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New York Times, Monday, October 12, 1970

8-Down : Alphabet letters

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 260 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 24.3 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,730
Across
1
Miss Marple : JANE
5
Never-lose lawyer : MASON
10
Family members : DADS
14
The ___ Duke (Wellington) : IRON
15
Bone: Prefix : OSTEO
16
Broadway hero : ABIE
17
Conrad's "___ Jim" : LORD
18
Twenty: Prefix : ICOSI
19
Civil wrong : TORT
20
Procrastinator's time : TOMORROW
22
Sam Spade or Philo Vance : SLEUTH
24
Horse color : ROAN
25
Brew in Munich : BIER
26
Comprehends : GRASPS
29
Urgent : PRESSING
33
Rajah's wife : RANEE
34
Unrefined : CRASS
35
Chaney : LON
36
Retired : ABED
37
Move aside : SHUNT
38
Hindu deity : SIVA
39
Luzon town : IBA
40
Stretches over : SPANS
41
Type of berth : UPPER
42
Old clerical scarf : LIRIPIPE
44
Nuremberg events of 1945–6 : TRIALS
45
Storm : GALE
46
Small talk : CHAT
47
Spread open : UNFURL
50
Strangles: Var. : GAROTTES
54
Nick Charles's wife : NORA
55
Battery part : ANODE
57
Jot : IOTA
58
Greek ruler of Syracuse : DION
59
Extort from : GOUGE
60
Hebrew letters : NUNS
61
Russian queen : OLGA
62
Western park : ESTES
63
Pâté de foie ___ : GRAS
Down
1
Cast aside : JILT
2
Irish exclamation : AROO
3
Standard : NORM
4
Approved : ENDORSED
5
Shearer and others : MOIRAS
6
Type of sponge : ASCON
7
Pack : STOW
8
Alphabet letters : OES
9
Most raucous : NOISIEST
10
Office stamps : DATERS
11
___ ben Adhem : ABOU
12
Soil : DIRT
13
Thomas : SETH
21
Cheap cigar : ROPE
23
Minus : LESS
25
Seed coats : BRANS
26
Galahad's quest : GRAIL
27
Amateur sleuth who slept late : RABBI
28
Close by, in poems : ANEAR
29
Make concise : PRUNE
30
Ancient Spanish town : ILIPA
31
Out of the ordinary : NOVEL
32
Growls : GNARS
34
Scabbard trim : CHAPE
37
Lost liquid : SPILLAGE
38
One kind of image : SPITTING
40
Boom : SPAR
41
Mineral : URAO
43
Lizard : IGUANA
44
"Bad things come in ___" : THREES
46
Put the bite on : CADGE
47
Release : UNDO
48
Short fiber : NOIL
49
Amphibian : FROG
50
Foot ailment : GOUT
51
Duty turn : TOUR
52
Volcano : ETNA
53
Talk back : SASS
56
Digits: Abbr. : NOS

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

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