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New York Times, Saturday, June 13, 1970

1-Down : Dillon

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 61, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,609
Across
1
Deal out : METE
5
Draw on, as resources : TAP
8
Marble : TAW
11
Bob of "The Rivals" : ACRES
13
Opening : PORE
14
Babylonian god of war : IRRA
15
Famous rumor : THESKYISFALLING
18
Shoe part : TOE
19
Reptiles : ASPS
20
French passage : ALLEE
21
Law men: Abbr. : ATTS
22
Skin spots : MACULES
24
Nez ___ : PERCE
27
Trembles : QUAKES
29
Guinness and others : ALECS
30
Receptacle: Fr. : URNE
31
Pronoun : THEM
35
Elegance : TONE
36
Le Havre's river : SEINE
37
Carry on : RAVE
38
Part suddenly : SNAP
39
English gallery : TATE
40
Packaged in a way : BALED
41
Blabbed : TALKED
43
Make up for : ATONE
44
Basslike fish : ROBALOS
47
Desire : URGE
49
Legal defense : ALIBI
50
Cozy: Scot. : SNOG
51
Baden : SPA
54
Levels with : TELLSITLIKEITIS
58
Account : TALE
59
Crossing sound : TOOT
60
Tea or milk : DRINK
61
Winners : INS
62
Be indebted : OWE
63
Good Feeling et al. : ERAS
Down
1
Dillon : MATT
2
Repetition : ECHO
3
Clothes rack : TREE
4
Letters : EES
5
Fling : TOSS
6
Cockney's 50 per cent : ARF
7
Size of coal : PEA
8
Vibrate : TRILL
9
Buffalo of India : ARNEE
10
Carries on : WAGES
12
Brinker's prize : SKATES
13
Upstarts : PIPSQUEAKS
14
Explain : ILLUSTRATE
16
Most junior: Abbr. : YST
17
Edging : LACE
21
Barely adequate : ACCEPTABLE
22
Space capsule with a crew : MANNEDUNIT
23
African tree : AKEE
24
Inventors' papers: Abbr. : PATS
25
N. C. college : ELON
26
Rockfish : RENA
28
Insect part : URITE
32
Ring : HALO
33
Tied : EVEN
34
Ancient Asian : MEDE
36
French town : STLO
40
Caught, as game : BAGGED
42
Baba and others : ALIS
44
Pius XI : RATTI
45
City in New York : OLEAN
46
Charges : BILLS
48
Asian soldier : ROK
50
Blackthorn : SLOE
51
Move : STIR
52
Handkerchief cloth : PINA
53
Petitions : ASKS
55
Japanese statesman : ITO
56
Haul : TOW
57
Pique : IRE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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