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New York Times, Friday, February 16, 1968

59-Across : ___ ease.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 2, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
David Steinberg notes:

Original 33-Across clue, "Diva Lucretia.", is incorrect — it should be "Diva Lucrezia." Left it as was.

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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,761
Across
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She, in Italy. : ELLA
5
Sailors' saint. : ELMO
9
Fundamental. : BASAL
14
Put down. : LAID
15
Pillage. : LOOT
16
Beginning. : ALPHA
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Friday steak. : SWORDFISH
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___ once. : ALLAT
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A Laurie. : ANNIE
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Scallop. : SHELLFISH
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Mr. or Mrs. Bunker: Abbr. : AMB
25
Before. : ERE
26
Will-___-wisp. : OTHE
27
Tall-tale teller. : ANANIAS
31
Bern's river. : AAR
33
Diva Lucretia. : BORI
34
Mountain sides. : STEEPS
37
Midwest city, for short. : CHI
40
Miracle food. : LOAVESANDFISHES
43
Letters. : ENS
44
Beam. : GIRDER
45
Cotton fabric. : MULL
46
Age. : EON
47
Outstanding. : NOTABLE
49
Skip. : OMIT
52
Cockney's brave man. : ERO
55
8 pts. : GAL
56
Tall tale. : FISHSTORY
59
___ ease. : ILLAT
63
God. : ALLAH
64
Altruistic. : UNSELFISH
66
Plain in Spain. : LLANO
67
Proceeds. : GOES
68
U.S. highway. : RTEI
69
Whitewashed. : LIMED
70
Being, in Paris. : ETRE
71
Votes. : YEAS
Down
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"Born Free" heroine. : ELSA
2
Kind of tennis. : LAWN
3
See 1 Down. : LION
4
Only English Pope. : ADRIANIV
5
One of the "little people." : ELF
6
Girl's name. : LOIS
7
Dayan. : MOSHE
8
Different. : OTHER
9
False god. : BAAL
10
___ the best. : ALLFOR
11
Crack. : SPLIT
12
Make ___ of. : AHASH
13
Turning tool. : LATHE
18
Part: Prefix. : DEMI
22
Children's game. : LEAPFROG
24
Cradle. : BASSINET
27
Competent. : ABLE
28
High time. : NOON
29
River of Armenia. : ARAS
30
Pearl Bailey, for one. : STAR
32
"Just ___ am ... " : ASI
35
Result. : END
36
Man's first home. : EDEN
37
Tautog. : CHUB
38
Inferno. : HELL
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Wight. : ISLE
41
Alter ___. : EGO
42
Some fish. : SMALLFRY
46
Refrigerant. : ETHANE
48
Shirt part. : TAIL
49
___ things! : OFALL
50
Prefix for tiny things. : MILLI
51
Worshipers of 63 Across. : ISLAM
53
Source of rosy cheeks. : ROUGE
54
Whether ___. : ORNOT
57
Booted. : SHOD
58
Nieuport's river. : YSER
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Stone: Suffix. : LITE
61
Cruising. : ASEA
62
Thing mentioned. : THIS
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Direction. : ESE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 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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