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New York Times, Friday, January 1, 1965

44-Down : Gay, wild dance.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,633
Across
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Pen point. : STUB
5
High old time. : SPREE
10
Time: Fr. : FOIS
14
Subject of John Payne song. : HOME
15
City founded in 969. : CAIRO
16
Press of business. : RUSH
17
Schnabel recording. : EMPERORCONCERTO
20
Lots. : DESTINIES
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Writer of 25 centuries ago. : AESOP
22
French possessive. : MES
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Graduate degree. : BSS
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"Good night ___ ... " : LADIES
28
Incitor. : ABETTOR
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Theban deity. : AMON
33
Willow tree. : OSIER
34
College affair. : HOP
36
Rudolph Serkin recording. : MOONLIGHTSONATA
40
Comedian's forte. : PUN
41
Foils. : EPEES
42
Edge of a cliff. : BROW
43
Packs over again. : RECASES
45
Leaves of grass. : SPEARS
47
Fuss. : ADO
48
Part of a continent: Abbr. : SWA
49
Was brilliant. : SHONE
52
Containing the sound of "h." : ASPIRATED
58
Christmas treat. : NUTCRACKERSUITE
60
City on the Jumna. : AGRA
61
Type of picture. : STILL
62
Small duck. : TEAL
63
Sound: Prefix. : PHON
64
Poker term. : KITTY
65
Heraldic band. : ORLE
Down
1
Impart. : SHED
2
"It's all the same ___." : TOME
3
Diamond men. : UMPS
4
Borscht ingredient. : BEET
5
Cakes. : SCONES
6
City of Light. : PARIS
7
American playwright. : RICE
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Shakespearean role. : EROS
9
A thousand ages. : EON
10
Most unencumbered. : FREEST
11
Double possessive. : OURS
12
That ___ say. : ISTO
13
Working place. : SHOP
18
Jack Frost's work. : RIME
19
Man of Havana. : CASTRO
23
Busy ones. : BEES
24
Symbol of Florence Nightingale. : LAMP
25
"Parlez-moi d'___ ... " : AMOUR
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___'s best. : DOONE
27
Tabard, for one. : INN
28
Volcanic output. : ASHES
29
Fragments. : BITS
30
American novelist. : OHARA
31
Opposite of stator. : ROTOR
33
Curved molding. : OGEE
35
Feet of a sort. : PAWS
37
U Thant, for example. : LEADER
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___ facto. : IPSO
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Helmsman's course. : NBE
44
Gay, wild dance. : CANCAN
45
Curling. : SWIRLY
46
Church districts: Abbr. : PARS
48
Signified. : SPELT
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Kind of shot. : SNAP
50
Actor Franklin. : HUGH
51
Another: Sp. : OTRO
52
Playwright's concern. : ACTI
53
Comic piece. : SKIT
54
Self-propelled: Prefix. : AUTO
55
Animal: Ger. : TIER
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And others: Abbr. : ETAL
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Proofreader's instruction. : DELE
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Invite. : ASK

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

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