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New York Times, Wednesday, December 22, 1965

26-Across : Small coin of Japan.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 309 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 42.2
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,975
Across
1
Bird sound. : QUACK
6
Sheep genus. : OVIS
10
Kind of pudding. : PLUM
14
Dishearten. : UNMAN
15
Ended: Fr. : FINI
16
Hebrides island. : IONA
17
Surpassing. : ABOVE
18
Audacious. : FOOLHARDY
20
Parting word. : FAREWELL
22
Certain dances. : TANGOS
23
Explorer Nansen's ship. : FRAM
24
Bog product. : PEAT
26
Small coin of Japan. : RIN
27
Came to earth. : ALIT
29
Word used for emphasis, with "she." : HERSELF
33
Is unable. : CANNOT
36
Diminution. : REMITTAL
37
Gold: Sp. : ORO
38
Large quantities. : VOLUMES
40
___ Juana. : TIA
41
Machinist. : LATHEMAN
43
One of the Wagners. : ROBERT
45
Smoothed off. : ABRASED
46
Capital of Yemen. : SANA
47
"Able was I ___ I saw Elba." : ERE
48
Wailing cry. : YOWL
50
Tennessee Williams hero. : STAN
54
Lunch hour. : MIDDAY
57
Global question mark. : REDCHINA
59
Compliant. : ADAPTABLE
61
River of song. : AFTON
62
Girl's name. : ALMA
63
Fish net part. : HOOP
64
Roman dictator, 82 B.C. : SULLA
65
Experienced. : SEEN
66
Junior and others. : SONS
67
Bobs. : SLEDS
Down
1
Drink deeply. : QUAFF
2
Unfasten. : UNBAR
3
Learned rabbi of ancient times. : AMORA
4
Early earthling. : CAVEMAN
5
Was aware of. : KNEW
6
Drain pipe. : OFFLET
7
Sebastian's twin. : VIOLA
8
Daughter of Cadmus. : INO
9
Residue of a flood. : SILT
10
Concert star. : PIANIST
11
Opera glass. : LORGNETTE
12
Loosen. : UNDO
13
National's MVP, 1965. : MAYS
19
9th or 23rd President. : HARRISON
21
Compendium. : EPITOME
25
"Let ___ eat cake." : THEM
28
Piece of furniture. : LOVESEAT
30
Color. : EMERALD
31
Abode of a kind. : LAIR
32
Piece of scenery. : FLAT
33
Nut tree. : COLA
34
Part of U.A.R. : ARAB
35
Ile de la Cité sight. : NOTREDAME
36
Sprint. : RUN
39
___ Bird. : LADY
42
Solid, unplowed land. : HARDPAN
44
One of the Seven Dwarfs. : BASHFUL
46
Does housework. : SWEEPS
49
Fabric. : ORLON
51
Right of possession. : TITLE
52
"Mosses from ___ Manse." : ANOLD
53
Pram pushers. : NANAS
54
Flemish river. : MAAS
55
Trivial. : IDLE
56
Cries of derision. : YAHS
58
Sinclair Lewis hero. : CASS
60
Scary sound. : BOO

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

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