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New York Times, Tuesday, October 13, 1964

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 4.84, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 34.7
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,553
Across
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Innocents. : BABES
6
Stream. : FLOW
10
Arabian garments. : ABAS
14
Verge. : BRINK
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Source of obsidian. : LAVA
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Sensed. : FELT
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Men on the hustings. : CANDIDATES
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Money changing. : AGIO
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Stone. : GEM
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Constantly. : EVER
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Arabian gazelle. : ARIEL
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Furnished. : AFFORDED
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Compass point. : NNE
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American poet. : LANIER
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Lake of NW Europe. : ILMEN
31
Clean (up). : MOP
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Casey and others. : DRS
33
Newspapers. : DAILIES
36
Tied. : ROPED
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A Beatle. : RINGO
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Outstanding. : STELLAR
42
Marie, for one: Abbr. : STE
44
Party. : GOP
45
Wolf of fiction. : AKELA
46
Loving touch. : CARESS
48
Musical instrument: Abbr. : COR
50
Ornamental metal work in relief. : REPOUSSE
52
Make ___ at. : APASS
54
Lawyer of fiction. : TUTT
55
Morgue, for one. : RUE
58
Tip. : HINT
59
Low threatening sounds. : MUTTERINGS
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Quondam. : ONCE
63
Russian city. : OREL
64
Rhodes. : CECIL
65
Lament. : WEEP
66
Bare. : MERE
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Ring-around-___. : AROSY
Down
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Telly's initials. : BBC
2
Limp as ___. : ARAG
3
Flexible shoot. : BINE
4
Star of the minstrel show. : ENDMAN
5
Snow runner. : SKI
6
Mocha and others. : FLAVORS
7
Subsequent. : LATER
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Carried too far. : OVERDID
9
Part of "T. W. 3." : WAS
10
At a distance. : AFAR
11
Sources. : BEGINNINGS
12
Foreign. : ALIEN
13
Popular garment. : STOLE
18
Postpone. : DEFER
22
Beaus. : ADMIRERS
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Crabs. : FIDDLERS
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Ancient high note. : ELA
27
Spoils. : LOOT
28
Look. : APPEARANCE
30
Ivy Leaguer. : ELI
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Title for 59 Down. : MRS
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Selves. : EGOS
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Bribe. : SOP
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Shoe leather. : ELK
40
Brew. : ALE
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Bliss. : RAPTURE
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Quick shuffling pace. : SCUTTLE
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Discernment. : TASTE
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Adjective for the "Munsters" et al. : EERIER
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Almost extinct petrel. : CAHOW
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Suppose, old style. : OPINE
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External. : OUTER
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Degree. : STEP
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Strange: Scot. : UNCO
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Sponsorship. : EGIS
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One of the home folks. : MOM
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Initials akin to 1 Down. : RCA
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Cunning. : SLY

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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