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New York Times, Saturday, April 13, 1968

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.36, Missing: { Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 298 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,818
Across
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Golf strokes. : BAFFS
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Date circa founding of the Sorbonne. : MCCL
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Piles. : NAPS
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Opposed (to). : ALIEN
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Mariner's cry. : AHOY
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Member of an Asian household. : AMAH
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Novel heroine. : LORNA
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"___ inhumanity ... " : MANS
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Brief autobiography. : VITA
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Discoverers. : DESCRIERS
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Car on some trains. : DINER
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Numerical suffix. : TEEN
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Follow the leader. : GOSECOND
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Chair parts. : ARMS
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"A rift within ___." : THELUTE
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___ sponte (of his own will): Lat. : SUA
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Empty. : VOID
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Overlook. : FORGET
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Relaxed. : ATEASE
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Day time. : FOUR
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Title. : SIR
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Rakes with machine-gun fire. : STRAFES
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Part of a goblet. : STEM
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Unconventional music piece. : FANTASIA
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Hebrew unit of measure. : EPHA
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Shakespearean character. : ARIEL
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Treats badly. : DISSERVES
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Mere nothing: Fr. : RIEN
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Knee motion. : JERK
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King of Greece, 1947-64. : PAULI
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Grow or become: Suffix. : ESCE
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Impression. : IDEA
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Start. : ONSET
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Conveyance. : DEED
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Superlative. : BEST
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Reads rapidly. : SKIMS
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Unadorned. : BALD
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Old world plant. : ALOE
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Ship's officer. : FIRSTMATE
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Barriers. : FENCES
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Catch. : SNARE
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Broadway role. : MAME
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Diplomat of a kind. : CHARGEDAFFAIRES
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United: Abbr. : CONSOL
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River into the Schelde. : LYS
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Nautical paper, British style. : NAVICERT
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Kind of acid. : AMINO
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Thin metal disk. : PATEN
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Sliver of pottery. : SHARD
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Chanters. : INTONERS
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Road sign. : DETOUR
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Spreads over. : SUFFUSES
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Where the Ob flows. : ASIA
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No giant he. : RUNT
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Speed. : HIE
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Relating to a Roman goddess. : VESTAL
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Swedish king. : GUSTAVUSI
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Pennsylvania county. : ERIE
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Period. : TERM
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Sped. : HASTENED
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Fish dish. : ROE
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___ camp. : AIDEDE
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Contracted. : SHRANK
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Got along. : FARED
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Issue. : ARISE
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Relative. : NIECE
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Pumpkin and melon. : PEPOS
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Card game. : SKAT
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Kind of school: Abbr. : ELEM
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Holds a meeting. : SITS
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Sail. : JIB

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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