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New York Times, Wednesday, May 15, 1968

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 2, XRef: 2, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 31.5
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,850
Across
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Belongings. : GEAR
5
Prefix with view or photo. : TELE
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Take off. : SOAR
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Pot. : OLLA
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Macaw. : ARARA
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Legal term. : INRE
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Mine: Fr. : AMOI
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College, to some. : MATER
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Vine product. : WINE
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Airstream, in aeronautics. : DOWNWASH
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Made easier. : ABATED
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Land of princes. : WALES
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See 42 Across. : MOS
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Straw hat. : BOATER
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Clean. : WASHOFF
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Telescope part. : LENS
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Great. : EPIC
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Yorkshire river. : URE
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Housewives' helpers. : WASHINGMACHINES
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Cry of approval, in Spain. : OLE
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Slangy negative. : NOPE
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Calendar abbreviations. : OCTS
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Laundry product. : WETWASH
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Surfaces. : PLANES
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Insect. : ANT
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List of a kind. : SLATE
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Cable. : HAWSER
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Water-color painting. : WASHWORK
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Where Brigham City is. : UTAH
58
Entities. : UNITS
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Ailment. : AGUE
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Dishes served. : MENU
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Carlo's companion. : MONTE
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Order to a broker. : SELL
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Chick sound. : PEEP
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Common verb. : BEEN
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Dickens character. : HEEP
Down
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Sting. : GOAD
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Saint's name. : ELMO
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Down: Naut. : ALOW
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Result of a cloudburst. : RAINWASH
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Meat and corn concoction. : TAMALE
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Desk item. : ERASER
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Wood for buildings. : LATHS
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Cockney's "present." : ERE
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College, in fiction. : SIWASH
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"With the blue ribbons ___ ... " : ONIT
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English composer. : ARNE
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Flute. : REED
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Semitic language. : ARAMAIC
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Asian temple. : WAT
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Dutch painter. : BOSCH
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Memphis street. : BEALE
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Beginning. : ONSET
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Initials of the 1930's. : WPA
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Small amount. : OUNCE
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Vexes. : FRETS
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Own (up): Colloq. : FESS
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Lemberg. : LWOW
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Dutch uncle. : EME
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Empty. : INANE
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Patent medicine. : NOSTRUM
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Rate of flow of water: Abbr. : GPH
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Small town 73 miles N of Spokane. : IONEWASH
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Scrub. : WASHUP
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River into the Missouri. : PLATTE
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Volcano in California. : LASSEN
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Of sports: Abbr. : ATH
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Farm animals. : SWINE
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Mound. : HUMP
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To ___. : ATEE
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Fade. : WANE
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Curved molding. : OGEE
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Law. : RULE
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Ocean product. : KELP
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Hill in San Francisco. : NOB

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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