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New York Times, Thursday, June 22, 1967

26-Down : Abalone shell.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { B J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,522
Across
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Landing place. : PIER
5
Affirm. : SWEAR
10
Exploit. : FEAT
14
Conqueror of all. : LOVE
15
Scottish noble. : THANE
16
Nick Charles's dog. : ASTA
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Syrian city. : ALEP
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Storms. : RAGES
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Oscar winner. : STAR
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Scarlett O'Hara's home. : TARA
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Raw material. : ORE
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Incalculable. : UNTOLD
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TV program (with "The"). : GIRLFROMUNCLE
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Enclosure, Western style. : CORRAL
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Plexus. : RETE
30
Tool. : AXE
31
Sacred songs. : PSALMS
34
Coaster. : SLED
38
Sustains. : FEEDS
40
Garden tool. : HOE
41
Out of the way. : ASIDE
42
Sicilian city. : ENNA
43
Sea bird. : PETREL
45
Airfoil. : FIN
46
Covered walk. : STOA
48
Precision. : NICETY
50
Part of a Jean Kerr title. : EATTHEDAISIES
55
Invariably. : ALWAYS
56
Nonflying bird. : EMU
57
Picture borders. : MATS
60
Rise above the usual level. : SOAR
61
Babylonian goddess: Var. : ISTAR
63
Villain's forte. : EVIL
64
Oklahoma city. : ENID
65
Floor: Fr. : ETAGE
66
Employer of Archie and Fritz. : NERO
67
Cub Scout groups. : DENS
68
Gluts. : SATES
69
Deodar. : TREE
Down
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Braid. : PLAT
2
Kansas city. : IOLA
3
Olive tree. : EVERGREEN
4
Go customarily (to). : REPAIR
5
Saunters. : STROLLS
6
See 1 Across. : WHARF
7
Impatient. : EAGER
8
Hydrocarbon suffix. : ANE
9
Summaries. : RESUMES
10
Stronghold. : FASTNESS
11
Medieval sword. : ESTOC
12
To the slightest degree. : ATALL
13
Afternoon, in Spain. : TARDE
23
Adjunct to a bolt. : NUT
25
Knocks. : RAPS
26
Abalone shell. : ORMER
27
Relative of a pub. : CAFE
28
Draft animals. : OXEN
32
In the van. : AHEAD
33
Fortune. : LOT
35
Beach figure. : LIFESAVER
36
Read copy. : EDIT
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Repudiate. : DENY
39
Skulking cowards. : DASTARDS
41
Et ___. : ALII
43
Old-time collections of verses. : POESIES
44
Guarantees. : ENSURES
47
Poetic pronoun. : THY
49
Fastener of a sort. : CEMENT
50
Loosened. : EASED
51
Solo. : ALONE
52
Famous nom de plume. : TWAIN
53
At the age of: Lat. abbr. : AETAT
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Embodiment. : IMAGE
58
Iron hoop, perhaps. : TIRE
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Wild plum. : SLOE
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At rest: Abbr. : STA

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

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