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New York Times, Thursday, April 9, 1970

15-Across : Tidy

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.64, Missing: { J K }, Scrabble score: 308 (avg 1.70)
Open Squares: 59, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,544
Across
1
Isinglass : MICA
5
Depression-era camp : CCC
8
Box score : OOO
11
Cut short : ABORT
13
Laugh : HAHA
14
Underwear, for short : BVDS
15
Tidy : NEATASAPIN
17
Old English court : LEET
18
Thirty : XXX
19
Velez : LUPE
20
Italian poet : DANTE
21
Leak : SEEP
22
Believe, half-heartedly : GUESSSO
24
Circus feature : CLOWN
27
Part of a winter cap : EARLAP
29
Word man : ROGET
30
Lunch hour : NOON
31
Fog's relative : HAZE
35
St. Helena : ISLE
36
Approximately : CIRCA
37
Let out : EMIT
38
Shade of red : BEET
39
Wager : ANTE
40
Hawley tariff twin : SMOOT
41
Airport building : HANGAR
43
Coat with an alloy : TERNE
44
Feels compunction : REPENTS
47
1970 : YEAR
49
Quiet : ALLAY
50
Sign on a galley : STET
51
Top bond rating : AAA
54
Former TV personality : PAAR
55
Prepares for action : SQUARESOFF
58
Put one's foot ___ : INIT
59
Sage : HERB
60
Actor Robert : DONAT
61
Long-distance phoning: Abbr. : DDD
62
Measures: Abbr. : YDS
63
Individual: Abbr. : PERS
Down
1
Feline : MANX
2
Wild goat : IBEX
3
Urge : COAX
4
Rembrandts : ART
5
Inverness : CAPE
6
Greek letter : CHI
7
Preserve : CAN
8
Heaters : OVENS
9
U.S. playwright : ODETS
10
Bone: Prefix : OSTEO
12
Ability : TALENT
13
Youth assemblies : HAPPENINGS
14
Impious one : BLASPHEMER
16
Implore : SUE
20
Roman goddess : DEA
21
Honey : SWEETHEART
22
Household expense : GROCERYTAB
23
Arm bone : ULNA
24
Place for corn : CRIB
25
Mislay : LOSE
26
Eye : OGLE
28
Artery : AORTA
32
Cupid : AMOR
33
National park : ZION
34
Diminutive suffix : ETTE
36
Slant : CANT
40
Settled : STATED
42
There isn't ___ more : ANY
44
Fleet : RAPID
45
Antelope : ELAND
46
Cloth : PLAID
48
Poetic word : EER
50
Outer faces: Abbr. : SURS
51
First-rate : AONE
52
Distant : AFAR
53
Marquee abbreviation : AFTS
55
Diffident : SHY
56
Math letters : QED
57
Secondary reward : SOP

Answer summary:
3 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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