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New York Times, Tuesday, July 16, 1968

53-Across : Maxim.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { H X }, Scrabble score: 315 (avg 1.65)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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P
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A
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L
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P
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J
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E
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T
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S
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C
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O
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T
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O
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A
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L
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N
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F
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Q
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U
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D
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S
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S
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K
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P
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M
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D
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M
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C
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S
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A
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O
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A
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S
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L
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B
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S
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B
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P
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L
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Z
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S
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P
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G
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C
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R
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V
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W
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L
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L
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N
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D
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A
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T
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,912
Across
1
Feeler. : PALP
5
Aircraft. : JETS
9
Edinburghers. : SCOTS
14
City on the Oka. : OREL
15
Lee's river. : AIRE
16
Girl's name. : LAURA
17
Historic ship. : NINA
18
Revisited. : FREQUENTED
20
"Ballad of the ___," Albee play. : SADCAFE
22
Restless. : UNEASY
23
Arabian city. : SANA
24
British romantic poet. : KEATS
25
Independently. : APART
27
60 secs. : MIN
28
Word with home or farm. : STEAD
32
Beggars. : MENDICANTS
35
Shot and shell. : AMMO
36
Had tea. : ATE
37
Garden adornment. : SUNDIAL
39
Container. : BIN
40
Try: Colloq. : STAB
42
Making ineffective. : PARALYZING
44
Sweet stuff. : SYRUP
46
Colloid. : GEL
47
Specifies. : CITES
48
Rhapsodized: Colloq. : RAVED
50
Sobbed. : WEPT
51
Deadlock. : LOGJAM
53
Maxim. : PRECEPT
56
French verse form. : VILLANELLE
58
Paris airport. : ORLY
59
Moslem faith. : ISLAM
60
Kind of light. : NEON
61
Low-pitched. : DEEP
62
Armadillo. : APARA
63
Trifles. : TOYS
64
Taro root. : EDDO
Down
1
Name of fame in opera. : PONS
2
Opera feature. : ARIA
3
Heeds. : LENDSANEAR
4
Advertisement. : PLACARD
5
Part of Tel Aviv. : JAFFA
6
Where the Liffey flows. : EIRE
7
Italian "three." : TRE
8
In order. : SEQUENTIAL
9
Precipitates. : SLEETS
10
Card game. : CANASTA
11
Ump's calls. : OUTS
12
Card. : TREY
13
Triste. : SAD
19
Spanish article. : UNA
21
Nay-sayers. : ANTIS
24
Family. : KINDRED
25
Collect. : AMASS
26
Small-minded. : PETTY
27
Administration. : MANAGEMENT
29
Angered. : EMBITTERED
30
Chemical compound. : AMINE
31
Bell sounds. : DONGS
33
Recipe measure. : CUP
34
Girl of song. : SAL
38
French school. : LYCEE
41
Raffles. : BURGLAR
43
Mail must. : ZIPCODE
45
Garment. : PAJAMA
49
Forefront. : VAN
50
Servicewomen. : WRENS
51
Speech problem. : LISP
52
Mexican stewpot. : OLLA
53
Gambit. : PLOY
54
Sued. : PLED
55
Proofreader's concern. : TYPO
56
Through. : VIA
57
Zodiac sign. : LEO

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

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