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New York Times, Wednesday, November 1, 1967

43-Across : Name in football lore.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q U }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,654
Across
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Petal. : LEAF
5
Ponies. : NAGS
9
Else. : OTHER
14
That ___ say. : ISTO
15
Way out. : EXIT
16
Lasso. : RIATA
17
Very: Ger. : SEHR
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S. Pacific islander. : POLYNESIAN
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Yemenite. : ARAB
21
Parallel. : ANALOG
22
Affiliation. : TIE
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Scriptural: Abbr. : BIBL
25
Descendant of Esau. : EDOMITE
27
Car comforter. : HEADREST
31
Compass point. : ENE
32
Letters. : ARS
33
"___ ship a-sailing ... " : ISAWA
35
Candle. : TAPER
39
Asian beast. : YAK
40
Hand over. : DELIVER
42
Exist. : ARE
43
Name in football lore. : STAGG
45
Stadium. : ARENA
46
Tease. : KID
47
Teleost fish. : EEL
49
Wide open spaces. : PRAIRIES
51
Evergreen shrub. : HEATHER
55
Gil ___. : BLAS
56
Type of road: Abbr. : EXT
57
Tooth surface. : ENAMEL
60
Type: Abbr. : ITAL
63
Quebec lake. : MISTASSINI
65
River into the Danube. : SAVA
66
Entreat. : PLEAD
67
William or State. : PENN
68
Girl's name. : INEZ
69
Rock strata. : SEAMS
70
Catch. : SNAG
71
Riviera resort. : NICE
Down
1
Lady in painting. : LISA
2
Weights of Denmark. : ESER
3
Canadian lake. : ATHABASKA
4
Deny. : FORBID
5
Certain Himalayans. : NEPALESE
6
Nerve-cell process. : AXON
7
River to the Colorado. : GILA
8
Manner. : STYLE
9
Historic 2,000-mile route. : OREGONTRAIL
10
Poetic contraction. : TIS
11
West Indies republic. : HAITI
12
Was: Fr. : ETAIT
13
Hindu queen. : RANEE
19
Lump. : NODE
24
Military footholds. : BRIDGEHEADS
26
___ culpa. : MEA
27
Does a farm job. : HAYS
28
Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
29
Casa room. : SALA
30
Insignificant one: Slang. : TWIRP
34
State. : AVER
36
Certain Asians. : PAKISTANI
37
Indian. : ERIE
38
Cincinnati nine. : REDS
41
Making possible. : ENABLING
44
Understand. : GET
48
Telescope part. : LENS
50
Kind of bread. : RAISIN
51
Fiber plants. : HEMPS
52
Banish. : EXILE
53
Lost. : ATSEA
54
Irritates. : RASPS
58
Appearance. : MIEN
59
Italian province. : ENNA
61
With: Fr. : AVEC
62
Take one's ease. : LAZE
64
Woolen cap. : TAM

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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