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New York Times, Tuesday, November 21, 1967

63-Across : Deadly sin.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 304 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,674
Across
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Short surplice. : COTTA
6
Greek letter. : PHI
9
Flooded. : AWASH
14
Pas-de-Calais city. : ARRAS
15
W. W. II group. : RAF
16
Ottoman title. : PASHA
17
Dick Turpin's steed. : BLACKBESS
19
Abbot's aide. : PRIOR
20
Key's partner. : LOCK
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Anglo-Saxon letter. : EDH
22
Set free. : LOOSED
23
Compass point. : ENE
24
Toujours ___. : GAI
25
Norse name. : LEIF
26
Island haven of Bounty mutineers. : PITCAIRN
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Army man: Abbr. : SGT
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Storied trio. : BEARS
34
Literary man. : ANNOTATOR
36
Topmost: Prefix. : ACRO
37
Appalachian range. : SMOKY
38
___ War. : MANO
39
Devastating surprise. : BOMBSHELL
41
Surrey's cousin. : BUGGY
42
Some. : ANY
43
Rolling stone. : WANDERER
45
Type of income. : RENT
46
Dead heat. : TIE
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Man's name: Abbr. : EDW
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Huge bear of Alaska. : KODIAK
53
Dep. : STA
54
To ___. : ATEE
55
Over 21. : ADULT
56
Score in a game. : FIELDGOAL
58
French textile. : LISLE
59
Counter. : BAR
60
Eden and others. : EARLS
61
___ alia. : INTER
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Office holders. : INS
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Deadly sin. : SLOTH
Down
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Type of message. : CABLE
2
Fabric. : ORLON
3
Sign. : TRACE
4
Sailing term. : TACK
5
Propound. : ASK
6
Quandary. : PREDICAMENT
7
Culinary mixture. : HASH
8
Suppositions. : IFS
9
Assign. : APPOINT
10
___ nerves. : WAROF
11
The status quo. : ASIS
12
Loafer. : SHOE
13
Calloused. : HARD
18
Win: Colloq. : BEAT
22
Man's name. : LEROY
24
Men of war. : GIS
25
Father and son of TV. : LINKLETTERS
26
Math. item. : PROB
27
Teach ___ dog new tricks. : ANOLD
28
Bachelor party. : STAG
29
Dinner bell. : GONG
30
Ilium. : TROY
31
Rum cake. : BABA
32
College course: Abbr. : ECON
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Legion. : ARMY
35
Manchurian border river. : AMUR
37
Cut of meat. : SHANK
40
Campus wear. : SWEATER
41
Quilting party. : BEE
44
100 dinars. : RIAL
45
Moon valley. : RILLE
47
Kurile island. : ETORO
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Gave out. : DEALT
49
Break a promise: Slang. : WELSH
50
Hindu goddess. : KALI
51
Thor's father. : ODIN
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Clean house. : DUST
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City on the Wei Ho. : SIAN
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Arab's head cord. : AGAL
56
Justice Dept. group. : FBI
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Of the: Fr. : DES

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

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