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New York Times, Monday, August 8, 1966

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 14, Grid flow: 49.7
David Steinberg notes:

Original was missing the clue for 10-Across. Looked like there could have been an underscore, so went with "___-yourself." (a clue Margaret had used).

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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,204
Across
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Tiller. : HELM
5
Fountain treats. : SODAS
10
___-yourself. : DOIT
14
Notion: Prefix. : IDEO
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Genus of marine snails. : OVULA
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Aware (of): Slang. : ONTO
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Native of Helsinki. : FINN
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Climb aboard. : HOPON
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Blessing. : BOON
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As originally placed: Lat. : INSITU
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Dormer windows. : LUTHERNS
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Roughed it. : CAMPEDOUT
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House shape. : CIGARBOX
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Decorate. : SETOFF
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Indian. : UTE
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Petitions. : PLEAS
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Prefix with comic or comedy. : SERIO
37
High old time. : BALL
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Unfurnished. : EMPTY
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Brooklet. : RILL
42
Inter ___. : ALIOS
44
Name meaning princess. : SARAH
46
Lodge member. : ELK
47
Gave assent. : NODDED
49
Raised shelves behind altars. : RETABLES
51
Chinese structure. : GREATWALL
53
Nursery of a sort. : TREEFARM
56
Hollywood commodity: Var. : GLAMOR
60
Marmalade ingredient. : RIND
61
Biblical verb. : DOETH
63
Mrs. Helmer. : NORA
64
Spanish-African colony. : IFNI
65
Girl's name, for short. : TONIA
66
Bivalve. : CLAM
67
Average. : MEAN
68
Frequently. : OFTEN
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Lend a hand. : HELP
Down
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Record equipment. : HIFI
2
Midlothian city: Abbr. : EDIN
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Camera part. : LENS
4
Santa ___. : MONICA
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"Be it ever ___ ... " : SOHUMBLE
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Egg: Prefix. : OVO
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Type of residence. : DUPLEXAPARTMENT
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Audibly. : ALOUD
9
Port of Brazil. : SANTOS
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Improve. : DOBETTER
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___ about. : ONOR
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Put ___ (exaggerate): Slang. : ITON
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Oodles. : TONS
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Canvas cover. : TARP
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Shades. : HUES
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Idyls. : POEMS
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Native of Oriente. : CUBAN
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Combining form for a country. : ITALO
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Extremely cold. : GELID
30
Bay window. : ORIEL
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Girl: Fr. : FILLE
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People. : FOLKS
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Scatter. : STREW
38
Embedded. : LODGEDIN
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Turkish saber. : YATAGHAN
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Helot. : SERF
45
Auditorium. : HALL
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___ the world (asleep). : DEADTO
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Whiten. : BLANCH
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Have ___ over one's head. : AROOF
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Shipshape. : TRIM
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Prevalent. : RIFE
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Sicilian resort. : ENNA
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Lawn tunneler. : MOLE
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Spoken. : ORAL
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Turnpike exit. : RAMP
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Relationship. : TIE

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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