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New York Times, Monday, August 8, 1966

24-Across : Roughed it.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 14
David Steinberg notes:

Original was missing the clue for 10-Across. Looked like there could have been an underscore, so went with "___-yourself." (a clue Margaret had used).

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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,204
Across
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Tiller. : HELM
5
Fountain treats. : SODAS
10
___-yourself. : DOIT
14
Notion: Prefix. : IDEO
15
Genus of marine snails. : OVULA
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Aware (of): Slang. : ONTO
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Native of Helsinki. : FINN
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Climb aboard. : HOPON
19
Blessing. : BOON
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As originally placed: Lat. : INSITU
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Dormer windows. : LUTHERNS
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Roughed it. : CAMPEDOUT
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House shape. : CIGARBOX
29
Decorate. : SETOFF
33
Indian. : UTE
34
Petitions. : PLEAS
36
Prefix with comic or comedy. : SERIO
37
High old time. : BALL
39
Unfurnished. : EMPTY
41
Brooklet. : RILL
42
Inter ___. : ALIOS
44
Name meaning princess. : SARAH
46
Lodge member. : ELK
47
Gave assent. : NODDED
49
Raised shelves behind altars. : RETABLES
51
Chinese structure. : GREATWALL
53
Nursery of a sort. : TREEFARM
56
Hollywood commodity: Var. : GLAMOR
60
Marmalade ingredient. : RIND
61
Biblical verb. : DOETH
63
Mrs. Helmer. : NORA
64
Spanish-African colony. : IFNI
65
Girl's name, for short. : TONIA
66
Bivalve. : CLAM
67
Average. : MEAN
68
Frequently. : OFTEN
69
Lend a hand. : HELP
Down
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Record equipment. : HIFI
2
Midlothian city: Abbr. : EDIN
3
Camera part. : LENS
4
Santa ___. : MONICA
5
"Be it ever ___ ... " : SOHUMBLE
6
Egg: Prefix. : OVO
7
Type of residence. : DUPLEXAPARTMENT
8
Audibly. : ALOUD
9
Port of Brazil. : SANTOS
10
Improve. : DOBETTER
11
___ about. : ONOR
12
Put ___ (exaggerate): Slang. : ITON
13
Oodles. : TONS
21
Canvas cover. : TARP
23
Shades. : HUES
25
Idyls. : POEMS
26
Native of Oriente. : CUBAN
27
Combining form for a country. : ITALO
28
Extremely cold. : GELID
30
Bay window. : ORIEL
31
Girl: Fr. : FILLE
32
People. : FOLKS
35
Scatter. : STREW
38
Embedded. : LODGEDIN
40
Turkish saber. : YATAGHAN
43
Helot. : SERF
45
Auditorium. : HALL
48
___ the world (asleep). : DEADTO
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Whiten. : BLANCH
52
Have ___ over one's head. : AROOF
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Shipshape. : TRIM
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Prevalent. : RIFE
55
Sicilian resort. : ENNA
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Lawn tunneler. : MOLE
58
Spoken. : ORAL
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Turnpike exit. : RAMP
62
Relationship. : TIE

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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