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New York Times, Friday, October 11, 1968

8-Down : New.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,999
Across
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Forfeited. : LOST
5
Nautical term. : ABAFT
10
Fruit. : LIME
14
Prefix with gram or graph. : IDEO
15
Zodiac sign. : LIBRA
16
Sure thing! : OKAY
17
Mimeographed item. : FORMLETTER
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Alerted (to). : WOKE
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Muscle. : TRICEPS
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Rejected. : SPURNED
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Take ___ (promise). : OATH
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Run after. : CHASE
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Bank item: Abbr. : ACCT
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Aix-les-Bains, for one. : SPA
29
Correspondent. : PENPAL
33
Disapproving sounds. : BOOS
34
Silvery. : ARGENTATE
36
Old Testament book: Abbr. : NUM
37
French star. : COLBERT
39
Literary light. : POE
40
Gastronomic. : EPICUREAN
42
Cause to go. : SEND
43
Best performance. : RECORD
44
Kirman. : RUG
46
Exec. : PRES
47
Of the birds. : AVIAN
49
Drooping. : ALOP
51
Partner of advise. : CONSENT
54
Son of Priam. : TROILUS
57
Step ___. : ONIT
58
Finally. : ATLONGLAST
60
Calif. school. : UCLA
61
Brownish gray. : TAUPE
62
10,741-ft. volcano. : ETNA
63
Decorticate. : PEEL
64
Rye fungus. : ERGOT
65
Bring up. : REAR
Down
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Hold up. : LIFT
2
Fragrance. : ODOR
3
Like some plays. : SERIOCOMIC
4
Certain felines. : TOMCATS
5
Hebrew letters. : ALEPHS
6
Scraps. : BITS
7
Approx. : ABT
8
New. : FRESH
9
Shingle underlayment. : TARPAPER
10
Feature of some housing. : LOWRENT
11
Sacred image. : IKON
12
Form. : MAKE
13
Watched. : EYED
18
Permit. : LET
22
Didn't, previously. : USENT
24
Bus system housing. : CARBARN
25
Big name in comics. : ABNER
26
Car. : COUPE
28
Beyond the ___. : PALE
30
Picnic item. : PAPERPLATE
31
In agreement. : ATONE
32
Yorkshire city. : LEEDS
35
The knee. : GENU
37
Pitcher's forte. : CURVE
38
Line in mathematics. : ORDINATE
41
Seaside. : COASTAL
42
Indulgent one. : SPOILER
45
Shade of red. : GARNET
48
Essence. : ATTAR
50
Diary of a sort. : LOG
51
Brilliant stroke. : COUP
52
Formerly. : ONCE
53
Luxor's river. : NILE
54
Talking mouse of TV. : TOPO
55
Annapolis school. : USNA
56
Headliner. : STAR
59
Tote. : LUG

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

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