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New York Times, Monday, August 17, 1970

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { Q W X }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 22.2 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,674
Across
1
Do a football line job : BLOCK
6
Bursts open : POPS
10
Fervor : ZEAL
14
Truman's first home : LAMAR
15
Nazimova : ALLA
16
River to the Moselle : ORNE
17
Giraffe's relative : OKAPI
18
Abrupt change : LEAP
19
Crosspiece : RUNG
20
Officer of the Bounty : CHRISTIAN
22
Pith helmet : TOPEE
23
Leg part : SHIN
24
Field of operation : THEATER
26
This ___ surprise! : ISA
29
Rosinante, for one : NAG
30
Time spans : EONS
31
Opera role : TOSCA
33
Rising, as a flood : CRESTING
37
Chorus voice : ALTO
38
Bridge player's words : IPASS
40
Tropical tree : EBOE
41
Daniel's milieu : LIONSDEN
43
Quality : TRAIT
44
Fodder : FEED
45
___ glance : ATA
47
Erie and Wabash: Abbr. : RRS
48
Oriental warrior : SAMURAI
51
Asian nation : LAOS
53
In reserve : ONICE
54
Follower of a certain doctrine : CALVINIST
59
Skirt length : MINI
60
Refined jujitsu : JUDO
61
Naval apparatus : SONAR
62
Aleutian island : ATTU
63
Language of Pakistan : URDU
64
Shinto gateway : TORII
65
Doris and others : DAYS
66
Binet-Simon, for one : TEST
67
Glasses, for short : SPECS
Down
1
Legislative group : BLOC
2
Large sum in India : LAKH
3
Persian poet : OMAR
4
Roman sacrificial vessel : CAPIS
5
Indian deity : KRISHNA
6
Fence picket : PALING
7
Olive genus : OLEA
8
Kind of punch : PLANTERS
9
Foolish one : SAP
10
Persian prophet : ZOROASTER
11
Break out : ERUPT
12
Year in Paris : ANNEE
13
French cubist : LEGER
21
Spanish relative : TIA
22
Shoe sizes : TENS
25
Implements : HOES
26
Type style: Abbr. : ITAL
27
Arias : SOLI
28
Regarding : ASTO
32
Chinese philosopher : CONFUCIUS
33
Container : CAN
34
Construction piece : IBAR
35
Rouge's sidekick : NOIR
36
Obtains : GETS
38
What's the big ___? : IDEA
39
Foot care : PEDICURE
42
Withered : SERE
43
Followers of a Chinese philosophy : TAOISTS
45
Completely : ALLOUT
46
Hebrew letter : TAV
48
"I was ___ I could ... " : SOMAD
49
Santa ___ : ANITA
50
Like a julep : MINTY
52
Pry : SNOOP
55
Does arithmetic : ADDS
56
Regarding : INRE
57
Eastern ketch : SAIC
58
First name in baseball : TRIS
60
Project : JUT

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

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