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New York Times, Thursday, October 24, 1968

24-Down : One of the Allens.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { X }, Scrabble score: 347 (avg 1.86)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 7,012
Across
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Pitch's companion. : TOSS
5
Not very musical instrument. : KAZOO
10
Tennis stratagem. : LOB
13
Together. : WITH
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To any degree. : ATALL
15
Man from Odense. : DANE
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Kitchen staple. : OLEO
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Like some roasts. : BONED
18
Novel of 1816. : EMMA
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Concert feature. : SYMPHONY
21
Falsified. : FIBBED
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Bride-___. : TOBE
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Kitchen staple. : FLOUR
25
Irish playwright. : SHAW
27
Outsiders. : STRANGERS
31
Temporizes. : STALLS
33
Skirt features. : HEMS
34
Sine ___ non. : QUA
35
Songbird. : LARK
36
Throng. : HORDE
38
Shirt feature. : CUFF
39
Distress. : AIL
40
Make-believe. : FAKE
41
Dissension. : STRIFE
43
Sources of certain beverages. : BREWERIES
46
Scoreboard entries. : RUNS
47
Temblor. : QUAKE
48
Thing at hand. : THIS
50
Woos. : COURTS
52
Hazard. : JEOPARDY
56
Sheep genus. : OVIS
57
Preserves. : KEEPS
59
Make bold (to). : DARE
60
Neighbor of Essex. : KENT
61
All thumbs. : INEPT
62
Equalize. : EVEN
63
Navy man: Abbr. : ENS
64
Mane sites. : NAPES
65
Ball team. : REDS
Down
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Braces. : TWOS
2
Suave. : OILY
3
Pedicel. : STEM
4
Conversation of a kind. : SHOPTALK
5
Skewer item. : KABOB
6
___ leisure (unhurriedly). : ATONES
7
Madcap. : ZANY
8
Tauromachy exhortation. : OLE
9
Former heartthrobs. : OLDFLAMES
10
Valance. : LAMBREQUIN
11
"This one's ___." : ONME
12
Globule. : BEAD
15
Make operational: Colloq. : DEBUG
20
Blubber. : HOWL
22
Particles. : IONS
24
One of the Allens. : FRED
25
Walk-up feature. : STAIR
26
Masqueraders. : HARLEQUINS
28
A crowd, 'tis said. : THREE
29
Bridge plays. : RUFFS
30
Protected. : SAFE
31
Chunk. : SLAB
32
Sportswear fabric. : SHARKSKIN
37
Steinbeck character. : OKIE
38
Man with a mission. : CRUSADER
40
Achievement. : FEAT
42
Misstep. : TRIP
44
Delicatessen item. : WURST
45
Tundra's relative. : STEPPE
49
Bonifaces. : HOSTS
50
Industrial fuel. : COKE
51
Dutch ___. : OVEN
52
Vehicle. : JEEP
53
Glowing review. : RAVE
54
One of the Scotts. : DRED
55
Urges: Colloq. : YENS
58
Last Spanish queen. : ENA

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

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