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New York Times, Friday, September 20, 1968

9-Down : Hair.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.46, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 83, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,978
Across
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Gone by. : PAST
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Continental prefix. : AFRO
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Vaunt. : BOAST
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Eight: Prefix. : OCTO
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Connery. : SEAN
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Less experienced. : RAWER
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Part of a wedding-song title. : PROMISEME
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Shah, for one. : IRANI
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Nonconformers. : SEPARATISTS
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Compass point. : SSE
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Goblet part. : STEM
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Paired up. : MATCHED
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Musketeer. : ATHOS
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Star: Lat. : STELLA
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Piece of meat. : CHOP
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Novel part. : TITLEPAGE
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The Pentateuch. : TORA
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Of or out of ___. : SORTS
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Fed. agent. : TMAN
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Academy of a sort. : ARTSCHOOL
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Of flying. : AERO
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Baseball hit. : TRIPLE
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Climbing stems. : BINES
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Feature of some pitchers. : BIGEARS
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Body of water. : POND
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Old card game. : LOO
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FBI investigation. : FEDERALCASE
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Dim. : UNLIT
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Merchandising term. : OPENTOBUY
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Relative. : NIECE
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Direction. : WEST
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Olive genus. : OLEA
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Made docile. : TAMED
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Fishing gear. : NETS
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Low islands. : KEYS
Down
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Family members. : POPS
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Port of Israel. : ACRE
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Bring to a standstill. : STOPSHORT
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Sauce ingredient. : TOMATOPASTE
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Tibet's neighbor. : ASSAM
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Metrical units. : FEET
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Branches: Biol. : RAMI
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On ___ (aroused). : ONESMETTLE
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Hair. : BRISTLE
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Row. : OAR
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Floating on the water. : AWASH
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Meaning. : SENSE
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True's companion. : TRIED
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Angers. : IRES
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Suit sizes: Colloq. : TALLS
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Explorer of Polynesia, circa 1775. : CAPTAINCOOK
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___ part. : ACTA
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Missile. : THOR
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Crouches. : STOOPSDOWN
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Austrian region. : TIROL
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Remediable. : AMENDABLE
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Station: Fr. : GARE
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Man's name meaning "man." : ENOS
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British county. : SHIRE
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Made by hand. : CRAFTED
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Roll of cloth. : BOLT
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Outspoken. : BLUNT
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Old district of Asia Minor. : IONIA
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Robot, from the Hebrew. : GOLEM
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Garment. : PANTS
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Fencing sword. : EPEE
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Leisure. : REST
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Chop ___. : SUEY
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Fledgling hawk. : EYAS
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Dessert. : ICE

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5 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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