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New York Times, Tuesday, March 4, 1969

66-Across : Prepare new defenses.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 339 (avg 1.79)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,143
Across
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Misbehave. : ACTUP
6
Pet. : TABBY
11
British money: Abbr. : STG
14
Sophisticated. : BLASE
15
Island, in Italy. : ISOLA
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Scoreboard trio. : OOO
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Example of lagniappe. : BAKERSDOZEN
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___ tree. : UPA
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Watched. : EYED
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St. ___, France's West Point. : CYR
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Swerved. : SKEWED
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Craft of sorts. : UFO
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Unserviceable. : USELESS
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Start of a game. : JUMPOFF
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Obligations. : NEEDS
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___ dare. : ONA
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Reluctant. : AFRAID
35
Common French verb. : ETRE
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Invigorating. : VITAL
40
Title of respect: Abbr. : ESQ
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Erect. : AREAR
42
Impress clearly. : ETCH
43
Snub. : REBUFF
45
Communication initials. : RCA
46
German philosopher. : HEGEL
48
Passes. : ELAPSES
50
Louis XV's favorite. : DUBARRY
52
Neighbor of Ida. : ORE
53
Poem. : EPOPEE
54
___ Paulo. : SAO
56
Scoria. : LAVA
60
Increase. : WAX
61
British composer. : EDWARDELGAR
64
Wind direction. : ENE
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Littoral. : COAST
66
Prepare new defenses. : REARM
67
Measures: Abbr. : YDS
68
Attempt. : ESSAY
69
Off-target. : STRAY
Down
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French clergyman. : ABBE
2
The Great Pacificator. : CLAY
3
Receipts, familiarly. : TAKE
4
Depleted. : USEDUP
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Through. : PER
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Redd up. : TIDY
7
Hebrew lyre. : ASOR
8
Dickens. : BOZ
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Delightful. : BLESSED
10
American Leaguer. : YANKEE
11
Foul-weather gear. : SOUWESTERS
12
Bends the elbow. : TOPES
13
Stimuli. : GOADS
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Gibe. : SCOFF
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Church man. : ELDER
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A Saratoga purchase. : FOAL
26
Notable. : UNIQUE
27
Olympian. : JOVE
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Army group. : UNIT
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Containers of a sort. : MATCHBOXES
30
Ad lib. : FREELY
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Fireproofing: Abbr. : ASB
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Competition. : RACE
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Geologic times. : ERAS
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All of ___. : AHEAP
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Remote. : AFAR
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Altar screen. : REREDOS
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Bright light. : FLOOD
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Where the Alpheus flows. : GREECE
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Shot. : PELLET
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U.S. admiral. : DEWEY
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___ coming. : UPAND
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Fencer's cry. : SASA
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Bohemian. : ARTY
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Seaweed. : AGAR
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Latin-American measure. : VARA
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Multitude. : ARMY
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Common verb. : WAS
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Noun endings. : ERS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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