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New York Times, Saturday, November 13, 1965

16-Across : Be understood.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 310 (avg 1.68)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 32.3
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,936
Across
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Window or door part. : JAMB
5
Gourmet's concern. : MENU
9
Kind of TV show. : LATE
13
Town near Fort Devens. : AYER
14
Wise man. : SOLON
15
Nerve cell process. : AXON
16
Be understood. : GOWITHOUTSAYING
19
City on the Mississippi. : STLOUIS
20
Child's pet. : PUSSY
21
Malacca. : CANE
22
Man's name: Abbr. : ROBT
23
Otto and others. : KAHNS
25
Departures. : TAKEOFFS
29
Headquarters. : BASES
30
Circus performer. : TAMER
31
State: Abbr. : ORE
32
Trajectories. : ARCS
33
Supporting tower. : PYLON
34
Algonquian Indian. : CREE
35
Mead. : LEA
36
Leslie. : CARON
37
Took notice. : SATUP
38
By oneself. : INPERSON
40
Tatter. : SHRED
41
Noun ending. : NESS
42
To ___. : ATEE
43
Tally. : AGREE
45
Deck out. : DRESSUP
49
Is obvious. : SPEAKSFORITSELF
52
Sharp sound. : PING
53
Kind of jazz. : BEBOP
54
Office VIP. : EXEC
55
Ivy League member. : YALE
56
Canine sound. : YELP
57
Sibilant sound. : SISS
Down
1
Cuts unevenly. : JAGS
2
___ St. Lawrence, Shaw's home. : AYOT
3
Kittenish sound. : MEWL
4
Pâtisserie purchases. : BRIOCHES
5
Former political symbol. : MOOSE
6
Elected: Fr. : ELU
7
Negative. : NOT
8
Tacit. : UNSPOKEN
9
Attributes. : LAYSTO
10
Central line. : AXIS
11
Man's name. : TONY
12
Part of U. K. : ENG
14
Climbs (a rope, pole, etc.) : SHINS
17
Sirs, in the Far East. : TUANS
18
French composer. : AUBER
22
Actor Novarro. : RAMON
23
Girl's name. : KAREN
24
Broadway acronym. : ASCAP
25
Hawk's feature. : TALON
26
Strong point. : FORTE
27
Pioneer in psychiatry. : FREUD
28
Ooze out. : SEEP
29
Island of song. : BALI
30
New hands. : TYROS
33
Disregards. : PASSESBY
34
Touches gently. : CARESSES
36
Muskhogean Indian. : CREEK
37
Lamina. : SHEET
39
Madden. : ENRAGE
40
Part of an airfield. : STRIP
42
___ in the bucket. : ADROP
43
Seaport on Upolu. : APIA
44
Widespread: Abbr. : GENL
46
Numerical prefix. : SEXI
47
Diminutive suffixes. : ULES
48
Certain servicemen. : PFCS
49
Perennial TV hero. : SPY
50
Charge. : FEE
51
Kind of angle: Abbr. : OBL

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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