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New York Times, Thursday, March 21, 1968

58-Down : Candy taste.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,795
Across
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Greek island. : CORFU
6
Piece of jewelry. : CLIP
10
First principle. : ABC
13
League. : UNION
14
Personnel person. : AIDE
15
Ill-humor. : BILE
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Black-and-blue. : LIVID
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Pronghorn. : DEER
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Russian city. : OREL
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Hall of Fame name. : POE
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Yellowstone Park's big attraction. : OLDFAITHFUL
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San ___. : ANTONIO
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Mountain: Prefix. : OREO
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Hebrew letter. : MEM
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Made beloved. : ENDEARED
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Summit. : ACME
34
Be the wish of. : PLEASE
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Islet. : CAY
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Beamed. : SHONE
39
Sphere. : ORB
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Exacting. : STERN
42
Time unlimited. : EON
43
Popular vacation. : CRUISE
46
Shade of red. : WINE
47
Natural gift. : APTITUDE
49
Keelbird. : ANI
51
Companion of ever. : ANON
52
Cover over. : PROTECT
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Important field of chemistry. : MINERALOILS
60
Average state. : PAR
61
Man ___. : OWAR
62
Roomy. : WIDE
63
Hint at. : IMPLY
65
Talk, in a way. : RANT
66
Eastern title. : AMIR
67
Hardware. : NAILS
68
Letter. : ESS
69
Desires: Colloq. : YENS
70
Wonderful! : GREAT
Down
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Fault, in law. : CULPA
2
Scallion. : ONION
3
See 67 Across. : RIVET
4
Faith: Fr. : FOI
5
Neglected. : UNDONE
6
Arikara, Pawnee, etc. : CADDO
7
Willing, old style. : LIEF
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Impression. : IDEA
9
Class hours. : PERIODS
10
Presidential jetliner. : AIRFORCEI
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Part of the tricolore. : BLEU
12
Honeycomb part. : CELL
15
Kind of tea. : BOHEA
21
Drooping. : LIMP
22
Magnolias. : TREES
24
Boding. : OMEN
27
Strange. : EERIE
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Seizes: Colloq. : NABS
29
Merit. : EARN
30
Unit of force. : DYNE
31
Riding the waves. : ASEA
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Recipe term. : CHOP
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Helena's people. : MONTANANS
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Noisy. : LOUD
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King Arthur's foster father. : ECTOR
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Upbraid. : TWIT
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Won by a long lead. : RUNAWAY
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Peer. : EARL
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Not moving. : INERT
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Edge of a stair tread. : NOSING
52
Columns. : PIERS
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Silas Marner's foundling. : EPPIE
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Flower. : CALLA
55
Sub rosa meeting. : TRYST
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Again. : MORE
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"___ a King in Babylon ... " : IWAS
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Candy taste. : LIME
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Valhalla name. : ODIN
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Month: Abbr. : MAR

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

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