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New York Times, Friday, December 20, 1968

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 18.0 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 7,069
Across
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Symbolic gift. : RING
5
Modern Edessa. : URFA
9
Big cat. : TIGER
14
Breslau's river. : ODER
15
Aloha symbols. : LEIS
16
"___ of Two Cities." : ATALE
17
Sea monster. : LEVIATHAN
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"Sound of Music" heroine. : MARIA
20
Acrobatic feats. : LEAPS
21
Académie's cousin. : ECOLE
23
Sneezy's brother. : DOC
24
Kind of grass. : ESPARTO
26
Tub. : BATH
27
Arab's robe. : ABA
30
Island republic. : EIRE
31
Girls' group. : GSA
33
Wisdom. : SAGENESS
35
Piece of writing. : ESSAY
39
Magic potion. : PHILTRE
40
Bar order. : MARTINI
42
Bootery. : STORE
43
Skid. : SIDESLIP
44
Historic peak. : IDA
46
Gallic verve. : ELAN
47
British decorations: Abbr. : OMS
48
City on the Brazos. : WACO
51
Author of "The Oregon Trail." : PARKMAN
54
Wholly. : ALL
55
Of war: Abbr. : MILIT
56
Melville novel. : TYPEE
60
Roman garb. : STOLA
62
Circus feature. : AERIALIST
64
Namely. : TOWIT
65
French titles: Abbr. : MMES
66
Aware of: Colloq. : ONTO
67
Texas city. : ENNIS
68
Name in boxing. : BAER
69
Display sign. : NEON
Down
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Drum flourish. : ROLL
2
Thought: Fr. : IDEE
3
Leningrad's river. : NEVA
4
American prerogative. : GRIPE
5
In the last month: Abbr. : ULT
6
Train for a performance. : REHEARSE
7
French vehicles. : FIACRES
8
Like ___ (probably). : ASNOT
9
Harmless. : TAME
10
Give ___ whirl. : ITA
11
Lake of Italy. : GARDA
12
Literary name. : ELIOT
13
Go as far as. : REACH
18
Agreed to. : ASSENTED
22
Flight record. : LOG
25
Breakwater. : PIER
26
Woody fibers. : BASTS
27
Ophidians. : ASPS
28
Bangkok coin. : BAHT
29
Exchange premium. : AGIO
32
Orchestral composition. : SERENATA
34
The river: Sp. : ELRIO
36
Farm sight. : SILO
37
Briskly: Mus. abbr. : ANIM
38
Kennel sounds. : YIPS
40
Plant yielding latex. : MILKTREE
41
First name. : ADAM
43
Cranelike bird of Brazil. : SERIEMA
45
Nepal peak. : API
48
Dissipate. : WASTE
49
City upstream from St. Louis. : ALTON
50
Circus feature. : CLOWN
52
Like ___ (timidly). : ALAMB
53
Dress goods. : NYLON
55
Table decor. : MATS
57
Maine symbol. : PINE
58
___ Perpetua (Idaho's motto). : ESTO
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Thames town. : ETON
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1st-cen. date. : LII
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Asian land: Abbr. : ISR

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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