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New York Times, Wednesday, November 4, 1970

9-Down : French heads

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q V }, Scrabble score: 307 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
David Steinberg notes:

Entry for 42-Across is ERL, but "erlkonig" is one word; left as it was.

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A
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W
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N
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S
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T
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A
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B
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L
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Y
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O
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N
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G
Y
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O
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T
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T
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K
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M
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K
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H
Y
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Y
A
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D
© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,753
Across
1
Barley beards : AWNS
5
Word for some budgets : TIGHT
10
Clean the deck : SWAB
14
Bar : SHUT
15
Buffalo of India : ARNEE
16
Line-marking material : LIME
17
Acrobatic routine : SOMERSAULT
19
Arthurian woman : ENID
20
Pad : TABLET
21
Roman gods : PENATES
23
Advice to Macduff : LAYON
26
Appraise, with "up" : SIZE
27
Rubbish : OFFAL
30
Free and clear : NET
32
Certain compasses : GYROS
35
Of the shoulder : ALAR
36
Accompany : BEWITH
38
Shooter : TAW
39
Palm fiber : TAL
40
Tend in a way : BABYSIT
41
D.D.E. : IKE
42
Schubert's "___ könig" : ERL
43
Most wintry : ICIEST
44
Bowfin genus : AMIA
45
Met again : RESAT
47
Kind of cross : TAU
48
Scornful look : SNEER
49
Pardon me! : AHEM
51
Pay : REMIT
53
Muckraking articles : EXPOSES
56
Souls: Lat. : ANIMAE
60
Sandarac tree : ARAR
61
Recoil : SPRINGBACK
64
Constituents of modern jam : CARS
65
Tea fare : SCONE
66
Gardner : ERLE
67
Mad, in Scotland : HYTE
68
Audience reactions, sometimes : YAWNS
69
Beginning : SEED
Down
1
Helper: Abbr. : ASST
2
Stop! : WHOA
3
Insensible : NUMB
4
Brilliant : STELLAR
5
Savory : TASTY
6
Dublin initials : IRA
7
Wildebeest : GNU
8
Word to a lifeguard : HELP
9
French heads : TETES
10
Flimsy : SLEAZY
11
Season : WINTERTIME
12
Friend in Lille : AMIE
13
Garden areas : BEDS
18
Sincere : REAL
22
Kind of light : NIGHT
24
"I'm not ___ interested" : ONEBIT
25
Time to start over : NEWYEAR
27
Horse opera : OATER
28
Warning device : FLARE
29
Rivals the one-hoss shay : FALLSAPART
31
Thin paper : TISSUE
33
Former actor Jack : OAKIE
34
Promise : SWEAR
36
Cistern : BAC
37
Small bird : TIT
40
Stings : BITES
44
Resort near Nice : ANTIBES
46
"Get ___!" : AHORSE
48
Blab to the D.A. : SING
50
In disarray : MESSY
52
Horse features : MANES
53
"To ___ his own" : EACH
54
Certain photo : XRAY
55
Humane org. : SPCA
57
Old gray one : MARE
58
Asian tree : ACLE
59
Pieced out : EKED
62
Quarrel : ROW
63
Wayside, for one : INN

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 3 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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