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New York Times, Monday, September 30, 1968

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.17, Missing: { J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 56, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 37.7 Grid has double diagonal symmetry. Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,988
Across
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Roger of baseball. : MARIS
6
Tumbler. : GLASS
11
Trivial detail. : MINUTIA
13
Deflected impacts. : GLANCES
15
Elephant, donkey, etc. : ANIMALS
16
Glowing. : RADIANT
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Roadside eyesore. : DUMP
18
Tangy jelly. : ASPIC
20
Plum. : SLOE
21
___ great rate. : ATA
22
Sacred book. : PSALTER
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Before: Prefix. : PRE
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Rhythm. : METER
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Aye. : YES
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Goal of a kind. : IDEAL
30
Cut. : SEVERED
32
Hesperus and Regulus. : STARS
33
Southwest wind. : AFER
34
Nijinsky role, in ballet. : FAUN
35
Agreed (with). : SIDED
37
Treelike tropical plants. : BANANAS
40
More delicate. : FINER
41
Stir up. : FAN
42
Musical instruments of yore. : LYRES
44
Where London is: Abbr. : ONT
45
Puck and others. : SPRITES
48
Informal term of address. : MAC
49
Frosted. : ICED
51
Aged: Lat. abbr. : AETAT
52
Tonic extract from a nut. : COLA
53
Arranged in rows. : SERIATE
55
Clipped. : SHEARED
57
Clipped. : TRIMMED
58
Grumbles: Colloq. : YAMMERS
59
Eastern title. : EMEER
60
Of necessity (with "must"). : NEEDS
Down
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Record of proceedings. : MINUTES
2
Enliven. : ANIMATE
3
Kind ot steak. : RUMP
4
Give ___ whirl. : ITA
5
The "Weaver of Raveloe." : SILAS
6
Candied. : GLACE
7
Youth. : LAD
8
Cuckoos. : ANIS
9
Broadway character. : SCALPER
10
Hacienda dwellers. : SENORAS
11
Palindromic title. : MADAM
12
Analyst of a kind. : ASSAYER
13
Southern food item. : GRITS
14
Structural material. : STEEL
19
Begged. : PLED
22
Values more highly. : PREFERS
23
Ceremonials. : RITUALS
26
Dodge. : EVADE
29
First name in show biz. : DANNY
31
Strawberry. : RED
32
___ Juan. : SAN
34
Imagination. : FANTASY
35
Unfeigned. : SINCERE
36
Meantime. : INTERIM
37
Night crawlers. : BAIT
38
Like some cars. : ARMORED
39
Weights-and-measures officials. : SEALERS
40
Pass off (on). : FOIST
41
Let go. : FREED
43
Lots: Colloq. : SCADS
46
Father. : PATER
47
One of the Allens. : ETHAN
50
Petty sum. : DIME
52
Added up (to). : CAME
54
Soul: Fr. : AME
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Scottish uncle. : EME

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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