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New York Times, Monday, December 6, 1965

68-Across : African villages.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 4.89, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,959
Across
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Place sought as a goal. : MECCA
6
Skirt insert. : GORE
10
Warp yarns. : ABBS
14
Macaw. : ARARA
15
George and others. : ADES
16
Supporter of: Suffix. : CRAT
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Say the wrong thing. : MAKEABREAK
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Masculine title. : HERR
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Nautical term. : ALEE
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Adored one. : IDOL
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English author. : READE
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Index reference. : PAGENINE
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See 6 Down. : KEW
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Site of one of the "seven wonders." : BABYLON
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Fountain items. : SODAS
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Possessive. : OUR
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Army men. : LTS
34
Tire parts. : TREADS
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Hemline area. : KNEES
38
Abscond. : ELOPE
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Hothead's cousin. : TARTAR
43
Familiar nickname. : SAM
45
Old English rune. : WEN
46
Card. : KNAVE
47
Groomed. : PREENED
49
Adage. : SAW
51
Roses. : RAMBLERS
53
Intercontinental range. : URALS
55
Came to rest. : ALIT
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Landing place. : PIER
60
Baptism, for one. : RITE
61
Without a sou: Slang. : STONEBROKE
63
On the deep. : ASEA
64
Ran. : WENT
65
Lubricated. : OILED
66
Crowd together. : HERD
67
Augments. : ADDS
68
African villages. : STADS
Down
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Nursery word. : MAMA
2
Of a period of time. : ERAL
3
Lady Baltimore, for one. : CAKE
4
Causing goose pimples. : CREEPY
5
Motorist's group. : AAA
6
Beauty spots. : GARDENS
7
Historic theater in Paris. : ODEON
8
Down-to-earth one. : REALIST
9
River into the Firth of Forth. : ESK
10
Feel compassion (for). : ACHE
11
Fails to function. : BREAKSDOWN
12
Piece of armor for a horse. : BARDE
13
Spread abroad. : STREW
18
Prejudiced one. : BIGOT
22
Savior. : REDEEMER
24
Special baseball team. : ALLSTARS
25
And not. : NOR
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Famous editor. : BOK
28
Family member. : AUNT
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Mole. : BREAKWATER
31
Indian mulberry. : AAL
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Graf ___. : SPEE
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Sea bird. : ERN
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Terminate. : END
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Of all: Scot. : AVA
42
Wed again. : REMATED
43
First-aid needs. : SPLINTS
44
Mountain ridge. : ARETE
48
Sprightly wit. : ESPRIT
49
Silk material. : SURAH
50
Originate. : ARISE
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Fair. : BLOND
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Direct. : LEAD
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Kansas city. : IOLA
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Made do (with "out"). : EKED
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Garnet and others. : REDS
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Neighbor of Rhodesia: Abbr. : SWA
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Genus of cattle. : BOS

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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