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New York Times, Monday, October 28, 1968

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 4, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 7,016
Across
1
Bay of Gulf of Mexico. : TAMPA
6
Sea of Antarctica. : ROSS
10
Move (around) slowly in a circle. : MILL
14
Pseudonym. : ALIAS
15
Man's name. : ERLE
16
Notion. : IDEA
17
Beveled edges. : CANTS
18
Small quantity. : DRAM
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Sluggish. : LOGY
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Alert. : ONTHEQUIVIVE
23
Overwhelms. : STUNS
24
Loch in Inverness. : NESS
26
See 52 Across. : ADS
29
A Caesar. : SID
30
Artist's medium. : PASTEL
32
Danish physicist. : BOHR
34
Laundry saver. : PAPERTOWEL
37
Basket of a kind. : CREEL
39
And not. : NOR
40
Soul: Lat. : ANIMA
41
Half dollar. : SILVERCOIN
44
Hindu land grant. : ENAM
45
Unter den Linden. : AVENUE
46
Compact mass. : WAD
48
Cheat: Slang. : GYP
49
Picnic provender. : EATS
50
Rents. : HIRES
52
Helpful newspaper listing. : LOSTANDFOUND
57
Italian wine center. : ASTI
60
Hero of Ben Hecht novel. : ERIK
61
Nickname on the links. : ARNIE
62
Water bird. : LOON
63
High. : TALL
64
Muskie's state. : MAINE
65
Box sleigh. : PUNG
66
Graf ___. : SPEE
67
Chemical compound. : ESTER
Down
1
Mexican sandwich. : TACO
2
Chester ___ Arthur. : ALAN
3
A great deal. : MINT
4
Park ways. : PATHS
5
Resources. : ASSETS
6
Wordiness. : REDUNDANCE
7
Plant with fragrant roots. : ORRIS
8
European. : SLAV
9
Study group. : SEMINAR
10
Marker. : MILESTONE
11
Affirmative reply. : IDO
12
Part of a trivet. : LEG
13
Short poem for singing. : LAY
21
Witty allusion. : QUIP
22
Roman goddess of the hearth. : VESTA
25
Housewife's skill. : SEWING
26
A little knowledge. : ABCS
27
Palace in Rome. : DORIA
28
Put aside for later attention. : SHELVE
30
Snail. : PERIWINKLE
31
Name in the news. : LEMAY
33
Unveiling. : REVEALING
35
Nanki-___. : POO
36
Light. : LAMP
38
Slow: Mus. : LENTO
42
Apples. : RUSSETS
43
Aromatic plant. : NARD
47
Malign. : DEFAME
50
___ Selassie. : HAILE
51
Birds. : SORAS
53
Golf term. : TRAP
54
Standard quantity. : UNIT
55
Shoe size. : NINE
56
Whitetail. : DEER
57
Monte Rosa. : ALP
58
Penny. : SOU
59
See 54 Down. : TON

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

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