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New York Times, Friday, May 10, 1968

23-Across : Main arteries.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J Q X }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,845
Across
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"Wait a ___." : MINIM
6
The "Tentmaker." : OMAR
10
First father. : ADAM
14
Friend, in Roma. : AMICO
15
Burden. : LADE
16
Rootstock. : TARO
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Bewildered. : DAZED
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Overcame. : SMOTHERED
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Kind of khan. : AGA
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Notion. : IDEA
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Main arteries. : AORTAS
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German historian, Nobelist, 1902. : MOMMSEN
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Canine sound. : GRRR
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Native: Suffix. : OTE
28
Blessings. : GODSENDS
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Kind of rhyme. : MOTHERGOOSE
36
View. : EYE
37
To love: Sp. : AMAR
38
Cockney headgear. : ATS
39
Ruminant. : GOAT
40
Bad: Fr. : MAL
41
Native countries. : MOTHERLANDS
45
Territorial units. : ENCLAVES
47
Sweep. : OAR
48
Hera's son. : ARES
49
Port of Kenya. : MOMBASA
53
Commotion: Dial. : UPSTIR
56
Create. : MAKE
57
Child's cry. : MOM
58
Common sense. : MOTHERWIT
60
Magnanimous. : NOBLE
62
Hawaiian goddess of volcanoes. : PELE
63
The very best: Colloq. : AONE
64
Claw. : TALON
65
Kind of battery: Abbr. : STOR
66
Useless: Colloq. : NOGO
67
British guns. : STENS
Down
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Lady. : MADAM
2
Mature insect. : IMAGO
3
Eastern ruler. : NIZAM
4
Dessert. : ICE
5
Dressmaker. : MODISTE
6
Composer Ole. : OLSEN
7
Child's cry. : MAMA
8
Fuss. : ADO
9
Impedes. : RETARDS
10
Pied ___. : ATERRE
11
Type of seam. : DART
12
Field. : AREA
13
Britain's youth. : MODS
19
Rosinante. : HORSE
22
Bambi. : DEER
25
Writer of "Stille Nacht." : MOHR
26
Tailor's iron. : GOOSE
28
Barbarians. : GOTHS
29
Light. : NEON
30
Pair. : DYAD
31
Bridge defeats. : SETS
32
Musical name. : MAME
33
Muscat's neighbor. : OMAN
34
Soft mineral. : TALC
35
Entrances. : GATES
39
Dress. : GARB
41
Girl of song. : MARIE
42
Exceeded. : OVERRAN
43
Old World bird. : ROOK
44
Wails. : LAMENTS
46
Suds. : LATHER
49
San ___. : MATEO
50
Equine gait. : AMBLE
51
Lawgiver. : SOLON
52
Prayer words. : AMENS
53
Men in blue. : UMPS
54
Marlowe, for one. : POET
55
Normandy town. : STLO
56
Chinese dynasty. : MING
59
Court. : WOO
61
Grain. : OAT

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

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