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New York Times, Tuesday, April 8, 1969

22-Across : Power.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { B V Z }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
David Steinberg notes:

Original 49-Across clue had "Shakespearian"; changed it to "Shakespearean."

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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,178
Across
1
Plus item. : ASSET
6
Go to ___ of trouble. : ALOT
10
Munich's river. : ISAR
14
Offense. : PIQUE
15
Australian parrot. : LORY
16
___ contendere. : NOLO
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Cease-fire. : TRUCE
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Introductions. : PROLOGUES
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Guarantee. : SEAL
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Word for a ship. : SHE
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Power. : ENERGY
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Razor mishap. : NICK
25
Navigational aid. : LORAN
27
Where Tottenham is. : MIDDLESEX
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Airman's initials. : USAF
34
Soho residence. : OME
35
Some time. : AWHILE
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Outside: Prefix. : ECTO
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Hostilities. : WAR
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Through: Prefix. : PER
40
Gershwin. : IRA
42
Early Mongolian. : HUN
43
German river. : EGER
45
Dictator. : DESPOT
47
Fort near Monterey. : ORD
48
Took a bus. : RODE
49
Shakespearean heroine. : DESDEMONA
51
Tournament. : JOUST
54
Chemical ending. : ENOL
55
City on the Somme. : AMIENS
58
Grazed. : FED
60
Ridicule. : TWIT
63
Asylum. : SANCTUARY
65
Exclusively. : ALONE
66
Pay phone feature. : SLOT
67
Korean name. : RHEE
68
___ incognita. : TERRA
69
Sawbucks. : TENS
70
River to North Sea. : YSER
71
Small fry. : TYKES
Down
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Flats, for short. : APTS
2
Word of respect. : SIRE
3
Wasted. : SQUANDERED
4
Famed geometrist. : EUCLID
5
Golfer's adjunct. : TEE
6
Xanadu's river. : ALPH
7
Famed siren. : LORELEI
8
___ y plata. : ORO
9
U.S. President. : TYLER
10
Dramatic role. : INGENUE
11
Turn bad. : SOUR
12
Shake ___ (hurry). : ALEG
13
Optimistic. : ROSY
19
___ diet. : ONA
21
Slanted. : SKEWED
24
Applaud. : CLAP
26
Primroses. : OXLIPS
27
Yard implement. : MOWER
28
Insect stage. : IMAGO
29
Tatters. : SHREDS
31
Student's chore. : SCHOOLWORK
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Done to ___. : ATURN
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Stage and movie name. : FONDA
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Deteriorated. : ERODED
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Solar disc. : ATEN
44
Culls. : REJECTS
46
Unleash. : SETFREE
50
Variegated. : MOTLEY
52
Neighbor of Que. : ONT
53
Loan shark's line. : USURY
55
Right-hand man: Abbr. : ASST
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Man or boy. : MALE
57
Participating. : INON
59
One who peeks. : EYER
61
Regarding. : INRE
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Bohea and oolong. : TEAS
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Exclamations. : AHS
65
Appended: Abbr. : ATT

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

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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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