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New York Times, Saturday, March 29, 1969

22-Across : Letter, British style.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { G Q W }, Scrabble score: 305 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,168
Across
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Barney of ring fame. : ROSS
5
Thrash. : FLAIL
10
Perform. : PLAY
14
Latin conjugation word. : AMAT
15
Weight. : OUNCE
16
De ___. : LUXE
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Retreat. : MAKEFORTHEHILLS
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Sign on a zoo house. : PRIMATES
21
Waterway. : INLET
22
Letter, British style. : ZED
23
Marina sight, : MAST
25
Censured. : BLAMED
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Famed ballet company. : BOLSHOI
32
Erudition. : LORE
33
Bristles. : SETAE
34
Bend in a ship's plank. : SNY
36
Makes a comeback. : EVENSUPTHESCORE
40
Oolong. : TEA
41
Malay boats. : PROAS
42
Coagulate. : CLOT
43
Agrees to. : ASSENTS
45
First Stuart king. : JAMESI
47
Some fliers. : ACES
48
Ingot. : BAR
49
___ frutti. : TUTTI
52
Legends, photowise. : CAPTIONS
57
Start of an alibi. : ITRIEDMYBESTBUT
60
Forest animal. : DEER
61
Anything that tempers. : EASER
62
Key symbols. : CODE
63
Actual being. : ESSE
64
To a tee. : APTLY
65
Uriah. : HEEP
Down
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Incline. : RAMP
2
Bradley. : OMAR
3
Literary pseudonym. : SAKI
4
Restrain. : STEM
5
Paid the bill. : FOOTED
6
Baited. : LURED
7
Aardvark meal. : ANTS
8
I, in Leipzig. : ICH
9
Light-Horse Harry. : LEE
10
Pedestal base. : PLINTH
11
Hiatus. : LULL
12
Wheel support. : AXLE
13
Day before: Abbr. : YEST
18
Daunt. : FAZE
19
Gallery sounds. : HISSES
23
Nocturnal insects. : MOTHS
24
Wings. : ALAE
25
Fruit decay. : BLET
26
I ___ parade. : LOVEA
27
Spaces. : AREAS
28
Chess pieces. : MEN
29
Greek letters. : BETAS
30
"___ Mio." : OSOLE
31
Japanese boxes. : INROS
33
Places, as a cue ball. : SPOTS
35
Abominable Snowman. : YETI
37
Coin. : SPECIE
38
Vase: Fr. : URNE
39
Year in reign of Charlemagne. : CCM
44
Literary form. : SATIRE
45
Jesting talk. : JAPERY
46
Wiles. : ARTS
48
Confusion. : BABEL
49
Neap or rip. : TIDE
50
Shoshoni. : UTES
51
Very: Fr. : TRES
52
Sac. : CYST
53
Yen. : ITCH
54
Woodwind. : OBOE
55
Art subject. : NUDE
56
Phase. : STEP
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Latin goddess. : DEA
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Plan. : MAP

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

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