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New York Times, Saturday, October 28, 1967

65-Across : Interrogator.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 330 (avg 1.73)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,650
Across
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Pattern of behavior. : HABIT
6
Eager. : AGOG
10
Snowball, for one. : BUSH
14
Iowa religious community. : AMANA
15
Alley. : LANE
16
___ Domini. : ANNO
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Some birds. : COCKS
18
Rivalry. : EMULATION
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Fearsome initials. : KKK
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Brings to conformity. : TRUES
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Temporary support beam. : SHORE
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Rural sounds. : BLEATS
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Prosperity. : PLENTY
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Particular. : CHOOSY
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Used a lever. : PRIED
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Hebrides isle. : IONA
32
Fish, in a way. : SEINE
33
Indian. : SAC
36
Recent best seller. : THEMASKOFAPOLLO
40
Aurora. : EOS
41
Found repose. : SLEPT
42
Except. : SAVE
43
Voluble line of talk. : SPIEL
44
Heating device: Colloq. : HOTPAD
46
Start of a cheer. : HIPHIP
49
Musical exercises. : ETUDES
51
Poetically, close at hand. : ANEAR
52
Fine chinaware. : SPODE
53
"For the show." : TWO
56
Phenomenon of our time. : SPACEWALK
58
Peeped. : SPIED
60
Nip's partner. : TUCK
61
Call it ___. : ADAY
62
___-Coeur, Paris basilica. : SACRE
63
Adjective suffixes. : ATES
64
Popular toy. : YOYO
65
Interrogator. : ASKER
Down
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Notch. : HACK
2
Possessed with frenzy. : AMOK
3
Certain columns. : BACKBONES
4
Newspaper supply. : INK
5
Samples. : TASTES
6
Native of the Forty-ninth State. : ALEUT
7
Five Hundred, Twenty-one, and such. : GAMESPEOPLEPLAY
8
Responsibility. : ONUS
9
Coagulate. : GEL
10
Showered. : BATHED
11
Oneness. : UNION
12
Sound of disdain. : SNORT
13
Bread spread. : HONEY
19
Dormant. : ASLEEP
22
Skate. : RAY
25
Good earth. : LOAM
26
Fruit: Sp. : PINA
27
Summon. : CITE
28
Surprised exclamation. : HOHO
30
Split. : RIFT
32
Participate in a slalom: Var. : SKEE
33
Comedian's forte. : SLAPSTICK
34
Man's name. : ALVA
35
Student. : COED
37
Yearn (to). : ASPIRE
38
Garment. : SLIP
39
Bone: Prefix. : OSTE
43
Homes of a kind. : SHACKS
44
1963 Newman movie. : HUD
45
Black Sea port. : ODESSA
46
Until, in Acapulco. : HASTA
47
Mechanically, energy received. : INPUT
48
Concept of the U.N. : PEACE
50
Honshu metropolis. : TOKYO
52
Japanese island. : SADO
54
"___ poor little lambs ... " : WERE
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Frankfurt's river. : ODER
57
Passage. : WAY
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Dance step. : PAS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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