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New York Times, Monday, January 1, 1968

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { F Q V X }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,715
Across
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Box. : CRATE
6
One of the Smiths. : ADAM
10
Thicket. : BOSK
14
Soft speech sound. : LENIS
15
Palermo money. : LIRE
16
Scene of recent coronation. : IRAN
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Representative. : AGENT
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Name taken by Naomi. : MARA
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Barrier. : GATE
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Soothing lotion. : WITCHHAZEL
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Become unusable (with "out"). : BLOW
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Drapery lining. : SATEEN
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Word with wall or walk. : SIDE
26
Chinese temple. : TAA
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Yellowish-pink. : TEAROSE
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Traffic. : COMMERCE
36
Sharpen. : STROP
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Building yard. : AREA
38
Certain scientists: Abbr. : ASTRS
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Luminous ring. : HALO
42
Startle. : SCARE
44
Provinces. : OUTLANDS
46
Tree insect. : KATYDID
49
Numerical prefix. : TRI
50
Iturbi. : JOSE
51
Asian. : HINDOO
55
Musical heroine. : LOLA
58
Kind of lily. : BELLADONNA
61
Oriental heroine. : OLAN
62
Sword. : EPEE
63
American golfer. : SNEAD
64
Greek wine pitcher. : OLPE
65
Suffix with new or old. : NESS
66
Girl's nickname. : ANGIE
67
Nursery school procedures. : NAPS
68
Very: Fr. : TRES
69
Wish for. : YEARN
Down
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Pincers part. : CLAW
2
Curia ___ (king's court): Lat. : REGIS
3
Dutch news agency. : ANETA
4
Color: Poet. : TINCT
5
Beauty lover. : ESTHETE
6
Annuals. : ALMANACS
7
Former President of Mexico. : DIAZ
8
Check. : ARREST
9
In Africa, an ear of corn. : MEALIE
10
Very large cannon. : BIGBERTHA
11
Spoken. : ORAL
12
Premier of Japan. : SATO
13
Remembered. : KNEW
21
"___ pin drop." : HEARA
25
Courtroom figures: Abbr. : DAS
28
Mediterranean port. : ORAN
29
Not for sale. : SOLD
30
Literary work. : EPOS
31
Wooden vessel. : CASK
32
Killer whale. : ORCA
33
Gist, as of a story. : MEAT
34
Footwear for small fry. : MARYJANES
35
Initials of 1945. : ETO
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Inexorable. : RUTHLESS
40
Threadlike groove. : STRIA
43
Former name for Tokyo. : EDO
45
New York name. : LINDSAY
47
"As the twig ___ ... " : ISBENT
48
More intense. : DEEPER
52
English poet and clergyman. : DONNE
53
Lake N E of Ladoga. : ONEGA
54
Walk ___ (be happy). : ONAIR
55
Water bird. : LOON
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Pottery piece. : OLLA
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Native of N Europe. : LAPP
59
___ majesty. : LESE
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Yemen's neighbor. : ADEN

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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