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New York Times, Monday, January 1, 1968

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { F Q V X }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 28.2
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,715
Across
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Box. : CRATE
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One of the Smiths. : ADAM
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Thicket. : BOSK
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Soft speech sound. : LENIS
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Palermo money. : LIRE
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Scene of recent coronation. : IRAN
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Representative. : AGENT
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Name taken by Naomi. : MARA
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Barrier. : GATE
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Soothing lotion. : WITCHHAZEL
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Become unusable (with "out"). : BLOW
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Drapery lining. : SATEEN
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Word with wall or walk. : SIDE
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Chinese temple. : TAA
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Yellowish-pink. : TEAROSE
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Traffic. : COMMERCE
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Sharpen. : STROP
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Building yard. : AREA
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Certain scientists: Abbr. : ASTRS
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Luminous ring. : HALO
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Startle. : SCARE
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Provinces. : OUTLANDS
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Tree insect. : KATYDID
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Numerical prefix. : TRI
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Iturbi. : JOSE
51
Asian. : HINDOO
55
Musical heroine. : LOLA
58
Kind of lily. : BELLADONNA
61
Oriental heroine. : OLAN
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Sword. : EPEE
63
American golfer. : SNEAD
64
Greek wine pitcher. : OLPE
65
Suffix with new or old. : NESS
66
Girl's nickname. : ANGIE
67
Nursery school procedures. : NAPS
68
Very: Fr. : TRES
69
Wish for. : YEARN
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Pincers part. : CLAW
2
Curia ___ (king's court): Lat. : REGIS
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Dutch news agency. : ANETA
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Color: Poet. : TINCT
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Beauty lover. : ESTHETE
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Annuals. : ALMANACS
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Former President of Mexico. : DIAZ
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Check. : ARREST
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In Africa, an ear of corn. : MEALIE
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Very large cannon. : BIGBERTHA
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Spoken. : ORAL
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Premier of Japan. : SATO
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Remembered. : KNEW
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"___ pin drop." : HEARA
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Courtroom figures: Abbr. : DAS
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Mediterranean port. : ORAN
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Not for sale. : SOLD
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Literary work. : EPOS
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Wooden vessel. : CASK
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Killer whale. : ORCA
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Gist, as of a story. : MEAT
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Footwear for small fry. : MARYJANES
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Initials of 1945. : ETO
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Inexorable. : RUTHLESS
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Threadlike groove. : STRIA
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Former name for Tokyo. : EDO
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New York name. : LINDSAY
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"As the twig ___ ... " : ISBENT
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More intense. : DEEPER
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English poet and clergyman. : DONNE
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Lake N E of Ladoga. : ONEGA
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Walk ___ (be happy). : ONAIR
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Water bird. : LOON
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Pottery piece. : OLLA
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Native of N Europe. : LAPP
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___ majesty. : LESE
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Yemen's neighbor. : ADEN

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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