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New York Times, Wednesday, May 1, 1968

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 317 (avg 1.68)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 49.5 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,836
Across
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Peeper. : CHICK
6
Elec. units. : AMPS
10
Equitable. : FAIR
14
City on the Red River. : HANOI
15
Country place. : DALE
16
Puerto ___. : RICO
17
Theater. : ODEON
18
Easily moved. : EMOTIONAL
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Channel island. : SARK
21
Weather word. : DAMP
22
Pure air: Slang. : OZONE
23
Altogether. : ENTIRELY
25
Bomb tryouts. : ATESTS
26
___ pros. : NOL
27
Family group. : CLAN
28
In unusual fashion. : SINGULARLY
33
___ mecum (come with me): Lat. : VADE
37
Nose. : SNOUT
38
Letter. : WYE
39
Son of Eber. : PELEG
40
Orient. : EAST
41
Appearing once more. : REEMERGING
43
Times. : ERAS
45
Minute. : WEE
46
___ Arc. : JOANOF
49
Seeking. : QUESTING
54
Be. : EXIST
55
Hebe's concern. : CUPS
56
Lined up. : AROW
57
Makes fun of. : RIDICULES
59
Decrease. : ABATE
60
Noble: Ger. : EDEL
61
Home of the ibis. : NILE
62
Pilgrim figure. : ALDEN
63
Letters. : ZEDS
64
Young animal. : COLT
65
Plants. : REEDS
Down
1
Opted. : CHOSE
2
___ eye on. : HADAN
3
Not active. : INERT
4
Steamers et al. : COOKINGUTENSILS
5
Sisters and cousins. : KIN
6
"It's ___!" : ADEAL
7
Jolson song. : MAMMY
8
Drop, in a way. : PLOP
9
Golf clubs, usually. : SET
10
Cook's choice. : FROZENVEGETABLE
11
Japanese aborigines. : AINOS
12
"___ do that sum." : ICANT
13
Tosca, Aida, et al. : ROLES
19
Greek letter. : IOTA
21
Country place. : DELL
24
Utter defeat. : ROUT
25
Like a malt drink. : ALY
27
Man's nickname. : CLEM
28
Direction. : SSE
29
Girl's name. : INA
30
Latin or French pronoun. : NOS
31
Fills with reverence. : AWES
32
Crop. : RYE
34
Moslem name. : ALI
35
Room. : DEN
36
Humpty Dumpty. : EGG
39
Exec. : PRES
41
British flyers. : RAF
42
Farm animals. : EWES
44
Training group, for short. : ROTC
46
Spanish city. : JEREZ
47
Chemical compound. : OXIDE
48
Gave support to. : AIDED
49
Put down. : QUELL
50
Capsize. : UPSET
51
Eastern decree. : IRADE
52
Saw. : NOTED
53
Actress Verdon and others. : GWENS
55
Muse. : CLIO
58
Like some book pages: Abbr. : UNC
59
Swiss river. : AAR

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

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