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New York Times, Wednesday, March 20, 1968

60-Down : Racket strings.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 306 (avg 1.65)
Open Squares: 61, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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R
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,794
Across
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Engine turn: Colloq. : REV
4
Shoes. : TIES
8
Bell sound. : DONG
12
Island off Java. : BALI
13
___ Hashana. : ROSH
14
Bibelot. : CURIO
15
Holes in one. : ACES
16
Successively. : INSEQUENCE
18
Where the Humboldt flows. : NEVADA
20
Jewish month. : ELUL
21
Gives the green light. : OKS
22
Hang back: Colloq. : DRAGONESFEET
25
Carpenter's joint. : TENON
26
Wall St. term. : STOCKS
30
"Do ___ say ... " : ASI
32
Spoiled. : UNDID
35
Fabric texture. : WALE
36
Citizen of Zagreb. : CROAT
38
Alfonso's queen. : ENA
39
A flowing in. : INSET
40
Use a grasping device. : TONG
41
Earth-mover, for short. : DOZER
43
Social occasion. : TEA
44
Diversify. : ASSORT
47
Corp. VIP's. : EXECS
49
Accompany. : GOHANDINHAND
54
Anthropoid. : APE
57
Theater area. : LOGE
58
Navy man. : SEABEE
59
Inexorable force. : JUGGERNAUT
62
Goes boating. : ROWS
63
Gaelic name. : ANGUS
64
Raison d'___. : ETRE
65
Heavy odor. : MUSK
66
Portico of ancient Rome. : XYST
67
Get rid of. : SHED
68
Piggery. : STY
Down
1
Sportscar. : RACER
2
Heights. : ELEVATIONS
3
Countenance. : VISAGE
4
Royal villa at Versailles. : TRIANON
5
Noun suffix. : ION
6
Letters. : ESSES
7
Ledge. : SHELF
8
Proper. : DUE
9
Whether ___. : ORNO
10
Small cut. : NICK
11
Proceeds. : GOES
12
Fillet. : BAND
14
Gem facet. : CULET
17
Inquiry: Abbr. : QUES
19
Coffeebreak item: Colloq. : DONUT
23
Over. : ENDED
24
Municipality. : TOWN
27
Looks (for). : CASTSABOUT
28
Swiss painter and etcher. : KLEE
29
Silk, in Italy. : SETA
30
___ part. : ACTA
31
Theater signs. : SROS
33
Cadmus's daughter. : INO
34
Confounded. : DAZED
37
Twittery. : AGOG
39
Peace goddess. : IRENE
42
Was. : EXISTED
45
Ingénue and others. : ROLES
46
Norse god. : THOR
48
Endearing traits. : CHARMS
50
Saint of January 21. : AGNES
51
Below: Poet. : NEATH
52
Gossipy. : NEWSY
53
Lobby feature. : DESK
54
Hero of a Sophocles drama. : AJAX
55
Slight. : PUNY
56
Ingredient of floating island. : EGGS
60
Racket strings. : GUT
61
Noun ending. : URE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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