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New York Times, Friday, April 5, 1968

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 361 (avg 1.91)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 24.7
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,810
Across
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Chins. : GABS
5
Lockup. : JAIL
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Witches. : HAGS
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Eastern name. : ABOU
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Bear: Lat. : URSA
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Word of farewell. : ADIOS
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Wood wind. : OBOE
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Logger. : LUMBERJACK
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Tennis stroke. : LOB
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Citric. : LIMY
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Game. : SPUNKY
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Frustrates. : STYMIES
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Sports gear. : SKIS
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Gone. : PAST
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Calmness. : QUIETUDE
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Sandal part. : STRAP
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Hollow stems. : CULMS
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Put the kibosh on. : NIX
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Showy flower. : IRIS
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Plumed cap. : SHAKO
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___ Marquette. : PERE
38
To wit, for short. : VIZ
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Like certain vegetables. : LEAFY
40
Disquiets. : VEXES
41
Appetizer. : APERITIF
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Proserpine. : CORA
44
Vingt-___. : ETUN
45
Confuse: Slang. : FLUMMOX
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In violent disarray. : TORNUP
51
Social affairs. : TEAS
52
Buyer: Abbr. : PUR
53
Discards. : SWEEPSAWAY
55
Opposite of "baja." : ALTA
56
Former coin of Hungary. : PENGO
57
Upgrade. : RISE
58
Exceedingly. : VERY
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Understood. : SEEN
60
Dist. ___. : ATTY
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Noun suffixes. : ADES
Down
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Reading, et al. : GAOLS
2
Father superior. : ABBOT
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Reward of the most inept. : BOOBYPRIZE
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Girl of song. : SUE
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Style of cap. : JULIET
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Cuckoopints. : ARUMS
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Doctrinaire. : ISMY
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Chemist's domain. : LAB
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Rapacious ones. : HARPIES
10
Regulate. : ADJUST
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One of Menotti's names. : GIAN
12
Punch. : SOCK
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Shade of blue. : SKY
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Husky. : ESKIMO
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Speech affectation. : LISP
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Pasture sounds. : MAAS
25
Glum. : SULKY
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Drink heartily. : QUAFF
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Peerless. : UNEXAMPLED
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Most acute. : DIRE
30
Letters. : EXES
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One of the Trimurti. : SIVA
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Misstep. : TRIP
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Sequence. : CHAIN
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Organizations. : SETUPS
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Hair-do, for short. : PERM
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Landed. : LITUPON
40
French pronoun. : VOUS
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Bridge gaffe. : RENEGE
43
Marly. : CLAYEY
45
Repast. : FEAST
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Bizarre. : OUTRE
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Diagnostic aids. : XRAYS
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Recipe abbreviation. : TSP
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Uses credit cards. : OWES
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Lesage. : RENE
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Upbraid. : TWIT
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The Altar. : ARA
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A Gardner. : AVA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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