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New York Times, Saturday, September 14, 1968

4-Down : Directions.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,972
Across
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Put (away): Colloq. : SALT
5
Hair style. : MOP
8
Homes: Sp. : CASAS
13
Tenth of an ephah. : OMER
14
Styptic. : ALUM
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Religious figure. : ORANT
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Mouthful. : BITE
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Biblical king of Midian. : REBA
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Spanish blanket. : MANTA
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Religious figure. : ICON
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November icebox item. : COLDTURKEY
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Former Indian leader. : GANDHI
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Bulb plant. : IRIS
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Where spirits predominate. : SEANCES
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Crossword entry. : ABBR
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Wife of Thor. : SIF
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___ out. : INOR
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Chinese name. : ENLAI
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Identifies certain grocery items. : KNOWSONESONIONS
41
Metal item. : INGOT
42
Edges. : LIPS
43
French "co." : CIE
44
Office. : POST
45
Find with an effort. : SCAREUP
48
Piece of music. : DUET
49
Poseidon attendant. : NEREID
53
Pegasus on the move. : HORSEFLIES
58
Roof part. : EAVE
59
Archangel. : URIEL
60
Ness, for one. : LOCH
61
Mix. : STIR
62
Inorganic material. : METAL
63
Wise: Colloq. : ONTO
64
Abound. : TEEM
65
Reading matter. : POEMS
66
Dunk. : SOP
67
___ it seems. : ORSO
Down
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Ferber novel. : SOBIG
2
Latin girl friend. : AMICA
3
Allow to be known. : LETON
4
Directions. : TRENDS
5
Name in boxing lore. : MARCIANO
6
Grocery item. : OLEO
7
Kin in government. : PUBLICRELATIONS
8
Milton masque. : COMUS
9
Moroccan tree. : ARAR
10
Descended. : SANK
11
Poker necessity. : ANTE
12
Abide. : STAY
15
Spanish relative. : MADRE
22
Poetic contraction. : TIS
24
Caper: Slang. : HEIST
27
Latin negative. : NON
28
To dot ___, in chirography. : ANI
29
Pressure group. : BLOC
30
Rumanian money. : BANI
31
Slope. : RISE
32
Jump's relative. : SKIP
33
___ time. : INNO
34
Weather phenomena. : FOGS
36
Come after. : ENSUE
38
Know, of yore. : WOT
39
Form of address. : SIR
40
Mart with door ajar. : OPENSHOP
45
Part of a word: Abbr. : SUF
46
Viol's cousin. : CELLO
47
Fast, in music. : PRESTO
48
Country places. : DELLS
50
Word with man or ant. : EATER
51
House plants. : IVIES
52
Skin: Prefix. : DERMO
53
Mound or hummock. : HUMP
54
Mountain: Prefix. : OREO
55
Formal act. : RITE
56
Vein. : SEAM
57
Outside: Prefix. : ECTO

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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