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New York Times, Friday, April 19, 1968

6-Down : Pacific islands.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { B X Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,824
Across
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Obscures. : DIMS
5
Cpl. : NCO
8
Fourth Estate. : PRESS
13
Waterway in a song. : ERIE
14
Hub. : NAVE
16
Ottoman sultan. : SELIM
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Won. : CONQUERED
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Opera part. : SCENA
20
Breed of cattle. : ANGUS
21
Not a copy: Abbr. : ORIG
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River into Tatar Strait. : AMUR
24
Phenomenon of the 1940's. : ISOLATIONIST
27
Unite. : JOIN
30
Neighbor of Harvard. : MIT
31
Explosive. : TNT
32
Admit. : OWN
33
U.M.W. concern. : MINES
35
Start working. : SETTO
39
Materialistic. : SENSATE
41
Confine. : TIEDOWN
43
German city. : ESSEN
44
Allotted amount. : STINT
46
Accomplished. : DID
47
Sine ___ non. : QUA
49
Salamander. : EFT
50
First-class. : AONE
51
Many times more. : THOUSANDFOLD
56
Kind of review. : RAVE
57
Gladly, old style. : FAIN
58
Polynesian's land. : SAMOA
62
Concerning. : ANENT
64
Radiation units. : ROENTGENS
66
Place for a hammock. : PORCH
67
Leader: It. : DUCE
68
Roadside sign. : EATS
69
Located. : SITED
70
Firmament. : SKY
71
Deer's track. : SLOT
Down
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Numerical prefix. : DECA
2
Symbol of endurance. : IRON
3
Chinese dynasty. : MING
4
Dress decoration. : SEQUIN
5
Mariner's course. : NNE
6
Pacific islands. : CAROLINES
7
Became glutted. : OVERATE
8
Letter addenda. : PSS
9
Disavowed an opinion. : RECANTED
10
Varnish ingredient. : ELEMI
11
Skull cavity. : SINUS
12
Bright. : SMART
15
Cut copy. : EDIT
18
Maritime abbreviation. : USS
22
Scram! : GIT
25
Forget. : OMIT
26
Beginning. : ONSET
27
"Carmen" role. : JOSE
28
Has obligations. : OWES
29
Certain dwellings. : INNS
33
Hand: Lat. : MANUS
34
Symbol of obstinacy. : STIFFNECK
36
Fuss. : TODO
37
One of a pair. : TWIN
38
Wavy: Her. : ONDE
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Portion of a film. : SEQUENCE
42
Go ___ (enter). : INTO
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Boring. : TEDIOUS
48
Service initials. : AAF
50
Saws. : ADAGES
51
Links hazards. : TRAPS
52
Headline name. : HANOI
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Open. : OVERT
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Ointment. : NARD
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Navy vessel. : LST
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Repast. : MEAL
60
Aware of: Slang. : ONTO
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Aide: Abbr. : ASST
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Seminary degree. : THD
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Napoleon's marshal. : NEY

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

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