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New York Times, Friday, July 8, 1966

46-Across : Rears.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 4.77, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,173
Across
1
Mild expletive. : DRAT
5
Harmonium. : ORGAN
10
Ancient Syria. : ARAM
14
Nimbus. : AURA
15
Boat. : FERRY
16
Mount Pisgah. : NEBO
17
Oil reserve in Wyoming. : TEAPOTDOME
19
"Martin ___." : EDEN
20
Comedian's forte. : ADLIB
21
Degrees. : MAS
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Long journey. : TREK
23
Hold firmly. : RIVET
25
Arctic sight. : FLOE
27
Article. : THE
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Store. : ENSILE
32
Bench-warmer. : SUB
35
Lively one. : ROMPER
38
___ life. : COMESTO
40
One kind of man. : AVERAGE
42
Learned. : ERUDITE
43
Marked. : DENOTED
44
Household worker. : IRONER
45
Old times, old style. : ELD
46
Rears. : ERECTS
49
Classes: Abbr. : GRS
50
Plant appendages. : AWNS
52
Rolls. : ROTAS
55
Monkey. : TITI
57
Obsolete car. : REO
58
Sic transit gloria ___. : MUNDI
62
French kings. : ROIS
63
Famous race horse. : SEABISCUIT
65
At the apex. : ATOP
66
Member of a corolla. : PETAL
67
___ herd on. : RIDE
68
Large number. : MANY
69
Winter sights. : SLEDS
70
Branch of linguistics: Abbr. : ETYM
Down
1
Information. : DATA
2
Repented of. : RUED
3
Asian sea. : ARAL
4
Snouted animal. : TAPIR
5
Many a time. : OFT
6
Indians. : REDMEN
7
Hulled grains. : GROATS
8
Branches. : ARMS
9
Humorist Bill. : NYE
10
Highest peak in the Pyrenees. : ANETO
11
Rectifying. : REDRESSING
12
"___ in one's bonnet." : ABEE
13
Benedictine. : MONK
18
Japanese sash. : OBI
24
Church custodians. : VERGERS
25
Nursery man. : FLORIST
26
Arboreal animal. : LEMUR
27
Business. : TRADE
28
Part of a slum. : HOVEL
29
Editor's job. : EMENDATION
31
See 25 Across. : ICE
33
Complete. : UTTER
34
Dutch settlers. : BOERS
36
Old-timer. : PRO
37
Dined. : EATEN
39
Former name of Tokyo. : EDO
41
Dutch commune. : EDE
47
Bring about. : CREATE
48
Sympathetic utterance. : TOOBAD
51
Slender. : WISPY
53
Mornings. : AMS
54
Coin in Quito. : SUCRE
55
Miner's car. : TRAM
56
Greek letter. : IOTA
57
Dance. : REEL
59
Night: Fr. : NUIT
60
Nursery colloquialism. : DIDY
61
Detail. : ITEM
63
Navy patrol officers. : SPS
64
French pronoun. : ILS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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