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New York Times, Thursday, May 9, 1968

36-Down : A sack of candy, maybe.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,844
Across
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Southern constellation. : APUS
5
God of war. : THOR
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Close. : FINIS
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Stratagem. : RUSE
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Kind of worship. : HERO
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Solo. : ALONE
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Separation. : BREAKAWAY
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Extreme. : ULTRA
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Across: Poet. : OER
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Disentangle. : UNSNARL
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Distant: Prefix. : TEL
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Live. : RESIDE
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Numbers game. : LOTTO
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Cow, rural style. : BOSSY
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From memory. : BYROTE
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Lawn pests. : MOLES
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Term of endearment. : LOVE
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"___ in one's bonnet." : ABEE
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Jewish month. : ADAR
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Card. : JOKER
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Do a housewife's chore. : DARN
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Hindu mystic. : YOGI
44
Jug. : EWER
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Full of bubbles. : SUDSY
46
Gingerbready. : ORNATE
48
Singable. : LYRIC
50
All thumbs. : INEPT
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Heretofore: Poet. : ERENOW
56
Here: Sp. : ACA
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Silly. : ASININE
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U.S.A., French style. : EUA
62
Stone: Lat. : LAPIS
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Not a VIP. : NONENTITY
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More than enough. : AMPLE
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Shine. : GLOW
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Prominent Alaskan. : EGAN
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Fishgig. : SPEAR
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Many ages. : EONS
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Give (out). : METE
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Garden spot. : ARBOR
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Soup. : PUREE
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Employers. : USERS
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Home of the Nautilus. : SEA
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Clan chiefs. : THANES
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Axes. : HEWS
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African port. : ORAN
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Shade of blue. : ROYAL
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Imperfect. : FAULTY
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"___ buy that." : ILL
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Tolerably good. : NOTTOOBAD
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About. : INRE
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Confirm. : SEAL
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Praise. : KUDOS
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Dresser. : ROBER
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Basque's neighbor. : IBERIAN
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Defame. : TRADUCE
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Leisurely. : SLOW
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Rustic. : YOKEL
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Regions: Abbr. : TERS
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Counting-out word. : EENY
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Irish county. : MAYO
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Redolence. : ODOR
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A sack of candy, maybe. : LAGNIAPPE
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The same. : VERY
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Vehicles. : JEEPS
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Lorelei. : SIREN
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Tantalizer. : TEASER
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Begins again. : RENEWS
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Color. : TINGE
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Snow, in France. : NEIGE
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___ first. : OUTAT
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Fort ___, Ind. : WAYNE
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Dear me! : ALAS
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Recreation place. : CAMP
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___ contendere. : NOLO
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Look ___. : INON
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Port union: Abbr. : ILA
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Pro ___. : TEM

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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