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New York Times, Saturday, May 4, 1968

26-Down : Noted explorer.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.39, Missing: { F J P Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,839
Across
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Network. : TISSUE
7
Arthurian setting. : CAMELOT
14
One of Diana's realms. : HUNTING
15
Green garnet. : OLIVINE
16
Kind of number. : ORDINAL
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Historic Egyptian city. : ROSETTA
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Small cut. : SNICK
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Relatives of drivers. : IRONS
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Electrical unit. : OHM
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Georgia ___. : TECH
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In unison. : ASONE
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Outlooks: Fr. : VUES
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Girl of song. : IDA
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Netherlands town. : BREDA
27
Location. : SITE
28
Like some cigarettes. : LONGER
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Fictional city of Italy. : ADANO
32
Plead. : ENTREAT
34
Precariously perched (with "out"). : ONALIMB
38
Big name in comics. : ABNER
40
N.Y.C.'s ___ Mansion. : GRACIE
41
Breaker. : WAVE
43
Splendid. : NOBLE
45
Memorable period. : ERA
46
Distressed. : SORE
47
Embankment. : LEVEE
48
Poet's poet. : SWAN
49
Jordanian mountain. : HOR
50
Convened anew. : REMET
51
Dashing young man. : BLADE
52
Thin shiny silk. : ALAMODE
54
Man in the cockpit. : AVIATOR
56
Meat. : VENISON
57
First settled town in Maine. : KITTERY
58
Contest joiner. : ENTRANT
59
Starts upon. : ENTERS
Down
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Attacked suddenly. : TURNEDON
2
Something serving to show. : INDICANT
3
Verse. : STICH
4
Subside. : SINK
5
Girl's name. : UNA
6
Church: Fr. : EGLISE
7
City on San Diego Bay. : CORONADO
8
Unassisted. : ALONE
9
Omit. : MISS
10
Poetic time. : EVE
11
Got going. : LITOUT
12
"God shed His grace ___ ... " : ONTHEE
13
Active groups. : TEAMS
14
Unfriendly. : HOSTILE
20
Nile island, near Cairo. : RODA
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Isle in Firth of Clyde. : ARRAN
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Stringed instrument. : VIOLA
26
Noted explorer. : BEEBE
27
Catch. : SNARE
29
Important. : GRAVE
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Point of view. : ANGLE
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Type of dwelling. : TENEMENT
35
Cold drink. : ICEWATER
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Balconies or bay windows. : MIRADORS
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Lunch room: Slang. : BEANERY
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Roam. : ROVE
41
Kersey or worsted. : WOOLEN
42
Out-and-out. : ARRANT
44
Cause (oneself) to go. : BETAKE
46
Deduct. : SHAVE
47
Enticed. : LEDON
48
Roofing material. : SLATE
50
Miss Dartle. : ROSA
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Ship's deck post. : BITT
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Czarist village community. : MIR
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___ ordinaire. : VIN

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

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