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New York Times, Wednesday, April 23, 1969

40-Down : Greek letters.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q W }, Scrabble score: 303 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,193
Across
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Fishing gear. : GAFF
5
Body of Kaffir warriors. : IMPI
9
Russian lake. : ILMEN
14
East Indian vine. : ODAL
15
Mournful sound. : MOAN
16
Credulous. : NAIVE
17
Where La Chine is. : ASIE
18
City on the Plata. : MONTEVIDEO
20
Begin. : TURNTO
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Look attentively. : GAZE
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Traveler's stop. : INN
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Bangalore's state. : MYSORE
26
Malayan dagger. : KRIS
28
Certain base-hits. : TEXASLEAGUERS
33
Blue grass. : POA
35
Greek wine flask. : OLPE
36
Balanced. : LEVEL
37
Hybrid primrose. : OXLIP
39
Kennel sound. : YAP
41
Have an ___ (mean). : EYETO
42
Means of enforcement. : TEETH
43
Counterfeit. : SHAM
45
Ordinance: Abbr. : REG
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Naturally. : INSTINCTIVELY
50
Pastiche. : OLIO
51
Outranking. : SENIOR
53
Estuary. : RIA
56
Part of M.I.T.: Abbr. : INST
58
Machine part. : STATOR
60
Agitation. : EXCITEMENT
63
Rowdy: Slang. : BHOY
64
Family member. : NIECE
65
Olive genus. : OLEA
66
Apollo's mother. : LETO
67
Unburdens. : EASES
68
O'Casey. : SEAN
69
Whilom. : ERST
Down
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Capricorn. : GOAT
2
Roll-call answer: Lat. : ADSUM
3
Children's delight. : FAIRYTALES
4
Strip blubber. : FLENSE
5
Wicked. : IMMORAL
6
Pasture sound. : MOO
7
Torment. : PANG
8
Opening for fluid in a pipe. : INTAKE
9
Act of alluring. : INVEIGLEMENT
10
Chou en-___. : LAI
11
South of France. : MIDI
12
Unruffled. : EVEN
13
___ light. : NEON
19
Pound. : EZRA
21
Bowmen. : TOXOPHILITES
25
Detect. : ESPY
27
Chop ___. : SUEY
29
Minimum. : LEAST
30
Alternative. : EVERYOTHER
31
Network. : RETE
32
Plod heavily. : SLOG
33
Black Sea port. : POTI
34
Farm animals. : OXEN
38
Tell ___ the ... : ITTO
40
Greek letters. : PHIS
44
Old Iranian language. : AVESTAN
47
Indians or Braves. : NINE
48
Fall-blooming annual. : COSMOS
49
Subject. : LIABLE
52
Implants. : ROOTS
53
Descartes. : RENE
54
Corn lily. : IXIA
55
Experts. : ACES
57
Prefix with scope and vise. : TELE
59
Farmer of India. : RYOT
61
Weather word. : ICE
62
Teachers' org. : NEA

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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