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New York Times, Tuesday, September 2, 1969

38-Across : Does a shower routine.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,325
Across
1
Fog. : MIST
5
Prefix for gram or lith. : MONO
9
Paris subway. : METRO
14
U.S. novelist. : URIS
15
Footless animal. : APOD
16
Baseball statistic. : ERROR
17
Port in French Morocco. : SAFI
18
Military cap. : KEPI
19
Importune. : TEASE
20
D. W. Griffith classic. : INTOLERANCE
23
Ship initials. : USS
24
Within the moon's orbit. : CISLUNAR
25
City south of Waco. : LOTT
27
Large sandpiper. : KNOT
28
Study areas in a library. : CARRELS
31
Scarf. : ASCOT
34
Picture. : ICON
36
Indigo. : ANIL
37
European. : SLAV
38
Does a shower routine. : SOAPS
39
Reputation. : NAME
40
Charged atoms. : IONS
41
Pay up. : ANTE
42
Military unit. : SQUAD
43
Stirs. : AWAKENS
45
Received: Fr. : RECU
47
Power: Prefix. : DYNA
48
Entrapments. : SNARINGS
52
Sash. : OBI
54
Henry Roth novel. : CALLITSLEEP
56
Plowed land, in Spain. : ARADA
58
Yellow alloy. : AICH
59
"___ prude, but ... " : IMNO
60
Directs. : SENDS
61
College sports org. : NCAA
62
Arena figure. : TORO
63
Preference. : TASTE
64
Gainsay. : DENY
65
River to North Sea. : YSER
Down
1
Face the ___. : MUSIC
2
Asian. : IRANI
3
Screens. : SIFTS
4
Lunar crater. : TSIOLKOVSKY
5
___ bones about. : MAKENO
6
Maneuvers. : OPERATIONS
7
Wall Street term. : NOPAR
8
Norse god. : ODIN
9
Night sky sight. : METEOR
10
Poetic word. : ERE
11
German name for Bohemian city. : TRAUTENAU
12
Antarctic sea. : ROSS
13
Galena and others. : ORES
21
Theater name. : LUNT
22
Cliques. : CLANS
26
Lunar sea. : TRANQUILITY
28
Of a lunar crater. : COPERNICAN
29
New World city. : LIMA
30
Vehicle. : SLED
31
Land area. : ASIA
32
Dull. : SLOW
33
Most hockey pros. : CANADIANS
35
Kind of whip. : CAT
38
Capital of Yemen. : SANAA
42
Movie directors' needs: Abbr. : SCRS
44
Cover completely. : ENCASE
46
What horses do. : EATHAY
48
Golf mishap. : SLICE
49
Verne captain and others. : NEMOS
50
Style. : GENRE
51
Animal track. : SPOOR
52
Kiln. : OAST
53
City near Los Angeles. : BREA
55
Bring in, as a fish. : LAND
57
Insecticide. : DDT

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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