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New York Times, Saturday, August 24, 1968

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 41.3 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,951
Across
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Before-the-storm status. : CALM
5
Teacher's pet. : PUPIL
10
Limited time. : SPAN
14
Land of the Orientals. : ASIA
15
Curaçao's neighbor. : ARUBA
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Parish in Ireland. : TARA
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Political group. : DEMOCRATICPARTY
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Drain. : SAP
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Froglike. : RANID
22
Whales of a kind. : ORCAS
23
Enticed. : LEDON
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Private eye. : TEC
25
Put in juxtaposition. : APPOSE
28
Party wing. : NORTHERN
33
Republican National Chairman. : BLISS
34
Expectations. : HOPES
35
Zodiac sign. : LEO
36
Package. : BALE
37
Gets there. : COMES
38
Noted scientist. : RABI
39
One ___ time. : ATA
40
Practice. : TRAIN
41
Montana features. : MINES
42
Party wing. : SOUTHERN
44
Go wading. : PADDLE
45
Crude. : RAW
46
Words of wisdom. : ADAGE
48
Port ___ cheese. : SALUT
51
Nautical term. : STERN
52
A year to come. : MMI
55
Cynosure on Aug. 26th. : CHICAGOILLINOIS
58
Frenzied. : AMOK
59
Start of many a song. : ILOVE
60
Hannah's cousin. : ANNE
61
Folding money. : TENS
62
5th Chief Justice of the U.S. : TANEY
63
Delegate's prerogative. : VOTE
Down
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Social liabilities. : CADS
2
Offshore. : ASEA
3
Droopy. : LIMP
4
Chinese name. : MAO
5
Delegates' demonstration. : PARADE
6
Heaven: Prefix. : URANO
7
"The man who" routine. : PUTINNOMINATION
8
Same: Lat. abbr. : IBID
9
Insect product. : LAC
10
Stiffener. : STARCH
11
Part of Paris. : PARC
12
Greek gulf. : ARTA
13
Votes. : NAYS
18
Salad green. : CRESS
19
Writers. : POETS
23
Miss out. : LOSE
24
Very much: Fr. : TRES
25
Biblical fathers. : ABBAS
26
Thinker of long ago. : PLATO
27
Oriental dish. : PILAU
29
Candid. : OPEN
30
Antelope. : ELAND
31
Maverick, perhaps. : REBEL
32
Characteristic of conventions. : NOISE
34
Frost. : HOAR
37
TV camera group. : CREW
38
Cycle. : RIDE
40
"He went ___-way : THATA
41
Big: Prefix. : MAGNI
43
Part of the street scene. : TRUCKS
44
Conference. : PARLEY
47
Dig. : DELVE
48
Out! : SCAT
49
Resigned expression. : AHME
50
Man of courage. : LION
51
Stage direction. : SOLA
52
Numerical prefix. : MONO
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Source of money. : MINT
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Well, well! : ISEE
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Scram! : GIT
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Marine: Abbr. : NAV

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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