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New York Times, Thursday, November 14, 1968

10-Down : Goes by aircraft.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 7,033
Across
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Asian language. : THAI
5
N. Z. evergreen. : TAWA
9
Bugle call. : TAPS
13
Partner of file. : RANK
14
Constructor's beam. : HBAR
15
Mends. : HEALS
17
British princess. : ANNE
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One kind of time out. : RESTPERIOD
20
"Israfel" poet. : POE
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Permission to use. : LOAN
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Centers in electrical systems. : YBOXES
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Double-play combination. : SIXFOURTHREE
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Like a bump on ___. : ALOG
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Chef's device. : ROASTER
31
Prepossession or obsession. : FETISH
33
Noted Engllsh statesman. : PITT
34
Beam. : RAY
35
Landed. : ALIT
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Extent. : SCOPE
38
Clay dishes. : WARE
39
Very. : TOO
40
Power source. : ATOM
41
Bands or braces. : CLAMPS
43
Name in show business. : SINATRA
45
Symbol on a green flag. : HARP
46
Equine of a kind. : SHETLANDPONY
51
"___ forget." : LESTWE
54
Sandusky's lake. : ERIE
55
Caustic. : LYE
56
Secret agents. : OPERATIVES
58
Lizard of the Southwest. : GILA
59
Perfecto. : CIGAR
60
Take a flat. : RENT
61
Man's name meaning man. : ENOS
62
Yearling. : COLT
63
Ah me! : ALAS
64
Dress style. : TENT
Down
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Part of a band. : TRAPS
2
City in the news. : HANOI
3
Event for Texas, Dec. 29, 1845. : ANNEXATION
4
DDE. : IKE
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Motorist's choice. : THROUGHSTREET
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As hungry as ___. : ABEAR
7
"The little man who ___ there." : WASNT
8
Wyeth's work. : ART
9
Off ___ (out of tempo). : THEBEAT
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Goes by aircraft. : AEROES
11
Rue de la ___. : PAIX
12
Wild plum. : SLOE
16
Bodies of water: Abbr. : SDS
19
Fireworks experts. : PYROTECHNISTS
21
Pas-de-Calais town. : LOOS
24
Move like a bird. : FLIT
25
Initials on a tombstone. : HRIP
28
Tumbler's springboard. : TRAMPOLINE
29
Frontier lawman. : EARP
30
Bakery products. : RYES
31
Certain foods. : FATS
32
French saint of December 1st. : ELOI
33
Flower, for short. : POM
37
Chesterfield. : COAT
38
Loom threads. : WARP
40
Crosswise. : ATHWART
42
Stow the hold. : LADE
44
Starry. : ASTRAL
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Carpentry device. : LEVEL
48
Sports palace. : ARENA
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Material in some tires. : NYLON
50
Baker's buy. : YEAST
51
Opposite of exp. : LOC
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Literary genre. : EPIC
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State flower of Utah. : SEGO
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Author Levin. : IRA
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Receive. : GET

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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