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New York Times, Tuesday, November 5, 1968

67-Across : Steelhead.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { B J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 1, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 7,024
Across
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Eastern nana. : AMAH
5
Companion of mater. : ALMA
9
Net. : TRAWL
14
Single. : SOLE
15
A particular government policy. : DEAL
16
Something superlative: Slang. : HONEY
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Goblet in Granada. : COPA
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Popular candidate. : VOTEGETTER
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If not. : ORELSE
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Relative of etc. : ETAL
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Presidential nickname. : IKE
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Bed canopy. : TESTER
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Spanish uncles. : TIOS
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Big Dipper. : THESEVENSTARS
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___ pool. : CAR
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Sapless. : SERE
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Corroborant. : TONIC
37
Be. : EXIST
39
Branch. : ARM
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Plant of the banana family. : CANNA
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Quilting-party giver. : DINAH
43
Early shipbuilder. : NOAH
45
Singular. : ODD
46
Typical sixth-grader. : ELEVENYEAROLD
50
Fencer's foil. : EPEE
51
Walks (along). : TROOPS
54
Heel part. : TAP
57
Viva-voce. : ORAL
59
Edom (the Biblical land). : IDUMEA
60
Improve. : AMELIORATE
63
Parliament, in some countries. : DIET
64
Shade of blue. : COPEN
65
Pindaric poems. : ODES
66
A deadly sin. : ENVY
67
Steelhead. : TROUT
68
Herculean deed. : FEAT
69
Whaler's cask. : RIER
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Broad necktie. : ASCOT
2
Brooklyn's poetess. : MOORE
3
Growing in high woodlands. : ALPESTRINE
4
Part of HEW. : HEALTH
5
Unfavorable. : ADVERSE
6
Delibes. : LEO
7
Defeat at chess. : MATE
8
Building wing. : ALETTE
9
Poem popular 100 years ago. : THELOSTCHORD
10
Piffle or twaddle. : ROT
11
No-man. : ANTI
12
Cycle of days. : WEEK
13
Erato's symbol. : LYRE
19
Increase. : GAIN
21
Catches on. : SEESTHEPOINT
26
Where Zeno taught. : STOA
28
Cycle. : ERA
29
Author of "A Trip to the Moon," 1865. : VERNE
30
Latin phrase, usually abbreviated. : ANNODOMINI
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Peel. : RIND
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Fish. : SCAD
33
Relinquish. : CEDE
34
Angle of twig and branch. : AXIL
38
Except. : SAVE
40
Bird of yore. : MOA
44
Most pretentious. : ARTIEST
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Popular pianist. : NERO
48
Part of the meaning of 30 Down. : YEAROF
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In the higher decibel range. : LOUDER
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Irritate: Colloq. : PEEVE
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Faun's cousin. : SATYR
54
Asset in politics. : TACT
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Winged child. : AMOR
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Gourd. : PEPO
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Stow cargo. : LADE
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Rumanian coin. : LEU
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Party. : TEA

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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