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New York Times, Friday, December 13, 1968

36-Across : Roman holidays.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J K Y Z }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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H
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 7,062
Across
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Robust. : HALE
5
Weather word. : COLD
9
Obstacle. : HITCH
14
Team members. : OXEN
15
Humorous suffix. : EROO
16
Missouri River port. : OMAHA
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Schism. : RIFT
18
Subject of Leonardo da Vinci painting. : LASTSUPPER
20
Recognize. : NOTICE
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Important imports. : TEAS
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Merino of a kind. : EWE
24
Glum. : MOROSE
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Gladly, old style. : LIEF
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Beige and gray. : NEUTRALCOLORS
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Dwindle. : EBB
35
Marsh bird. : RAIL
36
Roman holidays. : FERIA
37
Barbecue. : ROAST
39
___ Harbor. : SAG
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Stoop. : DEIGN
42
Part of India. : ASSAM
43
Household word. : MAMA
45
Suffix with Japan, Siam, etc. : ESE
46
Literary epithet. : THEBARDOFAVON
50
Foe of the Iroquois. : ERIE
51
Pieces of hard stone. : FLINTS
53
Sounds of delight. : AHS
56
Cargo units. : TONS
58
Think. : IDEATE
60
Not natural. : FACTITIOUS
63
Dear, dear! : ALAS
64
Love, in Hawaii. : ALOHA
65
As well. : ALSO
66
Five, in France. : CINQ
67
Spur part. : ROWEL
68
Diving bird. : LOON
69
Small fry. : TADS
Down
1
Cornucopia. : HORN
2
Accepted truth. : AXIOM
3
Stranded, in baseball parlance. : LEFTONBASE
4
Undivided. : ENTIRE
5
Keyboard instrument. : CELESTA
6
A feast ___ famine. : ORA
7
Gone forever. : LOST
8
Is that so? : DOTELL
9
Religious colony at Benton Harbor, Mich. : HOUSEOFDAVID
10
Gremlin. : IMP
11
Recording ribbon. : TAPE
12
Enjoy chicle. : CHEW
13
Run swiftly. : HARE
19
Mediterranean boat. : SAIC
21
"Caine Mutiny" climax. : COURTMARTIAL
25
Ares's sister. : ERIS
27
Disappear. : FLEE
29
Historic mission. : ALAMO
30
Certain objets d'art. : ORIENTALIA
31
Costumes: Colloq. : RIGS
32
Sound. : SANE
33
Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
34
Poppycock! : BOSH
38
¿Quien ___? : SABE
40
Barbed spear. : GAFF
44
Curse, old style. : MALISON
47
Run ___ (run wild). : RIOT
48
Negation. : DENIAL
49
Type of play. : ONEACT
52
Opinion on an issue. : STAND
53
Way out yonder. : AFAR
54
Gloriole. : HALO
55
Barge. : SCOW
57
Pas seul. : SOLO
59
Men's titles: Abbr. : ESQS
61
Much-used article. : THE
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G.I.'s favorite. : USO

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

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