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New York Times, Wednesday, February 11, 1987

Author:
Mary C. Whitten
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,609
Across
1. Racing program : CARD
5. Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos : FATES
10. Observe Lent : FAST
14. ___ Khayyam, 1917 Derby winner : OMAR
15. "___ Lucy" : ILOVE
16. Heraldic border : ORLE
17. Volcanic output : LAVA
18. Like some seals : EARED
19. Curb : REIN
20. Reagan-Day film: 1952 : THEWINNINGTEAM
23. Psychedelic drug: Abbr. : LSD
24. A dawn goddess : EOS
25. Jet passenger's problem : LAG
28. Blind trio : MICE
31. Frail : SLIGHT
35. Skilled : ABLE
37. Covers with turf : SODS
39. Concur : AGREE
40. Caesar-Coca TV series : YOURSHOWOFSHOWS
43. Fullest possible : EVERY
44. Tablet : PILL
45. Asian weight unit : TAEL
46. Vacation spot : RESORT
48. Part of speech : NOUN
50. Between, in Bari : TRA
51. Bravo or Grande : RIO
52. N.Y.S.E. listing : STK
54. Top 1951 film directed by George Stevens : APLACEINTHESUN
62. Blackthorn : SLOE
63. "___ Grows in Brooklyn" : ATREE
64. Single : LONE
65. Tote-board numbers : ODDS
66. Single step : STAIR
67. Evening, in Paris : SOIR
68. Marino bomb : PASS
69. Young adults : TEENS
70. Preminger or Kruger : OTTO
Down
1. Indianapolis football pro : COLT
2. Oriental nanny : AMAH
3. Talk wildly : RAVE
4. Speak slowly : DRAWL
5. Cruel : FIENDISH
6. Actor Bates : ALAN
7. Convex moldings : TORI
8. Level : EVEN
9. Grasslike plants : SEDGES
10. What seers have : FORESIGHT
11. Location : AREA
12. Slender : SLIM
13. Hamilton bill : TEN
21. Doctrine : ISM
22. Indian units of weight : TOLAS
25. Stratum : LAYER
26. Over : ABOVE
27. Adhesives : GLUES
29. Hen pen : COOP
30. Attorney General Meese : EDWIN
32. Trifling sum : GROAT
33. Man with an ax : HEWER
34. Electrical wizard : TESLA
36. Making no mistakes : ERRORLESS
38. Chorus member's thrill : SOLO
41. A neighbor of Jordan : SYRIA
42. Befuddles : FLUSTERS
47. "A time ___ away stones . . . ": Eccl. 3:5 : TOCAST
49. Extreme degree : NTH
53. Five-time Horse of the Year : KELSO
54. "M*A*S*H" star : ALDA
55. Engine housings : PODS
56. Major ending : ETTE
57. Dies ___ : IRAE
58. German negative : NEIN
59. Chimney dirt : SOOT
60. One : UNIT
61. Pianist Peter : NERO
62. Bribe : SOP

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

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