Solution PDF had TOME instead of GONE, which fit the clues. Changed TOME to GONE. Perhaps the editor was trying to eliminate the duplication of GO in ONGO and GONE.
1 B | 2 A | 3 S | 4 K | 5 B | 6 A | 7 L | 8 M | 9 S | 10 H | 11 R | 12 E | 13 W |
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14 I | D | E | E | 15 O | B | O | E | 16 C | E | A | S | E |
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17 R | O | O | D | 18 R | E | C | D | 19 R | A | N | T | S |
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20 D | R | U | G | 21 O | N | T | H | E | 22 M | A | R | K | E | T |
23 S | E | L | E | N | E | 24 S | E | P | T | |||||
25 G | O | 26 N | 27 E | 28 T | E | A | 29 P | 30 O | 31 T |
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32 B | 33 A | 34 L | 35 O | O | 36 A | N | 37 T | A | 38 C | O | C | O |
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39 A | S | I | F | 40 B | I | N | A | L | 41 H | O | H | O |
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42 F | U | N | F | 43 A | L | U | M | 44 D | E | P | O | T |
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45 T | R | A | C | 46 E | S | 47 I | S | 48 L | E | |||||
49 O | L | I | 50 O | 51 E | A | 52 S | 53 T | 54 E | 55 R |
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56 A | 57 S | 58 Q | U | I | C | K | 59 A | 60 S | A | F | L | A | S | H |
61 G | O | U | R | D | 62 A | P | O | D | 63 A | L | S | O |
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64 A | R | I | S | E | 65 Y | O | Y | O | 66 S | K | E | D |
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67 G | A | Z | E | D | 68 S | C | A | N | 69 H | Y | N | E |
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 3 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.