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New York Times, Thursday, January 21, 1965

47-Down : Loosen, as a shoe.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J V X }, Scrabble score: 301 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9, Grid flow: 36.2
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,653
Across
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Apartment. : FLAT
5
Kind of knife. : BOWIE
10
Historic island. : WAKE
14
Fabric. : LENO
15
Altogether. : INALL
16
Mrs. Leonowens. : ANNA
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Advantage. : ODDS
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Improves. : GETSBETTER
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Tourist's must. : PASSPORT
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Nobelist in literature, 1936. : ONEILL
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Even with. : QUITS
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Gets the advantage of. : WORSTS
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Link. : COUPLE
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Slangy exclamation. : SWELL
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All fifty. : USA
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Moved in a circle. : EDDIED
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S-shaped molding. : OGEE
36
Concert violin, for short. : STRAD
38
Malt brew. : ALE
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Befuddled. : WOOZY
40
Look narrowly. : PEER
41
Mustang. : BRONCO
43
Raw material. : ORE
44
Fosses. : MOATS
46
Wild sheep, habitat North Africa. : AOUDAD
48
___ numerals. : ARABIC
51
U.S. astronaut. : GLENN
52
Napery fabric. : DAMASK
53
Game. : WILDLIFE
56
In top form. : ATONESBEST
58
Turkish titles. : AGAS
59
Outer covering. : RIND
60
Planet. : EARTH
61
Smart. : CHIC
62
Certain mixed drinks. : NOGS
63
Demonstrative word. : THESE
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Raison d'___. : ETRE
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Short-lived play. : FLOP
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Mother of Helen of Troy. : LEDA
3
See 54 Down. : ANDSQUARE
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Even choice. : TOSSUP
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Intolerant. : BIGOTED
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Unusual persons: Colloq. : ONERS
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Scottish inventor. : WATT
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They: Fr. : ILS
9
Jostled. : ELBOWED
10
Decisive defeat. : WATERLOO
11
The opposition. : ANTIS
12
Humbled oneself. : KNELT
13
British counts. : EARLS
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Chemical ending. : ENOL
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Accumulated. : PILED
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Pointed end. : CUSP
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Bone: Prefix. : OSTE
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Storage places for ICBM's. : SILOS
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Think, old style. : WEEN
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Pub game item. : DART
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Salutation at parting. : GOODNIGHT
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Philanthropist Cornell. : EZRA
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Regarded closely. : EYED
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Brassards. : ARMBANDS
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Coaxed. : WOOED
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Countercurrent. : BACKSET
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___ turn (predict). : CALLTHE
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River to the Seine. : OISE
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Loosen, as a shoe. : UNLACE
48
Not give ___. : ADARN
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Proportion. : RATIO
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In company with. : AMONG
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Main points. : GISTS
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As it ___. : WERE
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With 3 Down, honest. : FAIR
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Verb ending. : ESCE
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Pooh's cousin. : BAH

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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