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New York Times, Monday, September 23, 1968

40-Down : Connecticut city.

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: 280 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 0, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,981
Across
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Word with native or foreign. : BORN
5
Flash. : GLEAM
10
Eastern nurse. : AMAH
14
Friend in Amiens. : AMIE
15
Arm bones. : RADII
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Flooring. : TILE
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Flatfish. : SOLE
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Perennial herb. : AVENS
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Peter, for one. : TSAR
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Postpone. : HOLDOVER
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Outlined. : TRACED
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German song. : LIED
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Member of the goosefoot family. : ORACH
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Iowa city. : AMES
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Tennis stroke. : OVERHAND
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Falstaffian. : OBESE
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Oil vessel. : CRUSE
33
Conjunction. : NOR
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Chopin's country: Abbr. : POL
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Overlays with plaster. : CEILS
36
Spanish "co." : CIA
37
Doctors' group. : AMA
38
Avenue, in Berlin. : ALLEE
39
Kind of wheel. : EMERY
41
Wall game. : HANDBALL
43
Shop tool. : VISE
44
Muse. : ERATO
45
Word with bag or box. : MAIL
47
Most sage. : WISEST
49
Umpire's decision. : BALLFOUR
53
Global area. : ASIA
54
January, in Spain. : ENERO
56
State: Abbr. : OKLA
57
Word with miss or beer. : NEAR
58
Type of type. : ROMAN
59
Irish stanza. : RANN
60
Disown. : DENY
61
Union member. : STATE
62
Native of Borneo. : DYAK
Down
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Big party, London style. : BASH
2
Melville title. : OMOO
3
Brooklet. : RILL
4
Obelisks. : NEEDLES
5
Kind of French accent. : GRAVE
6
Washed (against). : LAVED
7
River in Hesse. : EDER
8
One: Scot. : AIN
9
Feminine title. : MISTRESS
10
Ascribe (to). : ATTACH
11
Bits of bad luck. : MISCHANCES
12
Winglike parts. : ALAE
13
Bovine group. : HERD
21
River into the Seine. : OISE
23
Unusual. : RARE
25
Small egg. : OVULE
26
S. A. serpent. : ABOMA
27
Fijian, for one. : MELANESIAN
28
Bay window. : ORIEL
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Black, in Boulogne. : NOIRE
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Sideless cart. : DRAY
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Colorful fish. : OPAH
32
Violin's cousin. : CELLO
35
Rattles. : CLATTERS
38
Down with: Fr. : ABAS
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Unfortunate. : EVIL
40
Connecticut city. : MILFORD
42
Doleful. : DREARY
45
Famous Jacobin. : MARAT
46
Matchless. : ALONE
47
Baton. : WAND
48
Conversational phrase. : ISEE
49
Sanctuary of early churches. : BEMA
50
Colloquial affirmative. : OKAY
51
Bone. : ULNA
52
File's partner. : RANK
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Nowise. : NOT

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

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