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New York Times, Saturday, November 21, 1970

46-Down : Greek letter

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J K Q V X }, Scrabble score: 256 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 12.9 Grid has duplicate clues.
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F
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O
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A
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M
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C
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U
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R
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D
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F
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A
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Z
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C
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A
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A
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P
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S
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W
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G
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R
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M
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R
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H
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C
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,770
Across
1
Spume : FOAM
5
Shrewd : CUTE
9
___ of roses : ATTAR
14
Counteractive agents : ANTIDOTES
16
Terra ___ : FIRMA
17
Old or New : TESTAMENT
18
"I wasn't there," e.g. : ALIBI
19
Plays the villain : SNEERS
20
Timetable abbr. : ARR
22
Gentle or Big : BEN
23
Harem rooms : ODAS
24
Cloudless : AZURE
27
Hound : CUR
28
"___ of bricks" : ATON
29
Imitations : APINGS
32
Stake : WAGER
36
"You're the ___" : ONE
38
Strengthen defenses : REARM
39
Act in "East Lynne" : EMOTE
40
He's overboard : MAN
41
Nickname : ELLIE
42
Concerning : ABOUT
43
Texas college : SMU
44
The good guys : POSSE
45
U.S. publishing family : RIDDER
47
Apple tosser : ERIS
49
Golf accessory : TEE
50
Pluto : HADES
52
Beverages : ALES
56
Western Indian : SIA
57
Old ___ : SOL
58
Neighbor of Arizona : SONORA
60
Sculpture piece : TORSO
62
Specious reasoning : CASUISTRY
65
___ space : OUTER
66
Precedes : ANTEDATES
67
Last traces : ASHES
68
Ointment : NARD
69
Fix over : REDO
Down
1
Nickname of sorts : FATSO
2
Days ___ : ONEND
3
Confused : ATSEA
4
Small sums : MITES
5
Space group : COMSAT
6
Western Indian : UTE
7
Five and ___ : TEN
8
To be: Sp. : ESTAR
9
In the distance : AFAR
10
Sesame : TIL
11
Courts : TRIBUNALS
12
Whale secretion : AMBERGRIS
13
Kind of dance : RAIN
15
Women's org. : DAR
21
Gov't agency : REA
25
Streaks upward : ZOOMS
26
Not identified : UNNAMED
27
Heaven: Sp. : CIELO
28
Ridge : ARETE
30
Gets ready : PREPS
31
Duck : SMEE
32
Erode : WEAR
33
"Yet Brutus says he was ___" : AMBITIOUS
34
Pearl Buck topic : GOODEARTH
35
Musical study : ETUDE
37
Accustom: Var. : ENURE
46
Greek letter : RHO
48
Came out : ISSUED
51
Highway : ALCAN
52
Converts to Islam : ANSAR
53
Miss Lehmann : LOTTE
54
Mistook : ERRED
55
Authority : SAYSO
56
Portico : STOA
57
Fate: Lat. : SORS
59
Shaped like: Suffix : OID
61
Holy ___ : SEE
63
Collection : ANA
64
Not crooked: Abbr. : STR

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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