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New York Times, Monday, November 9, 1970

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 300 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,758
Across
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Eban : ABBA
5
Old Syrian fabric : ACCA
9
Thing of value : ASSET
14
Shades : HUES
15
Road, in Germany : BAHN
16
Extreme : UTTER
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Former, old style : ERST
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Height: Prefix : ACRO
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Kemal and others : TURKS
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Saver of a sort : ASTITCHINTIME
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Brit. fliers : RAF
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Turkish weights : OKES
25
Home of el toro : ESPANA
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Steelhead : TROUT
30
Camp item : TENT
32
___ Nidre : KOL
33
Swan genus : OLOR
35
French possessive : MON
36
Tidal flood : BORE
37
Deck officer : MATE
39
Remove : ERASE
41
Some mail addresses: Abbr. : RFDS
42
Landon and others : ALFS
43
Force, in old Rome : VIS
44
Austrian statesman : RAAB
46
Labor org. : ILO
47
Hook : GAFF
48
Banquet : FEAST
51
Post ___ : MORTEM
53
Burden : LADE
56
P. I. tree : DAO
57
Goatsuckers : WHIPPOORWILLS
60
Former Met pitcher Roger : CRAIG
62
Crooked : AWRY
63
Music groups : DUOS
64
Swiss city : BERNE
65
Network : RETE
66
Peak : ACME
67
Man of many causes : NADER
68
Sandarac : ARAR
69
Timetable, for short : SKED
Down
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Have ___ : AHEART
2
College figure : BURSAR
3
One way to stand : BESTFOOTFORWARD
4
Wine city of Italy : ASTI
5
Taken ___ : ABACK
6
Hiding place : CACHE
7
Poinsettia, for one : CHRISTMASFLOWER
8
Soon : ANON
9
One seeking to escape reality : AUTIST
10
Electioneer : STUMP
11
Uncomfortable time : STREAKOFBADLUCK
12
One reaction to a mouse : EEK
13
Corp. officials : TRS
21
In ___ (wholly) : TOTO
22
Two fins : TENNER
26
Gare du ___ : NORD
27
Pub drinks : ALES
29
Caucho trees : ULES
31
Dawn goddess : EOS
34
Make over : REVAMP
36
Scottish hill : BRAE
37
Damage : MAIM
38
Phone greeting in Paris : ALLO
40
Initials on a dismissal notice : RIF
45
"Win___, lose ... " : AFEW
47
___ counter : GEIGER
49
Famous dancer : SALOME
50
Threw : TOSSED
52
Biblical possessive : THINE
54
Blood vessel : AORTA
55
Beauty-parlor gear : DRYER
58
S. A. rubber : PARA
59
Lupino and others : IDAS
60
Firearm: Abbr. : CBN
61
Gov't. agency : REA

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 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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