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New York Times, Wednesday, September 25, 1968

52-Down : Strange: Scot.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.25, Missing: { X Y }, Scrabble score: 325 (avg 1.72)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,983
Across
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Girl of song. : MIMI
5
Russian country house. : DACHA
10
Where Agana is. : GUAM
14
N African seaport. : ORAN
15
Lend ___ (heed). : ANEAR
16
Hep. : ONTO
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Pretentious official. : PANJANDRUM
19
Japanese sashes. : OBIS
20
Legal point. : QUESTIONOFFACT
22
Big bill: Slang. : CEE
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Follow. : TRAIL
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Musical potpourris. : FANTASIAS
29
Campus figures. : DEANS
32
___ du Vent. : ILES
33
Bottle sizes: Abbr. : QTS
34
Band instrument. : CORNET
35
Affirm. : VOW
36
Lead in. : USHER
38
Because: It. : CHE
39
Worn out. : EFFETE
42
___ pro nobis. : ORA
43
Not more than. : MERE
44
Put on. : STAGE
45
Compared. : STACKEDUP
47
Night: It. : NOTTE
49
Down for the count. : KOD
50
Equivocate. : BEGTHEQUESTION
56
Gudrun's husband. : ATLI
57
Fabulous baron. : MUNCHAUSEN
59
Seaport of Egypt. : SUEZ
60
Bitter: Prefix. : PICRO
61
Husband: Fr. : MARI
62
Heads or tails. : SIDE
63
Proboscis. : SNOUT
64
Rialto signs. : SROS
Down
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Dry ___ (duster). : MOP
2
Where Mosul is. : IRAQ
3
By hand: Prefix. : MANU
4
Throws in a remark, etc. : INJECTS
5
Relating to Alighieri. : DANTESQUE
6
"The King ___." : ANDI
7
Mackerel's cousin. : CERO
8
Frequents. : HAUNTS
9
Protective covering. : ARMOR
10
More slap-happy. : GOOFIER
11
Disordered. : UNBALANCED
12
Adjective ending. : ATIC
13
Greatest. : MOST
18
Yachting. : ASEA
21
Portuguese folksong. : FADO
24
Celtics and others. : FIVES
25
On high. : ALOFT
26
Novel. : NEWFANGLED
27
Pronoun. : ITS
28
___ in the dark. : ASHOT
30
Shastri's predecessor. : NEHRU
31
Abrupt. : STEEP
34
Marksman. : CRACKSHOT
37
Long time. : ERA
40
Make overmuch of oneself. : EGOTIZE
41
Hebrew letter. : TETH
43
Spiritualists. : MEDIUMS
45
Shiny ornament. : SEQUIN
46
Dravidian language. : KOTA
48
Time: Fr. : TEMPS
50
Perch's cousin. : BASS
51
Toilet case. : ETUI
52
Strange: Scot. : UNCO
53
Color. : ECRU
54
Glacial ridges. : OSAR
55
Roman emperor. : NERO
58
City in Yugoslavia. : NIS

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

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