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New York Times, Thursday, January 4, 1968

23-Down : ___ on the back.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 310 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,718
Across
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Envelope part. : FLAP
5
Good! : BRAVO
10
Scarlet bird. : IBIS
14
Alley. : LANE
15
Batman's pal. : ROBIN
16
System of rules. : CODE
17
Subject of popular musical. : AUNTIEMAME
19
Pitcher. : EWER
20
B'way sign. : SRO
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Carried away. : RAPT
22
Small town. : HAMLET
24
Alaskan boats. : KAYAKS
26
Epic poetry. : EPOPEE
28
Old hands. : VETS
30
Fruit. : ORANGES
33
Filled. : SATED
36
Smallest degree. : LEAST
38
144: Abbr. : GRO
39
General Bradley. : OMAR
40
Remove frost. : DEICE
41
Ardor. : ZEAL
42
Perfect: Colloq. : AOK
43
Pen's partner. : BRUSH
44
Move, in a way. : SIDLE
45
Oven-baking instruction. : PREHEAT
47
Gape. : YAWN
49
Prominent family of India. : SINGHS
51
Goddard's forte. : ROCKET
55
Kitchen utensil. : SHAKER
57
Steel piece. : IBAR
59
Tokyo name. : ITO
60
TV essential. : TUBE
61
Before the war. : ANTEBELLUM
64
Stravinsky. : IGOR
65
Mediterranean island. : CRETE
66
Wave: Fr. : ONDE
67
Lines. : ROWS
68
Display rack. : EASEL
69
Habitual practices. : USES
Down
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Container. : FLASK
2
Petrarch's heroine. : LAURA
3
Pester. : ANNOY
4
Term of endearment. : PET
5
Contend with. : BREAST
6
Frolic. : ROMP
7
Lessen. : ABATE
8
Enthusiasm. : VIM
9
Inferior: Colloq. : ONEHORSE
10
Dealers in cubes. : ICEMEN
11
Like many a cowboy. : BOWLEGGED
12
___ fixe. : IDEE
13
Spanish painter. : SERT
18
Vexed. : IRKED
23
___ on the back. : APAT
25
Declare. : AVER
27
Swampy. : POACHY
29
Private eye. : SLEUTH
31
Of an age. : ERAL
32
Food fish. : SOLE
33
Lather. : SOAP
34
Cupid in art. : AMOR
35
Acknowledges applause. : TAKESABOW
37
Ice: Ger. : EIS
40
Auto sport. : DRAGRACE
41
Metal. : ZINC
43
Well: Lat. : BENE
44
Affirmed. : SWORE
46
Walkers. : HIKERS
48
Girl's name. : ARABEL
50
Realtor's offerings. : SITES
52
Furnaces. : KILNS
53
Piece of music. : ETUDE
54
Books. : TOMES
55
Rouse. : STIR
56
Victor. : HUGO
58
___ noire. : BETE
62
1933 initials. : NRA
63
Gehrig. : LOU

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

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