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New York Times, Wednesday, February 25, 1970

16-Across : Vine

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,501
Across
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Addams : CHAS
5
Wits : WAGS
9
Baserunning feat : STEAL
14
Overwhelm : ROUT
15
Key : ISLE
16
Vine : LIANA
17
Essential : INTRINSIC
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Merits : EARNS
20
Trailing : BEHIND
21
South African village : STAD
23
Gift for a man : TIE
24
Ref. work : ENC
25
Lying over : ATOP
26
Frenchman's dear : CHER
27
New kind of corporation : CONGLOMERATE
31
Sculpture, for one : ART
32
Well informed : UPON
33
Certain candies : CREAMS
37
Roman numeral : MLI
38
Algerian title : DEY
39
Exclamation of triumph : AHA
40
Scottish river : DEE
41
Scorpion's comblike appendage : PECTEN
43
Arden and others : EVES
44
Moving vehicle : VAN
45
Surprise : ASTONISHMENT
48
Kind of muffin : BRAN
51
Leavings : ORTS
52
Put up, as peas : CAN
53
Poetic contraction : OER
54
Sky animal : BEAR
55
Hesitate : FALTER
58
Locating device : RADAR
60
Insect popular in horror tales : TARANTULA
62
French school : ECOLE
63
Long-lived patriarch : ENOS
64
___ go bragh : ERIN
65
Scrap : SHRED
66
Printing term : STET
67
Office equipment : DESK
Down
1
Corn container : CRIB
2
Sharpen : HONE
3
Valid : AUTHENTIC
4
Twine : STRING
5
Sirocco : WIND
6
Fool : ASS
7
Shine : GLISTEN
8
Quarter : SECTOR
9
Pung : SLED
10
Spanish relative : TIA
11
Loam : EARTH
12
Oakley : ANNIE
13
Powerful beam : LASER
18
Comprises : INCLUDES
22
Geronimo and cohorts : APACHES
25
Island off China : AMOY
26
Letter : CEE
27
Vacation spot : CAMP
28
Heraldic wreath : ORLE
29
Kind of shoe : OPENTOE
30
Morning sidewalk sight : TRASHCAN
34
Kind of film : ADVENTURE
35
Average : MEAN
36
Dispatched : SENT
39
Girl's name : AVIS
42
Color : TAN
43
Contestant : ENTRANT
46
Harangues : ORATES
47
Fountain drink : MALTED
48
Uninteresting persons : BORES
49
Attain : REACH
50
Passion : ARDOR
54
Raised : BRED
55
Fleet : FAST
56
Ancient Greek area : ELIS
57
Station : RANK
59
Beverage : ALE
61
Eggs : ROE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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