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New York Times, Wednesday, July 10, 1968

20-Across : "Who's ___ ?" (Abbott-Costello routine).

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,906
Across
1
June bug. : DOR
4
Popular color. : ROSE
8
Czech. : SLAVIC
14
Anthropoid. : APE
15
Organic compound. : ENOL
16
Civil. : POLITE
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Something very easy: Slang. : KIDSTUFF
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___ d'être. : RAISON
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"Who's ___ ?" (Abbott-Costello routine). : ONFIRST
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Lincoln Center offering. : CONCERT
22
Wee. : TEENY
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Helpmate. : SPOUSE
25
___ rule. : ASA
26
Distributed. : DEALT
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Windstorm. : BLOW
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Opportune. : TIMELY
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Region: Poet. : CLIME
35
Survivor of the Pequod. : ISHMAEL
37
Hit hard: Colloq. : CLOUTED
39
Muscular. : BEEFY
40
Storage space. : CLOSET
41
Pianist Peter. : NERO
42
Brown ermine. : STOAT
44
Records. : LPS
47
White water. : RAPIDS
49
Deflect. : AVERT
51
Subsequently. : LATERON
54
Worldly. : SECULAR
56
Ridge near Jerusalem. : OLIVET
57
Our time. : SPACEAGE
58
Give in. : RELENT
59
Know, old style. : WIST
60
Proper. : DUE
61
Florida beach. : DELRAY
62
Entomologist's concern. : ANTS
63
Still. : YET
Down
1
Indian. : DAKOTA
2
Thinks or supposes. : OPINES
3
Community Chest symbol. : REDFEATHER
4
Process again. : RETRY
5
Burden. : ONUS
6
Advertising tactic. : SOFTSELL
7
Sprite. : ELF
8
Grow rapidly. : SPROUT
9
Bank business. : LOANS
10
Light shade. : ALICEBLUE
11
Workbench item. : VISE
12
"Take ___ leave it." : ITOR
13
Coin. : CENT
18
Pride, for one. : SIN
21
Mountain pass. : COL
24
Yield. : PAY
26
Letter. : DEE
28
She gets "a great big hand." : LITTLELADY
29
Cockney's flat. : OME
30
Espoused. : WED
32
"___ blowing bubbles ... " : IMFOREVER
33
New Jersey cape. : MAY
34
Lettuce. : COS
35
Element in Arabic names. : IBN
36
Understand. : SEE
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Graduate's memento. : CLASSPIN
38
Piece of ground. : LOT
40
Food fish. : COD
42
Irregular. : SPOTTY
43
Component of pewter. : TIN
45
City on the Moldau. : PRAGUE
46
Part of the neighborhood. : STREET
48
Theater-in-the-round. : ARENA
49
CPA's. : ACCTS
50
Aspect: Fr. : VUE
51
Man of rank. : LORD
52
Nautical term. : ALEE
53
Cash drawer. : TILL
55
Direction. : EAST
57
Home of the Hottentots: Abbr. : SWA

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

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