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New York Times, Friday, August 14, 1970

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.57, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 358 (avg 1.96)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 25.1
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,671
Across
1
Expedited : SPED
5
Kind of brush : SCRUB
10
"The French ___" : CHEF
14
Paris airport : ORLY
15
Sports enclosure : ARENA
16
Attend : HEAR
17
Warm attachment : LOVE
18
Succulent fruit : LOGANBERRY
20
River of England : EXE
21
Engrossed : RAPT
22
___ of Hearts : QUEEN
23
Organized patterns : SYSTEMS
25
River of Wales : USK
26
Parisian assent : OUI
27
One of a pair : DIE
29
Special-interest group : BLOC
33
Shiftless one : TRAMP
36
Fuzz : LINT
37
Tokyo, formerly : YEDO
38
Greek letter : IOTA
39
Dimensions : SIZES
40
Sisera's killer : JAEL
41
Equal : EVEN
42
Chicago–New Orleans product : JAZZ
43
Least skilled : WORST
44
Exploit : DEED
45
Alcott heroine : AMY
46
Do needlework : SEW
47
Spread : JAM
49
Bewitched : SPELLED
53
Sour : ACERB
55
Star in Perseus : ATIK
56
Mouths : ORA
57
With 59 Across, eatery man : SHORTORDER
59
See 57 Across : COOK
60
Berlin man : HERR
61
N. Z. tree : KAURI
62
Thessalonian peak : OSSA
63
TV award : EMMY
64
Exhausted : SPENT
65
Tavern offering : BEER
Down
1
Golf-club parts : SOLES
2
Designated substitute : PROXY
3
Santa's helpers : ELVES
4
Color : DYE
5
Sandwich ingredient : SALAMI
6
Cuts close : CROPS
7
Mil. unit : REGT
8
Spanish article : UNA
9
Festive occasions : BANQUETS
10
Juxtaposed : CHEEKBYJOWL
11
Now's companion : HERE
12
Merit : EARN
13
Young fish : FRY
19
Part of the street scene : BUS
21
Enlist again: Slang : REUP
24
Bar offering : TOMANDJERRY
27
One of the Deans : DIZZY
28
Don Juan's mother : INEZ
30
Shakespearean role : LEAR
31
Literary works : ODES
32
Unitas, for one : COLT
33
___ the knot : TIED
34
Wander : ROVE
35
To ___ : ATEE
36
O'Flaherty : LIAM
39
African hide whips : SJAMBOKS
43
Calendar unit : WEEK
46
Distillate : SPIRIT
48
Skill : ART
49
Austere : STERN
50
Unpin : LOOSE
51
Uneven : EROSE
52
Port of Senegal : DAKAR
53
Throat-clearer : AHEM
54
Crocus bulb : CORM
55
Together, in music : ADUE
57
Haggard heroine : SHE
58
Rebuke : RAP
59
Male swan : COB

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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