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New York Times, Wednesday, May 8, 1968

6-Down : Primary.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,843
Across
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Playbill features. : CASTS
6
Bovine. : BULL
10
Creole rice cake. : CALA
14
Frilling. : RUCHE
15
Part of SEATO. : ASIA
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Pub specialties. : ALES
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Additional. : OTHER
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Precedence. : SENIORITY
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Court. : WOO
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To one side. : APART
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Bright red. : FLAME
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Collar extensions. : LAPELS
26
Storage space. : CLOSET
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Flew. : SOARED
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Craft. : BOAT
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Shelter: Fr. : ABRI
31
Peak in Genesis. : ARARAT
34
Military honor. : DSC
37
Some high school students. : COLLEGEMATERIAL
40
Code. : KEY
41
Wave. : COMBER
42
___ de Pinos. : ISLA
43
Lake: Sp. : LAGO
44
Garage item. : OILCAN
46
___ public. : NOTARY
49
Oklahoman. : SOONER
51
Still. : INERT
52
Where Rangoon is. : BURMA
53
Wane. : EBB
56
Extreme or utmost. : NTHDEGREE
58
Roundup. : RODEO
60
Friend's word. : THEE
61
Opera role. : AIDA
62
Indebted. : OWING
63
Obey. : HEED
64
Reward: Poet. : MEED
65
Epigrammatic. : WITTY
Down
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Rook. : CROW
2
Word with graph or giro. : AUTO
3
Studious. : SCHOLARLY
4
Article. : THE
5
Jalisco attire. : SERAPE
6
Primary. : BASAL
7
Buyers. : USERS
8
Ravelings. : LINT
9
Arthurian poem. : LAI
10
Quantity of cargo. : CARLOT
11
Another name. : ALIAS
12
"Now, ___ see." : LETME
13
Until now. : ASYET
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Recently. : OFLATE
22
Teaching. : PEDAGOGY
25
Seed covering. : ARIL
26
See 26 Across. : COATROOM
27
Dress style, old style. : SACK
28
Hautboy. : OBOE
29
Hillside: Scot. : BRAE
32
San ___. : REMO
33
Diplomat: Abbr. : AMB
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Cast doubt on. : DISCREDIT
35
Hacienda room. : SALA
36
Family. : CLAN
38
Card game. : ECARTE
39
Irk: Dial. : RILE
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Fattened, in a way. : LARDED
45
Lined up. : INAROW
46
Musical chord. : NINTH
47
___ town. : ONTHE
48
Giggle. : TEHEE
49
Shoe leather. : SUEDE
50
Mythical maiden. : OREAD
52
Cheese. : BRIE
54
Propensity. : BENT
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Goblin. : BOGY
57
School of whales. : GAM
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W. W. II initials. : OWI

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

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