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New York Times, Thursday, July 16, 1970

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { F J Q }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 21.5
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O
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G
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H
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D
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,642
Across
1
A.M. or P.M. : OCLOCK
7
Resinous substance : LAC
10
Business letter notation: Abbr. : ENC
13
Dawdle : LOITER
14
African lily : ALOE
16
Mild oath : GOL
17
Concern for today : ENVIRONMENT
19
Discharge, informally : AXE
20
" ... but ___ on forever" : IGO
21
Cribbage card : NOB
22
France, to Caesar : GALLIA
24
Covered with wax : CERATED
27
Someone else's kid : HELLION
28
British queen : ANNE
29
Greek Pluto : DIS
30
Heat measures: Abbr. : BTUS
31
Meat cut : LOIN
32
Distresses : HURTS
34
Compass point : ESE
35
Hideaways : LOVENESTS
38
Hesitant sounds : ERS
41
Slopes : RISES
42
O.T. people : EMIM
45
Bridge play : COUP
47
W.W. II group : OSS
48
Round, in music : ROTA
49
Queen served by Hercules : OMPHALE
51
Forest protectors : RANGERS
54
Relating to gulls : LARINE
55
Weep : SOB
56
Roman 1002 : MII
57
Individual : ONE
58
Increasing, as world population : SNOWBALLING
62
Neat, in England : GIM
63
Recorded proceedings : ACTA
64
"Me ___, you Jane" : TARZAN
65
One: Scot. : YAE
66
Imitation fabric: Suffix : EEN
67
Collaborator with Marx : ENGELS
Down
1
Of an acid : OLEIC
2
Freeze : CONGEAL
3
Port of Italia : LIVORNO
4
Early people of Brazil : OTI
5
Yugoslav mountain : CER
6
Danish coin : KRONE
7
Essayist : LAMB
8
Bitter brew : ALE
9
Clogs, as traffic : CONGESTS
10
One of a French trio : EGALITE
11
Like substances in city air : NOXIOUS
12
Free from pollution : CLEANSE
15
Relative of etc. : ETAL
18
Be inattentive : NOD
23
Legal degree: Abbr. : LLB
25
Indigo : ANIL
26
Purport : TENOR
27
Employs : HIRES
29
Indiana sight : DUNES
32
German state : HESSE
33
Inflexible : STERN
36
Destructive action : VIOLENCE
37
Los Angeles specialty : SMOG
38
Science of today : ECOLOGY
39
Country in Europe : ROMANIA
40
Dominant : SUPREME
43
List : ITEMIZE
44
Old word for nautical : MARINAL
46
Greek letter : PHI
50
Celestial handle : ANSA
51
Stick up : ROB
52
Lessen : ABATE
53
Zodiac units : SIGNS
55
___ song : SWAN
59
Native: Suffix : OTE
60
Swedish district : LAN
61
Sweater size: Abbr. : LRG

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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