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New York Times, Friday, January 5, 1968

65-Across : Object of classic quest.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J K Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 247 (avg 1.31)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,719
Across
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Certain fans. : BUFFS
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Coins: Abbr. : CTS
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Drums. : BEATS
14
Lowest deck. : ORLOP
15
Exclamation. : OHO
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"Song of ___." : INDIA
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Market place. : AGORA
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Symphony conductor. : LEINSDORF
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Stock of musical offerings. : REPERTOIRE
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Fish dish. : ROE
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Ringo's name. : STARR
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Amma. : ABBESS
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Serenata. : CANTATA
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Indian. : CREE
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Prevaricate. : LIE
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Of birth. : NATAL
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Debussy sea piece. : LAMER
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Mine entrance. : ADIT
40
Precepts. : RULES
42
Opera heroine. : MIMI
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Opera heroine. : MANON
45
Forgive. : REMIT
47
Marble: Dial. : MIB
48
Vincent Lopez theme tune. : NOLA
50
Paints. : ENAMELS
52
Ravel favorite. : BOLERO
55
Spanish fruit. : ANANA
56
Constellation. : ARA
57
Introductory. : INITIATIVE
62
Maestro of fame. : TOSCANINI
65
Object of classic quest. : GRAIL
66
Start. : ONSET
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"Sound of Music" role. : NUN
68
Floral tribute. : ROSES
69
Not a soul. : NOONE
70
Compass point. : ESE
71
Flavoring. : ANISE
Down
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Wild animal. : BOAR
2
Press. : URGE
3
Failure: Collaq. : FLOP
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Arden. : FOREST
5
Stoic. : SPARTAN
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Soprano. : COLORATURA
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Possessive pronoun. : THEIR
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Evening: Fr. : SOIR
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Repeat: Mus. : BIS
10
Coda. : END
11
Worship. : ADORE
12
One of the satellites. : TIROS
13
Vaults. : SAFES
19
Approximating. : NEAR
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Man of the steppes. : TATAR
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___ canto. : BEL
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Smile. : BEAM
27
Solen. : CLAM
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Opera heroine. : AIDA
29
Familiar negative. : NEIN
30
"Darling" of old song. : CLEMENTINE
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Beverage. : ALE
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Dwarf in Wagner's "Ring." : MIME
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German name. : EMIL
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Umbrella parts. : RIBS
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Musical note. : TONE
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Biblical peak. : SINAI
44
Conjunction. : NOR
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Greek site of famed figurines. : TANAGRA
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Cut of meat. : LOIN
51
Dowager. : MATRON
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Leader's wand. : BATON
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Maine town. : ORONO
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Rope. : LASSO
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Early Japanese. : AINUS
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Nonet group. : NINE
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Rumanian city. : IASI
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Competes (with). : VIES
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Otherwise. : ELSE
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Time period: Abbr. : CEN
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Supped. : ATE

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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