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New York Times, Friday, August 12, 1966

14-Down : Explosive.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 46, Avg Word Len: 4.47, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 52, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6 Grid has duplicate clues.
David Steinberg notes:

Original 43-Down clue had "Ukranian"; corrected it to "Ukrainian."

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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,208
Across
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Ruth of Ohio's sister. : EILEEN
7
"___ dressed up ... " : ALL
10
Statesman's title: Abbr. : AMB
13
Will of Sherwood Forest. : SCARLET
15
Clock number. : XII
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Passé exclamation. : FIE
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Her eyes were "as blue as skies." : PEGGYONEILL
19
Ray Bolger made her famous. : AMY
20
Labor initials. : CIO
21
Thine: Fr. : ATOI
22
Floral-sounding girl's name. : IRIS
23
For the time being: Lat. : PROTEM
26
Irish hero. : EMMET
28
Govt. agency. : AEC
29
USIA radio. : VOA
31
Flavor. : SAPOR
33
Truth, in China. : TAO
34
"Wedding March" bride. : ELSA
36
Abundant. : RIFE
37
Relative of "ain't." : AMNT
39
True blue. : LOYAL
41
Belonging to a President. : FDRS
44
One of the Joneses. : DAVY
46
Zeus's mother. : RHEA
48
All ___ up. : HET
49
Small quantities. : ATOMS
51
One: Scot. : ANE
52
"Peg ___ Heart." : OMY
53
Remain for. : AWAIT
55
Time for a bonnet. : EASTER
57
Gym teachers' degrees. : BPES
60
Conduct. : LEAD
62
All: Prefix. : OMN
63
Anguilla. : EEL
64
"Sweet" girl of song. : ROSIEOGRADY
68
"My gal." : SAL
69
Hill dweller. : ANT
70
"___ Girl," Arlen musical. : BLOOMER
71
"Sweet" girl of song. : SUE
72
Shade of green. : PEA
73
Great violins: Colloq. : STRADS
Down
1
Word of emphasis: Abbr. : ESP
2
Contents of a cone. : ICECREAM
3
Mona Lisa. : LAGIOCONDA
4
Rye fungus. : ERGOT
5
English isle. : ELY
6
Modern: Prefix. : NEO
7
Tenets. : AXIOMS
8
For whom one "would wait the whole night through." : LILIMARLENE
9
"Sweetest ___ feller ... " : LIL
10
Way off. : AFAR
11
A Chevalier girl. : MIMI
12
Prominent Turks. : BEYS
14
Explosive. : TNA
18
French season. : ETE
22
Hit ___. : ITOFF
23
"___-cake ... " : PATA
24
First lady. : EVE
25
She sold "mussels and cockles." : MOLLYMALONE
27
Prefix with gram, cycle, etc. : EPI
30
Kyushu volcano. : ASO
32
Sophie Tucker was the "last" one. : REDHOTMAMA
35
Scottish port. : AYR
38
Bye-byes. : TATAS
40
Well, well! : AHA
42
Did a sewing chore. : REMENDED
43
Ukrainian river. : STYR
45
Pledge. : VOW
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Equity's initials. : AEA
50
Señorita's nap. : SIESTA
54
Siamese. : TAI
56
Sister: Lat. : SOROR
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Porgy's woman. : BESS
58
___ de soie, French silk. : PEAU
59
Any girl in France. : ELLE
61
Society girl: Colloq. : DEB
64
Knock. : RAP
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Chemical suffixes. : OLS
66
Obtained. : GOT
67
Time: Abbr. : YRS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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