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New York Times, Tuesday, June 18, 1968

25-Across : Dared, old style.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,884
Across
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Feeler. : PALP
5
Basalt. : ROCK
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Race track. : ASCOT
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Opole's river. : ODER
15
Very soon after. : UPON
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Fright. : SCARE
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Flying object. : KITE
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Curved. : BENT
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Attend. : NURSE
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Flightless bird. : EMU
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Lean and strong. : WIRY
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Hurry up! : COMEON
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Facsimile. : REPLICA
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Dared, old style. : DURST
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Conceit. : EGO
27
Polish assembly: Var. : SEIM
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Quick to learn. : APT
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Swedish name. : SVEN
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"___ Suite." : NUTCRACKER
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Hawk's nest. : AERIE
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Bering, for one. : SEA
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Nautical term. : LIETO
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Deadlock. : STANDSTILL
44
Jane or Zane. : GREY
45
Scuttle. : HOD
46
Manner. : MIEN
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Pulpy fruit. : UVA
49
"___ you so!" : ITOLD
51
Make stylish (with "up"). : SMARTEN
55
Unused. : VACANT
57
Engrossed. : RAPT
58
A certain league. : IVY
59
Work ___. : OFART
60
Sharp prongs. : NIBS
61
Seed part. : ARIL
62
Game of chance. : LOTTO
63
Unbleached. : ECRU
64
___ speak. : SOTO
65
Made of wood. : TREEN
66
Laser, for one. : BEAM
67
Straight ___ arrow. : ASAN
Down
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Card game. : POKER
2
Turn on ___. : ADIME
3
Cease. : LETUP
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Before: Prefix. : PRE
5
Scene of 49 B.C. crossing. : RUBICON
6
Performing art. : OPERA
7
Rabbit. : CONY
8
Chess piece: Abbr. : KNT
9
"I'm ___ as blueberry pie ... " : ASNORMAL
10
Filmy layers on some ponds. : SCUMS
11
Custodian. : CARETAKER
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Bear: It. : ORSO
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Suffix with six or seven. : TEEN
21
Headwear. : WIG
22
French leather. : CUIR
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Red Square name. : LENIN
25
Transferred picture. : DECAL
27
Mug. : STEIN
29
Man's nickname. : PETE
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Priam's domain. : TROY
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Cummerbund. : SASH
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Forbidding word. : VETO
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Wipe out. : ERADICATE
35
You: Sp. : USTED
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Humidor item. : CIGAR
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Canadian city. : EDMONTON
42
Dregs. : SILT
43
Form of payment. : LUMPSUM
48
Cistern. : VAT
50
French pastry. : TARTE
51
Native-born Israeli. : SABRA
52
Weather satellite. : TIROS
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Little Eva. : EVITA
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Synthetic. : NYLON
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Electrical unit. : VOLT
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___ effort. : AFOR
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Wedding accessory. : RICE
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State: Abbr. : NEB
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___ rule. : ASA

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

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