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New York Times, Wednesday, November 27, 1968

27-Across : Greek letter.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.31, Missing: { J K Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 35.7 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 7,046
Across
1
Man of the cloth. : RECTOR
7
Relating to the first man. : ADAMIC
13
Give off, as vapor. : EXHALE
14
Disputant. : DEBATER
16
Startled. : SCARED
17
Letters ___. : OFCREDIT
19
Machinist's tool : TAP
20
French cleric. : ABBE
22
Famous Austrian physicist. : MACH
23
Prayer. : AVE
24
Intonations. : ACCENTS
27
Greek letter. : RHO
28
Ancient units of money. : TALENTS
30
Valet. : DRESSER
32
Endless: Poet. : ETERN
33
Architect Saarinen. : EERO
34
Road signs. : DETOURS
37
Facsimile. : REPLICA
41
Destroy. : SLAY
42
De Valera. : EAMON
43
Like Niobe. : INTEARS
46
Forbidding. : BANNING
48
Digit. : TOE
49
Disavow something. : RETRACT
51
Chess champion, 1960. : TAL
52
Norse goddess of the Past. : URTH
54
River into the Seine. : OISE
55
I love: Lat. : AMO
56
Curve. : PARABOLA
59
The piper's son. : TOMTOM
62
Brioche baked in a ring mold. : SAVARIN
63
Electrical unit. : AMPERE
64
Observe. : DETECT
65
Minimize. : LESSEN
Down
1
Paraphrased. : RESTATED
2
Hollow out. : EXCAVATE
3
Old-time arrangement of stirrup straps. : CHAPELET
4
Pitch. : TAR
5
Bravo's cousin. : OLE
6
Edit or revise. : REDACT
7
Building brick. : ADOBE
8
Legal figure. : DEFENDER
9
First principle. : ABC
10
Sully. : MAR
11
Topic. : ITEM
12
Forest group. : CEDARS
15
Nouveau ___. : RICHE
18
Norse name. : THOR
21
Degrees. : BCS
24
Ring-shaped. : ANNULAR
25
Thuja. : TREE
26
Reptile. : SERPENT
29
Ragged-edged. : EROSE
31
The gannet. : SOLAN
35
Choice. : RARE
36
Of a contraction of the heart. : SYSTOLIC
38
Appears like. : IMITATES
39
Tenderly. : CONAMORE
40
Partisans of English interests in America. : ANGLOMEN
43
Live ___. : ITUP
44
Mrs. Helmer and others. : NORAS
45
Quaternion. : TETRAD
46
Degrees. : BAS
47
Organic compound. : ACETAL
50
Gay. : RIANT
53
Experience. : HAVE
57
Night flier. : BAT
58
Pitchblende. : ORE
60
Residence, à la Cockney. : OME
61
Certain legislators. : MPS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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