. : REMO
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Diplomat: Abbr. : AMB
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Cast doubt on. : DISCREDIT
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Hacienda room. : SALA
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Family. : CLAN
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Card game. : ECARTE
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Irk: Dial. : RILE
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Fattened, in a way. : LARDED
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Lined up. : INAROW
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Musical chord. : NINTH
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___ town. : ONTHE
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Giggle. : TEHEE
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Shoe leather. : SUEDE
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Mythical maiden. : OREAD
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Cheese. : BRIE
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Propensity. : BENT
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Goblin. : BOGY
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School of whales. : GAM
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W. W. II initials. : OWI

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

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