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New York Times, Monday, October 8, 1962

9-Across : Slow stately court dance.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 44.3 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
David Steinberg notes:

Clue for 58-Down (ALE) looked like "Brown October" and was clearly unfinished. Inserted a blank at the end, since quote is likely referring to the song "Brown October Ale."

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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,833
Across
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Kind of trap on links. : SAND
5
Amphibian. : TOAD
9
Slow stately court dance. : PAVAN
14
Region. : AREA
15
Singing voice. : ALTO
16
___ Hooks. : USENO
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Impose. : LEVY
18
Resist. : MAKEASTAND
20
Small monkey. : APELET
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Dressmaker's concern. : ARMHOLES
23
Conjugal. : MARITAL
25
Distasteful. : SOUR
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Trumpeter birds. : AGAMIS
28
Highest. : UPMOST
32
Glimpse. : SIGHT
34
Condemns. : DAMNS
36
Game at cards. : LOO
37
Tuxedo. : COAT
38
___ Feed the Animals. : DONOT
39
Complacent. : SMUG
40
Eastern name. : ALI
41
French psychologist. : BINET
42
Rings. : PEALS
43
Entered in a cash register. : RANGUP
45
Regenerated. : REBORN
47
Stringed instrument: It. : ARPA
49
Color akin to russet. : TILERED
52
Judge's office. : CHAMBERS
56
Pretty: Sp. : BONITA
57
Variety of marine mammal. : HARBORSEAL
59
Confess. : AVOW
60
Nobel prize poet. : ELIOT
61
Eye roguishly. : OGLE
62
"___ Mable." : DERE
63
Cuts down. : FELLS
64
Votes against. : NOES
65
Greek god. : EROS
Down
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Oriental bow: Var. : SALAM
2
Spanish griddlecake. : AREPA
3
Morning-after resolution. : NEVERAGAIN
4
Dawn. : DAYLIGHT
5
Chinese gong. : TAMTAM
6
Palm leaf: Var. : OLA
7
Aleutian island. : ATKA
8
Agents. : DOERS
9
Exercises. : PUSHUPS
10
"Any port in ___." : ASTORM
11
Meat dish. : VEAL
12
British princess. : ANNE
13
Is very sleepy. : NODS
19
Add up (to). : AMOUNT
21
State: Fr. : ETAT
24
Put the ___ (keep in check). : LIDON
27
More rational. : SANER
29
Jerome Kern melody. : OLMANRIVER
30
Person. : SOUL
31
Sportswear. : TOGS
32
Steep rocky elevation. : SCAR
33
City in Kansas. : IOLA
35
Song for a choir. : MOTET
38
Group of stars in Ursa Major. : DIPPER
39
Song at twilight. : SERENADE
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Relatives of the cod. : BURBOTS
42
Horseback sport. : POLO
44
Frolic. : GAMBOL
46
Confirmation gifts. : BIBLES
48
Pyromania. : ARSON
50
Kurile island. : ETORO
51
V. P., 1925–29. : DAWES
52
Man in white. : CHEF
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In good health. : HALE
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Seed covering. : ARIL
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Lily of Utah. : SEGO
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"Brown October ___." : ALE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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