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New York Times, Tuesday, October 22, 1968

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 308 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 28.2
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 7,010
Across
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Trade. : SWAP
5
Sacred bull of Egypt. : APIS
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Church calendars. : ORDOS
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Roman historian. : LIVY
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Choice. : PICK
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Highway. : ROUTE
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Munich's river. : ISAR
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Driver of sorts. : SPEEDDEMON
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"Gone with the Wind" character. : MELANIE
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Light collation. : TEA
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M.D.'s group. : AMA
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Man's name. : AMOS
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He wrote it: Lat. : SCRIPSIT
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Per ___. : ANNUM
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Huge statue near Giza. : SPHINX
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L. P.'s. : RECS
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Musical syllable. : TRA
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Particular. : DETAIL
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Intensifed exclamation. : AAH
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Fimbriate. : FRINGED
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Native of Burma. : LAI
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Movie ad. : PREVUE
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Cyclades island. : IOS
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Blue-white star in Lyra. : VEGA
44
Turkish hospice. : IMARET
46
City on the Nile. : LUXOR
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Memorial to Walter Reed. : HOSPITAL
50
River into the Colorado. : GILA
51
Comport oneself. : ACT
52
Muffin. : GEM
53
Plush feature. : LONGNAP
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Play by Maxwell Anderson. : THEBADSEED
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Together: Mus. : ADUE
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Family insignia. : CREST
61
Slangy suffix. : EROO
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Report to. : TELL
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Therefore. : HENCE
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Canonical hour. : SEXT
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Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
Down
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Svelte. : SLIM
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Judicious. : WISE
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Overwhelming rush. : AVALANCHE
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Thisbe's beloved. : PYRAMUS
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Point in an orbit. : APSIS
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Whistle. : PIPE
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Arctic vista. : ICE
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Drawing. : SKETCH
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Commanded. : ORDAINED
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Small deer. : ROE
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Contemporary of Hugo. : DUMAS
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Mexican Indian. : OTOMI
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French upper house. : SENAT
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Pokes fun at. : DERIDES
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___ de guerre. : NOM
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Cocker. : SPANIEL
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He painted it: Lat. abbr. : PXT
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Not care ___. : ARAP
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Intimate. : NEAR
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Hindu title. : SRI
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Dealt with. : TREATED
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Kind of cocktail. : ALEXANDER
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Classic villain. : IAGO
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Double-talker. : LIAR
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Disinfect. : FUMIGATE
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Achieved. : GOT
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Social lion. : VIP
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Latin version of the Bible. : VULGATE
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Pharaoh's name. : RAMSES
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Writer Yutang. : LIN
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Small door. : HATCH
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Pigment. : OCHRE
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Dutch painter. : STEEN
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"Waiting for ___." : GODOT
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Pope in Luther's day. : LEOX
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College hall. : AULA
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Throw things to. : PELT
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Degree. : BSC
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Before. : ERE

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2 unique to this puzzle, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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