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New York Times, Saturday, July 6, 1968

56-Across : Means of communication.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F M Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,902
Across
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100 centesimi. : LIRA
5
Subsequently. : LATER
10
Pretty: Fr. : JOLI
14
Viva-voce. : ORAL
15
Call forth. : EVOKE
16
Luau features. : UKES
17
Entertainment for a fee. : CABLETELEVISION
20
Book of the Bible: Abbr. : HEB
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Knot on a tree trunk. : BURL
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Engrossed. : INTENT
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Clumsy. : INEPT
25
Noun suffix. : AST
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John Jacob. : ASTOR
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Global area: Fr. : ASIE
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The least bit. : RAP
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Something to rely on in emergency. : SHEETANCHOR
35
State: Abbr. : ALA
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Plumbum. : LEAD
37
Bridge expert. : GOREN
38
Norse god. : ODIN
39
Noun suffix. : IER
40
Restaurants of a kind. : ROTISSERIES
42
Letter-writer's abbreviation. : PPS
43
Wife of Geraint. : ENID
44
Late May bloomer. : PEONY
45
Stannum. : TIN
46
Intersect. : CROSS
48
Tool. : PLIERS
52
Reptile, for short. : CROC
53
Well, well! : OHO
56
Means of communication. : RADIOTELEPHONES
59
Rugby's river. : AVON
60
Incensed. : IRATE
61
Spanish port on the Mediterranean. : ADRA
62
___ blue. : YALE
63
Gambol. : CAPER
64
Broadway name. : KERR
Down
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Katrine. : LOCH
2
Dies ___. : IRAE
3
TV appurtenance. : RABBITEARS
4
One's partner. : ALL
5
A slackening. : LETUP
6
Turn away. : AVERT
7
Bell sound. : TOLL
8
Also, old style. : EKE
9
Changes. : REVISIONS
10
Right. : JUST
11
Migrant farm worker. : OKIE
12
Trotsky. : LEON
13
Negative verbal form. : ISNT
18
First German President. : EBERT
19
___ alia. : INTER
24
Answered in the negative. : NOED
25
Trees. : ASHES
26
___ of the tongue. : ASLIP
27
Muttons. : SHEEP
28
Bitter. : ACRID
29
Device for signaling weather data. : RADIOSONDE
30
Outsider. : ALIEN
31
Garden flower. : PANSY
33
Argumentative. : AGONISTIC
34
Out. : NOTIN
38
Galena and others. : ORES
40
Type of rocket. : RETRO
41
Age. : EPOCH
46
Greek island. : CRETE
47
Cowboy. : ROPER
48
Word of request. : PRAY
49
Source of obsidian. : LAVA
50
Adored one. : IDOL
51
"___ Kleine Nachtmusik." : EINE
52
Thunder sound. : CLAP
54
Masculine title. : HERR
55
Eskers. : OSAR
57
See 41 Down. : ERA
58
Symbol of strength. : OAK

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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