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New York Times, Wednesday, February 14, 1968

44-Down : Cuban dances.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { F H K Q }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,759
Across
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King of Amalek. : AGAG
5
W. W. II boats. : LSTS
9
Babylonian storm god. : ADAD
13
She: Lat. : ILLA
14
Astringent. : ALUM
15
Doubly. : TWICE
16
Stir up. : ROIL
17
Weather sign. : VANE
18
Terry. : ELLEN
19
Indian tribe. : WALLAWALLA
22
Army offs. : LTS
23
Kind of burner. : OIL
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Sapid. : TASTY
26
Schooner spar. : MAINMAST
31
Court messenger. : BEADLE
34
Case in grammar: Abbr. : ABL
35
Opposite of 56 Down. : AVOUS
37
Effort. : TRIAL
38
Steinbeck character. : JOAD
40
Improvise. : ADLIB
42
Dolomites. : ALPS
43
Exeunt ___. : OMNES
45
Directed. : AIMED
47
Medieval poem. : LAI
48
Topcoat type. : RAGLAN
50
Render powerless. : PARALYZE
52
Lake of NW Europe. : ILMEN
54
Suffix in chemistry. : IDE
55
French affair. : BAL
57
College tune. : BOOLABOOLA
62
Cousin of Absalom. : AMASA
64
Field of snow. : NEVE
65
Palm. : NIPA
67
Ninth: Lat. : NONUS
68
Again. : OVER
69
Holm oak. : ILEX
70
Londoner's flat. : DIGS
71
Affirmative of a kind. : SISI
72
Staff man. : AIDE
Down
1
Kind of brake. : AIR
2
Kind of worm. : GLOW
3
Inter ___. : ALIA
4
Measure. : GALLON
5
Samoan loincloth. : LAVALAVA
6
Cole's partner. : SLAW
7
Large food fish. : TUNA
8
Silvery fish. : SMELT
9
Tool. : AWL
10
"Lavender's blue, ___ ... " : DILLYDILLY
11
Vinegar: Prefix. : ACET
12
Rooms. : DENS
15
China. : TEASET
20
Bean. : LIMA
21
Workshop. : LAB
25
Village of Erin. : TARA
26
Principal. : MAJOR
27
Serpent. : ABOMA
28
Perfume from Malayan tree. : ILANGILANG
29
Pop. : SODA
30
Flower. : TULIP
32
One of Bolivia's capitals. : LAPAZ
33
Girl's name. : ELSIE
36
Igneous rock. : SIMA
39
Dingle. : DELL
41
Deficiency disease. : BERIBERI
44
Cuban dances. : SAMBAS
46
Wall part. : DADO
49
Recent: Prefix. : NEO
51
New Jersey town. : LEONIA
53
Admonitions. : NONOS
55
Alexander had one. : BAND
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Mine: Fr. : AMOI
58
Jacob's son. : LEVI
59
Prayers. : AVES
60
Marlene. : LILI
61
Imitated. : APED
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Genus of swine. : SUS
66
Something to grind. : AXE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 9 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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