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New York Times, Tuesday, January 30, 1968

65-Across : Guam's capital.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,744
Across
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Some hairdos. : MOPS
5
Watery sound. : PLASH
10
Girl's name. : MONA
14
Empty. : IDLE
15
Swain. : ROMEO
16
On ___ with. : APAR
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Wax wealthy. : FEATHERONESNEST
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Tiny trout. : FRY
21
Cards. : ACES
22
Philippine island. : PANAY
23
Like a sprite. : ELFIN
25
Pirouette. : SPIN
27
Some students. : CADETS
29
Stick to one's guns. : STANDPAT
33
Touch. : ABUT
34
Dress style. : EMPIRE
36
Oriental hero. : ALI
37
Flavor. : SAPOR
39
One: Ger. : EIN
40
Tropical animal. : TAPIR
42
Initials of 1945. : ETO
43
Chooses. : ELECTS
46
Actor Kelly. : GENE
47
Make over. : RENOVATE
49
Strait of the S. Pacific. : TORRES
51
Moistens. : DEWS
52
Biblical "sired." : BEGAT
53
Turkish coin. : ASPER
56
Marine fish. : SOLE
57
Noun suffixes. : IES
60
Does everything possible. : GOESTOANYLENGTH
64
Ten to one, for one. : ODDS
65
Guam's capital. : AGANA
66
Greek letter. : BETA
67
Mother of the Titans. : GAIA
68
Light giver. : TAPER
69
Bird. : WREN
Down
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Displease: Slang. : MIFF
2
Breslau's river. : ODER
3
Made use of. : PLAYEDUPON
4
Group. : SET
5
Not vague. : PRECISE
6
Cinema star. : LOREN
7
Minor prophet. : AMOS
8
Japanese coin. : SEN
9
Tool. : HOE
10
___ wife. : MANAND
11
Begin. : OPEN
12
Govt. agency. : NASA
13
Bohemian. : ARTY
18
Sword part. : HAFT
19
Musical instrument. : SPINET
24
Apollo's mother. : LETO
25
Be frugal. : STINT
26
Golf term. : PAR
27
Container maker. : CASER
28
Diminish. : ABATE
29
Cinnamon. : SPICE
30
Ferocious fake. : PAPERTIGER
31
Adjust. : ALINE
32
Fags. : TIRES
35
Opposes. : MEETS
38
Go back (to). : REVERT
41
City of India. : AGRA
44
Ordinance. : LAW
45
Chief. : STELLAR
48
Soviet seaport. : ODESSA
50
Molding. : OGEE
52
River of Ireland. : BOYNE
53
Excited. : AGOG
54
Beverage. : SODA
55
Feet: Prefix. : PEDI
56
Bakery item. : SNAP
58
Feminine suffix. : ETTE
59
Man of Burma. : SHAN
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Cereal grain. : OAT
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Oriental title. : AGA
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Ship's course. : NBW

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

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