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New York Times, Thursday, November 2, 1967

17-Across : Greek island.

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: 272 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 29.5 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,655
Across
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City on the Missouri. : OMAHA
6
Descendant of Adam. : SETH
10
Try: Colloq. : STAB
14
Historic London theater. : SAVOY
15
___ Ben Adhem. : ABOU
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Caen's river. : ORNE
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Greek island. : CRETE
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Overwhelming victory. : LANDSLIDE
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Yearbooks: Abbr. : ANNS
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Smith of Rhodesia. : IAN
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Pay a visit. : STOPIN
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Answer. : RESPOND
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Kind of rubber. : FOAM
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Pray: Lat. : ORA
27
Give up. : HANDOVER
31
Gleason TV role. : BARTENDER
35
Brussels newcomer. : NATO
36
Greek clan. : OBE
37
Nautical term. : LEEWARD
40
Theater sign. : SRO
41
Enable to go. : SEND
43
United, in a way. : FEDERATED
45
Abbey. : CLOISTER
48
Secured. : GOT
49
Visionary. : SEER
50
Tree-to-be. : SAPLING
54
Seller of cubes. : ICEMAN
57
Admit (with "up"). : OWN
58
Jewish month. : ADAR
59
Menu item. : DEMITASSE
61
Buyer's concern. : PRICE
62
Wings of a kind. : ELLS
63
Green shade. : NILE
64
Market place. : AGORA
65
Baseball name. : MAYS
66
Run. : TROT
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Played a return match. : REMET
Down
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Coveted award. : OSCAR
2
Seine tributary. : MARNE
3
Plant of the rose family. : AVENS
4
Nightclub: Slang. : HOTSPOT
5
Ever: Poet. : AYE
6
Menu item. : SALAD
7
Middle East statesman. : EBAN
8
Cargo unit. : TON
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Half Moon skipper. : HUDSON
10
Wise one. : SOLOMON
11
Caper. : TRIP
12
"You ___," Barry play. : ANDI
13
Auxiliary verb. : BEEN
19
Town, Dutch style. : STAD
21
Pointless. : INANE
24
City on the Oka. : OREL
25
Electrical unit. : FARAD
27
Lumberjack. : HEWER
28
Extensive. : VAST
29
Raison d'___. : ETRE
30
Quarter acre. : ROOD
31
Autumn pear. : BOSC
32
See 6 Across. : ABEL
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City on the Truckee. : RENO
34
Bow (to). : DEFER
38
Ungrateful daughter. : REGAN
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Piece of candy. : DROP
42
Send away. : DISMISS
44
Free. : ATLARGE
46
Bucket ___. : SEAT
47
Householder. : TENANT
50
Dessert. : SWEET
51
Colloquialism. : IDIOM
52
Mother-of-pearl. : NACRE
53
Fine! : GREAT
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The same: Lat. : IDEM
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That: Fr. : CELA
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Dickens girl. : EMLY
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European capital. : OSLO
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Title. : SIR
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Golf term. : PAR

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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