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New York Times, Thursday, July 19, 1973

20-Across : Sixty minutes

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 4, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,741
Across
1
Standard: Fr. : NORME
6
With it : HIP
9
Do a lawn job : RESOD
14
French spa : EVIAN
15
Chemical suffix : ENE
16
Serviceable : UTILE
17
Controversial author and W.W. I pacifist : BERTRANDRUSSELL
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Sixty minutes : ONEHOUR
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November winners : INS
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Hodges or Blas : GIL
23
Girl's nickname : ESSIE
25
Primitive homes : TEPEES
27
Football-field wear : HELMET
30
Middle name of 60 Across : NORTH
32
Other: Lat. : ALIA
33
Russian secret police : OGPU
34
___ dixit : IPSE
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Inkling : HINT
39
Skirmish : MELEE
40
Kind of TV show : LATE
41
___ spumante : ASTI
42
"___ now post time" : ITIS
43
White House room : OVAL
44
Spanish houses : CASAS
46
Henrik and family : IBSENS
48
Stay longer than : OUTSIT
51
View ___ (hunting cry) : HALLO
53
Son of Ra : SHU
54
Goddess: Lat. : DEA
56
Process of unhairing skins : COUPAGE
60
Collaborator with 17 Across : ALFREDWHITEHEAD
63
Having an opening, as a fence : GATED
64
Serling : ROD
65
Suit material : SERGE
66
Follow : ENSUE
67
Affirmative : YES
68
Test : TRIAL
Down
1
Biblical mount : NEBO
2
Baking unit : OVEN
3
Laugh: Fr. : RIRE
4
Subject of book by 17 and 60 Across : MATHEMATICS
5
"La vie ___" : ENROSE
6
Pétain : HENRI
7
State: Abbr. : IND
8
Persian elf : PERI
9
Autumn apple : RUSSET
10
Diminutive suffixes : ETS
11
Series of ills : SIEGE
12
Kukla's friend : OLLIE
13
Bosky places : DELLS
18
Eur. country : AUST
19
False : UNTRUE
24
Nationality of 17 and 60 Across : ENGLISH
26
Occupation of each of above : PHILOSOPHER
27
Laugh : HAHA
28
Whitney and others : ELIS
29
Fluff : LINT
31
Uncloses, poetically : OPES
33
Range in Greece : OETA
35
Jewelry setting : PAVE
36
Musial : STAN
37
Fish : EELS
39
Drizzled : MISTED
45
___-camp : AIDEDE
46
Island: Var. : ILOT
47
Saddest : BLUEST
48
Kind of orange : OSAGE
49
German lancer : UHLAN
50
Mass. university : TUFTS
52
Sour substances : ACIDS
55
Crooked : AWRY
57
Atmosphere: Prefix : AERI
58
Foolish : GAGA
59
Noble: Ger. : EDEL
61
Peleg's son : REU
62
Garden implement : HOE

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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