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New York Times, Wednesday, July 1, 1970

45-Down : Lowly

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,627
Across
1
Musical family : BACH
5
Collect : AMASS
10
Understands : SEES
14
Lively, in music: Abbr. : ALLO
15
Catlike animal : CIVET
16
Greek god : EROS
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Father of Goneril : LEAR
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"Darling" of old song : CLEMENTINE
20
With "honorable," award for also-ran : MENTION
22
Cleans the board : ERASES
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Goofed : ERRED
25
Egg: Prefix : OVI
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Bacchante : MAENAD
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Got one's bearings : ORIENTED
34
Flavoring : ANISE
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Move in a way : GLIDE
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Sight from Sugar Loaf : RIO
37
Nickname for a dog : TIGE
38
Gypsy husband : ROM
39
Suffix for aqua and motor : CADE
40
Selassie's land: Abbr. : ETH
41
Not ___ in the world : ACARE
43
Computer-card man : CODER
44
Sherlock Holmes portrayer : RATHBONE
46
What Frankie and Johnny were : LOVERS
47
Detroit-based union: Abbr. : UAW
48
Relative of "Say cheese" : SMILE
50
French noblemen : COMTES
53
Go over again : ITERATE
57
Shoe size of 18 Across : NUMBERNINE
59
Quasi : ASIF
60
Seed covering : ARIL
61
Fisherman : EELER
62
Forty-weekday period : LENT
63
Sneaky ___ : PETE
64
Bambi's folks : DEERS
65
Lyrics to be sung : LAYS
Down
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Sweet odor : BALM
2
Nautical word : ALEE
3
Social group : CLAN
4
"Sweet" girl in old song : HORTENSE
5
Agreement : ACCORD
6
Christopher Robin's creator : MILNE
7
Hail : AVE
8
Dotted, as with stars : SEME
9
Organic compound : STEROID
10
Begins : SETSIN
11
Canal : ERIE
12
Ages : EONS
13
Wind direction : SSE
19
" ... ruler of the Queen's ___" : NAVEE
21
Dies ___ : IRAE
24
Actress Costello : DOLORES
26
Alma or pia : MATER
27
Ekberg : ANITA
28
Shell crew : EIGHT
30
Frost : RIME
31
Business : TRADE
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Duck : EIDER
33
Achievers : DOERS
35
Family member, for short : GRAN
39
Mechanic's garment : COVERALL
41
Lessen : ABATE
42
Shrank away from : COWERED
43
Merry king : COLE
45
Lowly : HUMBLE
46
Eur. measures : LITERS
49
Father of 18 Across : MINER
50
French priest : CURE
51
Leave out : OMIT
52
Snick's partner : SNEE
54
Lost : ASEA
55
Tim or Alice : TINY
56
Small lizards : EFTS
57
Snooze : NAP
58
___ de la Cité : ILE

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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