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New York Times, Thursday, October 26, 1972

65-Across : "What ___?"

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 344 (avg 1.84)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 34.0
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,475
Across
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Ranee's wear : SARI
5
Tire center : AKRON
10
___ breve : ALLA
14
___ Bator : ULAN
15
Make as one : UNITE
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Billet-___ : DOUX
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007 : BOND
18
Barfly : TOPER
19
Medicine bottle : VIAL
20
Discotheque adjunct : JUKEBOX
22
Suite : RETINUE
24
Penpoint : NIB
25
Assents, in Nancy : OUIS
26
Money of Guatemala : QUETZALS
31
Impassive ones : STOICS
35
Refs' relatives : UMPS
36
Louisiana name : HUEY
38
Roadsign symbol : ARROW
39
African people : IBO
40
X, in math : UNKNOWN
42
Doctors' org. : AMA
43
Lone-Star state : TEXAS
45
Advantage : EDGE
46
Measure of area: Abbr. : SQIN
47
African antelopes : ORYXES
49
Pal : SIDEKICK
51
Hep : ONTO
53
Zoo denizen : GNU
54
Lee : SHELTER
57
Farm creature : EWELAMB
61
Hawaiian port : HILO
62
Greek philosopher : PLATO
64
Jutland port : KIEL
65
"What ___?" : OFIT
66
___ Alegre : PORTO
67
Ferber : EDNA
68
100 dinars : RIAL
69
Over : ENDED
70
Bangla___ : DESH
Down
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Grammar abbr. : SUBJ
2
N. L. outfielder : ALOU
3
Malodorous : RANK
4
Starts a paragraph : INDENTS
5
German highway : AUTOBAHN
6
Goldfinger's target : KNOX
7
Gravestone abbr. : RIP
8
Alamogordo's county : OTERO
9
Greek sea-god : NEREUS
10
Egeria, e.g. : ADVISOR
11
Meat cut : LOIN
12
Island feast : LUAU
13
Car part : AXLE
21
Show ___ : BIZ
23
Moon of Saturn : TITAN
26
S. A. capital : QUITO
27
Brown shade : UMBER
28
Modern adhesive : EPOXY
29
Companion of Paul : LUKE
30
Mails : SENDS
32
Basra native : IRAQI
33
Kind of strip : COMIC
34
Pretentiousness : SWANK
37
Berra : YOGI
40
Didn't usually, for short : USENT
41
Potter Josiah : WEDGWOOD
44
Mexican salamander : AXOLOTL
46
Moved furtively : SKULKED
48
Cossack's milieu : STEPPE
50
Chemical ending : ENE
52
Modern fabric : ORLON
54
Toots ___ : SHOR
55
Stereo must : HIFI
56
Famed essayist : ELIA
57
Feminine ending : ETTE
58
Deputy : AIDE
59
___ wear : MENS
60
Nonsense : BLAH
63
Difficult, in Soho : ARD

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

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