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New York Times, Saturday, August 17, 1968

53-Across : Vines.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 304 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,944
Across
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Ferber novel. : SOBIG
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W. I. Indian. : CARIB
11
Well, well! : OHO
14
Maine city. : ORONO
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Guam's capital. : AGANA
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Rest hour. : NAP
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L. I. resort. : FARROCKAWAY
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Govt. project. : TVA
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Part of A.D. : ANNO
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Pronoun. : HER
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Part of a faucet. : WASHER
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The winner. : ACE
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Omen. : PORTENT
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Family in the "Pickwick Papers." : WARDLES
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Zeal. : ARDOR
32
"Here ___ again." : IGO
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Supposed. : OPINED
35
Horse play. : POLO
38
Man's nickname. : NICKY
40
___ culpa. : MEA
41
What élève learns. : LECON
42
G & S character. : KOKO
43
Soft sea skeleton. : SPONGE
45
English title: Abbr. : KBE
46
Bay window. : ORIEL
48
Cut. : SCISSOR
50
Spanish baby. : INFANTE
52
W. W. II craft. : LST
53
Vines. : LIANAS
54
Antimony. : ORE
56
Poetic foot. : IAMB
60
Edible item. : EGG
61
Name in the news. : ROCKEFELLER
64
Aberdeen's river. : DEE
65
House mouse. : MURID
66
S. A. animal. : LLAMA
67
Vocal pauses. : ERS
68
Farm sights. : STIES
69
Church council. : SYNOD
Down
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Couch. : SOFA
2
African port. : ORAN
3
Brought forth. : BORN
4
Raid. : INROAD
5
Sticky stuff. : GOO
6
Dessert. : CAKE
7
Lab culture. : AGAR
8
Unrefined. : RAW
9
Briefly. : INAWORD
10
French military hero. : BAYARD
11
Iced, current style. : ONTHEROCKS
12
Refuge. : HAVEN
13
Museum showing. : OPART
18
Bird sound. : CHEEP
23
Part of a mine. : STOPE
25
Satiate. : CLOY
26
Songs of joy. : PAEANS
27
Signal, in a way. : WINK
28
Exchange fee. : AGIO
29
Familiar hymn. : ROCKOFAGES
30
Uncomplicated. : SIMPLE
34
Prefix of revival. : NEO
36
Wolf. : LOBO
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Stand-out: Colloq. : ONER
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Sacred book. : KORAN
41
Garlands. : LEIS
43
Starts. : SETSOUT
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Musical notation. : GCLEF
47
Babe ___. : INARMS
49
"Oft in the ___ night ... " : STILLY
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___ France. : ILEDE
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African river. : NIGER
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Migrant worker. : OKIE
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Checker pieces. : REDS
57
Paton. : ALAN
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Note. : MEMO
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Wire nail. : BRAD
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Dernier ___. : CRI
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Some railroads. : ELS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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