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New York Times, Saturday, July 27, 1968

33-Across : Supply.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,923
Across
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Main clue in this puzzle. : MAN
4
French painter. : MANET
9
Mother, in Midi. : MAMAN
14
Tokyo, some time ago. : EDO
15
Convex molding. : OVOLO
16
Suppress. : ELIDE
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Body builders, perhaps. : MUSCLEMEN
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Family man. : DADDY
20
Mixture. : OLIO
21
Sent back. : REMANDED
23
Belts. : STRAPS
25
Jewish month. : ELUL
26
Cover. : LID
29
Sanitize. : CLEAN
31
Slope backward. : RECEDE
33
Supply. : CACHE
36
Residents: Suffix. : ITES
38
Sign. : OMEN
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Firm. : ADAMANT
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Persian rugs. : KERMANS
43
Incarnation of Vishnu. : RAMA
44
"Woe ___!" : ISME
46
Gallic relative. : TANTE
47
Available for. : OPENTO
49
Commercial creators. : ADMEN
51
Piece of mail: Abbr. : LTR
52
Black: Poet. : EBON
54
Avoid. : ESCHEW
58
City legislator. : ALDERMAN
61
Wahine dance. : HULA
62
Acted, in a way. : MIMED
64
Mechanic. : GARAGEMAN
66
Discourse. : ORATE
67
Idolize. : ADORE
68
Had brunch. : ATE
69
Kind of house. : MANOR
70
Stair post. : NEWEL
71
Man's nickname. : NED
Down
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Informal records. : MEMOS
2
Man. : ADULT
3
Polite refusal. : NOSIR
4
Small particle: Abbr. : MOL
5
Reluctant. : AVERSE
6
Gold rush town, 1899. : NOME
7
Lead, for one. : ELEMENT
8
Musical term. : TONAL
9
Interfere with. : MEDDLE
10
Side petals: Bot. : ALAE
11
Agent. : MIDDLEMAN
12
Annex. : ADD
13
Officer at Waterloo. : NEY
18
Driver. : COACHMAN
22
Tend. : NURSE
24
Request. : PLEA
27
Evidence of a sort, for short. : IDENT
28
Packed. : DENSE
30
Islets. : AITS
32
Shoshone. : COMANCHE
33
Sing. : CAROL
34
Suit (to). : ADAPT
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Television VIP. : CAMERAMAN
37
Supplemented (with "out"). : EKED
40
Weeping mother. : NIOBE
42
U.S. 1 and others. : RTES
45
Like some satellites. : MANMADE
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Hay spreader. : TEDDER
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"All ___ created equal." : MENARE
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Harmonium. : ORGAN
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___ being. : HUMAN
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Inspire. : ELATE
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Dwindled. : WANED
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Mother of Apollo. : LETO
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In ___ (lined up). : AROW
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Family member. : MOM
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Man's name. : IRA
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Lab term. : GEL

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

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