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New York Times, Friday, October 23, 1970

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J K Q W }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 25.5 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,741
Across
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Elec. units : AMPS
5
Tree with poisonous sap : UPAS
9
James Truslow or John Couch : ADAMS
14
Flying turn : LOOP
15
Hottentot tribesman : NAMA
16
D.F.C., for one : MEDAL
17
French miss: Abbr. : MLLE
18
"___ I didn't already know" : ASIF
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Previously, old style : AFORE
20
Hit show : SELLOUT
22
Stuck fast : ADHERED
24
Small: Suffix : ULE
25
Monster : OGRE
27
Well-known Loch : NESS
28
Pierce : ENTER
30
Certain bridge bids : RAISES
32
Wild habitat : LAIR
33
Bookkeeping abbr. : BAL
34
Belief in one God : THEISM
38
Containing nitrogen: Prefix : AZO
39
Things to get hot under : COLLARS
41
Recent: Prefix : NEO
42
Size of type : MINION
44
Business: Suffix : ERY
45
Tunisian port : SFAX
46
Corporal or sergeant : NONCOM
48
___ spade a spade : CALLA
49
Deer trail : SLOT
52
Years and years : EONS
53
Wing : ALA
54
National concern : POVERTY
56
Deducted : REBATED
60
Counterpart : IMAGE
61
Test : ORAL
63
Flexible shoot : BINE
64
Has a good standing : RATES
65
Muscle twitches : TICS
66
Prospector's quest : LODE
67
Exercise vigorously : EXERT
68
"Touché" weapon : EPEE
69
Son of Seth : ENOS
Down
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Gifts for the poor : ALMS
2
Taupe : MOLE
3
National concern : POLLUTION
4
School book : SPELLER
5
Two-toed sloth : UNAU
6
Beethoven symphony : PASTORAL
7
"What a good boy ___" : AMI
8
Kenya outing : SAFARI
9
Eastern nurse : AMAH
10
National concern : DEFENSE
11
Love : ADORE
12
Horses : MARES
13
Greenland vehicles : SLEDS
21
Poetic contraction : OER
23
"___ Rides Again" : DESTRY
26
Old sailing ship : GALLEON
28
Biblical country : ELAM
29
Axis follower : NAZI
31
Querying sounds : EHS
33
Hat : BONNET
35
National concern : INFLATION
36
Official stamp : SEAL
37
Cauterizing material : MOXA
39
Bill's partner : COO
40
National concern : ARMSRACE
43
Whole number : INTEGER
45
Fit for marketing : SALABLE
47
Prairie wolf : COYOTE
48
Calloway : CAB
49
Pinnacle : SPIRE
50
Folklorist Alan : LOMAX
51
Egg-shaped : OVATE
55
Part of R and R : REST
57
Otherwise : ELSE
58
Within: Prefix : ENDO
59
Letters : DEES
62
Split : RIP

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

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