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New York Times, Wednesday, July 16, 1969

5-Across : Authorize.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { B J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,277
Across
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L.A. footballers. : RAMS
5
Authorize. : CLEAR
10
Exclamation. : ALAS
14
Soviet range. : ALAI
15
Abode. : AERIE
16
Disgrace. : SOIL
17
Matching tools of a sort. : HAMMERANDSICKLE
20
Mode of travel. : SEAPLANE
21
Clamorous. : NOISY
22
Highway sign. : EATS
23
Early Briton. : PICT
25
Fire ___. : ALARMS
28
Precise persons. : PURISTS
31
Part. : ROLE
32
Proofreading mark. : CARET
33
Inlet. : RIA
35
Treating in a way. : COLDSHOULDERING
39
Compass point. : SSE
40
Noblemen. : EARLS
41
Broadway playwright. : INGE
42
Covers of a sort. : EYELIDS
44
"Gunsmoke" player. : ARNESS
46
Associate. : ALLY
47
Eager. : AGOG
48
Pool-ball shot. : MASSE
51
School of philosophy. : IDEALISM
55
Togetherness, in a way. : INTERDEPENDENCE
58
Umpire's cry. : FOUL
59
Beginning. : ONSET
60
Think, old style. : TROW
61
Electric ___. : FANS
62
Abounds. : TEEMS
63
New-math words. : SETS
Down
1
Stadium sounds. : RAHS
2
Winglike parts. : ALAE
3
Family member. : MAMA
4
Acted fatuously. : SIMPERED
5
Weight units. : CARATS
6
Tends. : LEANS
7
Water bird. : ERNE
8
Foreign ___. : AID
9
Thing in law. : RES
10
Scarves. : ASCOTS
11
Norse god. : LOKI
12
Bothers. : AILS
13
Weaver's reed. : SLEY
18
Ancient land. : ELAM
19
Abet. : INCITE
23
Eddies. : PURLS
24
Exacerbated. : IRED
25
Spark streams. : ARCS
26
Kind of change. : LOOSE
27
Passage. : ALLEY
28
Newman and Pry. : PAULS
29
Threefold. : TRINE
30
Spills the beans. : SINGS
32
Threadlike. : CORDY
34
Periods. : AGES
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Hawker. : SELLER
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Weather forecast. : HAIL
38
Hair style. : RINGLETS
43
Atelier equipment. : EASELS
44
Instruments. : AGENTS
45
Tobacco, for one. : ROAD
47
Revoke, legally. : ADEEM
48
Arouse resentment. : MIFF
49
Indonesian ox. : ANOA
50
Bewilder. : STUN
51
___ dixit. : IPSE
52
Concerning. : INRE
53
Lauder, for one. : SCOT
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Gulls. : MEWS
56
Dowry. : DOT
57
Chemical suffix. : ENE

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

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