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New York Times, Thursday, September 26, 1968

26-Down : Archaic expletives.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 9, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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N
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A
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B
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O
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B
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L
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A
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D
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E
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B
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R
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O
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S
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A
M
O
R
E
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U
P
O
N
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Y
O
R
E
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M
I
S
O
G
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Y
N
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S
T
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T
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T
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E
D
S
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G
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G
A
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R
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A
H
R
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H
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J
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N
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F
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R
E
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E
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M
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B
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R
K
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J
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C
K
P
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O
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T
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S
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G
E
R
M
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S
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L
T
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E
R
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N
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A
L
A
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A
P
P
L
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O
N
N
O
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D
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N
E
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M
O
A
S
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P
O
G
O
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S
E
T
S
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U
P
O
N
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J
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I
L
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D
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N
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B
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D
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L
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O
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P
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O
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R
H
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O
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L
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O
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L
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A
B
O
R
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A
M
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N
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A
F
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T
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D
R
A
K
E
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T
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S
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E
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E
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L
© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,984
Across
1
Prominent man. : NABOB
6
Burden. : LADE
10
Firm name abbreviation. : BROS
14
Love, in Turin. : AMORE
15
At the risk of. : UPON
16
Of ___ (of old). : YORE
17
Woman hater. : MISOGYNIST
19
Cutting. : TART
20
Mss. men. : EDS
21
Wildly enthusiastic: Slang. : GAGA
22
Stadium sound. : RAHRAH
24
One of the Greys. : JANE
25
Provender. : FARE
26
Engage in an enterprise. : EMBARK
29
Las Vegas windfalls. : JACKPOTS
33
Wheat ___. : GERM
34
Pungent humor. : SALT
35
Colleen's name. : ERIN
36
Word of rue. : ALAS
37
Delicious. : APPLE
38
___ account. : ONNO
39
Sandy place: Brit. : DENE
40
Certain birds. : MOAS
41
Cartoon character. : POGO
42
Assails. : SETSUPON
44
Left in the lurch. : JILTED
46
Bewilder. : STUN
47
Found. : BASE
48
Biblical prophet. : DANIEL
51
Flying prefix. : AERO
52
Military address. : APO
55
Current: Prefix. : RHEO
56
"___'s Lost." : LOVESLABOR
59
Egyptian god. : AMON
60
Throw ___. : AFIT
61
Bird of a kind. : DRAKE
62
Decimal units. : TENS
63
Famous engineer. : EADS
64
Artist's need. : EASEL
Down
1
File entry. : NAME
2
Surrounded by. : AMID
3
Tweed, for one. : BOSS
4
Spanish gold. : ORO
5
Suppliant. : BEGGAR
6
Fencing maneuver. : LUNGE
7
Upolu port. : APIA
8
Two, in Spain. : DOS
9
Theatrical term. : ENTRACTE
10
Lincolnesque phrase. : BYTHEPEOPLE
11
Surf sound. : ROAR
12
Queer: Scot. : ORRA
13
Son of Adam. : SETH
18
Ballplayer, for short. : YANK
23
Clumsy craft. : ARK
24
Goodman specialties. : JAMSESSIONS
25
Hair pieces. : FALLS
26
Archaic expletives. : EGADS
27
Fracas. : MELEE
28
Kind of goose. : BRANT
29
Sea of ___. : JAPAN
30
Whether ___. : ORNOT
31
Coloring. : TINGE
32
Hair ribbon. : SNOOD
34
Runcible ___. : SPOON
37
Ancient two-handled bottles. : AMPULLAE
43
Indian. : UTE
44
Containers. : JARS
45
Opera role. : ISOLDE
47
Vegetable. : BEETS
48
Confound (it). : DRAT
49
See 36 Across. : AHME
50
Type of gas. : NEON
51
Keen. : AVID
52
Oriental garments. : ABAS
53
Pugilistic maneuver. : POKE
54
Soviet city. : OREL
57
One ___ kind. : OFA
58
Constellation. : ARA

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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