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New York Times, Tuesday, November 29, 1966

8-Down : Braided fabric.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F W X Z }, Scrabble score: 307 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry. Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,317
Across
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Doorway post. : JAMB
5
Discothèque term. : AGOGO
10
Afrikaans. : TAAL
14
___ Ben Adhem. : ABOU
15
Antiseptic. : IODIN
16
Play part. : ACTI
17
Office classification methods. : TABSYSTEMS
19
W. W. II craft. : LCTS
20
Legendary Gaelic bard. : OSSIAN
21
Talk up. : SPEAKOUT
23
Negations. : NOES
25
Ballet garb. : TUTU
26
Well-known poem. : TREES
29
Article. : THE
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French maid. : BONNE
35
Wheel parts. : RIMS
36
Liverpool millionaire. : BEATLE
38
Son of Odin. : TYR
39
Learners: Abbr. : APPS
40
Being put to service. : INUSE
41
Metric measure. : KILO
42
Brynner. : YUL
43
Footwear. : BOOTEE
44
Adam's grandson. : ENOS
45
Chinaware. : SPODE
47
Aftermath: Abbr. : SEQ
48
Swan: Fr. : CYGNE
49
Assents. : YEAS
51
Witty remark. : QUIP
53
Modern machine. : COMPUTER
57
Scottish name. : STUART
61
Russian city. : OREL
62
Secretary. : AMANUENSIS
64
Whether ___. : ORNO
65
Philanthropist. : GIVER
66
Business abbreviation. : CORP
67
Girl's nickname. : KATY
68
Saturate. : STEEP
69
Shades. : HUES
Down
1
Type of plane take-off. : JATO
2
Garments for Bedouins. : ABAS
3
Crowds. : MOBS
4
Work. : BUSINESS
5
Soissons's river. : AISNE
6
Acquired. : GOT
7
Anthology items. : ODES
8
Braided fabric. : GIMP
9
Beginning. : ONSET
10
Confer with. : TALKTO
11
Type of work. : ACCOUNTING
12
Alaskan isle. : ATTU
13
Agenda. : LIST
18
Natives of SW China. : YAOS
22
River into the Seine. : AUBE
24
Office workers. : STENOS
26
Cafeteria gear. : TRAYS
27
Tear apart. : RIPUP
28
Work. : EMPLOYMENT
30
Terre ___. : HAUTE
31
And those that follow: Lat. abbr. : ETSEQQ
33
Hosiery material. : NYLON
34
Irregular, as if gnawed away. : EROSE
36
Life: Prefix. : BIO
37
Nautical term. : LEE
41
Cut holes in (a data card). : KEYPUNCH
43
Boy friend. : BEAU
46
Spread out, in military science. : DEPLOY
48
Quote. : CITE
50
Certain party men. : STAGS
52
Seize power. : USURP
53
Kind of job. : COOK
54
Odd: Scot. : ORRA
55
Send out. : EMIT
56
Talk, in a way. : RAVE
58
Without ___ (broke). : ASOU
59
To laugh: Fr. : RIRE
60
Recipe measures. : TSPS
63
Born. : NEE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 4 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.

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