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New York Times, Tuesday, September 10, 1968

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 31.1
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,968
Across
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Obliquely. : ASKEW
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Cleric. : ABBE
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Commercial fuel. : COKE
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Garden flower. : PANSY
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Abrupt transition. : LEAP
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Entrance. : ADIT
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Flavoring ingredient. : ANISE
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David or Saul. : ISRAELITE
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Artificial channel. : RACE
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Taste. : SIP
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Fairy tale villainesses. : CRONES
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Clove hitch. : KNOT
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___ space. : OUTER
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Old-fashioned dances. : CAKEWALKS
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Adjective ending. : ICAL
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Container. : URN
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Americans in Paris. : ALIENS
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Lumpy. : CAKY
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Govt. agency. : REA
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City pest. : RAT
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Anthropoid. : APE
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Oriental title. : SRI
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Ancient American. : INCA
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Adorned. : GRACED
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Ship's displacement unit. : TON
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Forest features. : OAKS
49
Intensifying. : ENHANCING
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Nautical warning. : AVAST
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Bannister. : RAIL
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Château divisions. : SALLES
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State: Abbr. : WIS
60
Heaven: Fr. : CIEL
63
Holy time in early churches. : GREATWEEK
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Civil War general. : MEADE
66
One kind of gas. : TEAR
67
Israeli seaport. : ACRE
68
Golfer Palmer. : ARNIE
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Famous immunologist. : SALK
70
Cloth surfaces. : NAPS
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Army homes. : POSTS
Down
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Be on ___ with. : APAR
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Yemen's capital. : SANA
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Pleasing trifle. : KNICKKNACK
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Ancient ascetic. : ESSENE
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Letter. : WYE
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Others: Lat. : ALII
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Reserved beforehand. : BESPOKE
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Solicitor's milieu. : BAR
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Astronomer's term. : EPACT
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Of heat. : CALORIC
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Norse deity. : ODIN
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Bird. : KITE
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Summers, in France. : ETES
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Sooner. : ERE
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Prisoner-of war camp. : STALAG
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Man ___. : OWAR
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Figure in anc. Irish legend. : USNACH
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Bibelot. : CURIO
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Place of conflict. : ARENA
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Liquid measures. : LITRES
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Spaniards. : CASTILIANS
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Tire city. : AKRON
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Resting (upon). : LYING
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Blades of grass. : SPEARS
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Miss Ferber. : EDNA
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Happy ___. : ASALARK
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European metropolis. : ANTWERP
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Roman statesman. : CICERO
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Old-timer. : VET
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City on the Nile. : ASWAN
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NCO's. : SGTS
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Scope. : AREA
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True: Scot. : LEAL
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Namesakes of a President. : IKES
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Revise. : EDIT
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Sediment. : LEES
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1948–51 initials. : ECA
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Endpaper of a kind. : MAP

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

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