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New York Times, Tuesday, October 20, 1964

16-Across : Distinctive.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { Q W X }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 2, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 17.2
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,560
Across
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Contemporary of Scipio. : CATO
5
Neckwear. : ASCOT
10
Colorless. : DRAB
14
Word of assent. : AMEN
15
Mrs. Arrowsmith. : LEORA
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Distinctive. : RARE
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Pershing's home. : LINCOLNNEBRASKA
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Family member. : STEPSON
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Nautical word. : AVAST
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Suffix with election. : EER
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Kafka character. : OLGA
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City near Denison Dam, Okla. : DURANT
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Mild expletive. : DRAT
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Army man: Abbr. : MAJ
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Arabic "father." : ABOU
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Slavic girl's name. : SONIA
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Alter ___. : EGO
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HQ of a U.S. fleet. : NORFOLKVIRGINIA
40
Part of a Chinese name. : KAI
41
Former popular singer. : BAYES
42
Famous James. : BOND
43
See 55 Down. : ETC
44
Row. : TIER
45
Makes happen. : BRINGS
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Minorcas. : HENS
48
Calendar abbreviation. : FRI
49
City of ancient Greece. : ARGOS
52
People of Asia. : SIAMESE
56
Site of Aerial Lift Bridge. : DULUTHMINNESOTA
60
Danube tributary. : ISAR
61
Percolated. : OOZED
62
See 37 Down. : PRAY
63
Wicked ones (with "the"). : BADS
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Corundum. : EMERY
65
Famous Elihu. : YALE
Down
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Name from 1923. : CAL
2
"Lucky Jim" author. : AMIS
3
Pavilion. : TENT
4
Quondam. : ONCE
5
Ready. : ALLSET
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Man's title. : SENOR
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State: Abbr. : CONN
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Raw material. : ORE
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Reckoning: Colloq. : TAB
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Tributary of the Danube. : DRAVA
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Tabula ___. : RASA
12
Large flatboats. : ARKS
13
Outdo. : BEAT
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Frank. : OPEN
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Motley crowd. : RAGTAG
23
The avifauna. : ORNIS
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Resting place. : LAIR
25
Relative of "Bitte." : DANKE
26
1917 phenomenon. : UBOAT
27
Dewy. : RORIC
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On: Ger. : AUF
29
State capital. : DOVER
30
___ horseback. : MENON
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Maturing. : AGING
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Steinbeck's "Okies." : JOADS
34
Certain dogs. : SKYES
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Beseech. : OBTEST
38
Reclined. : LAIN
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There: Lat. : IBI
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Eau de vie. : BRANDY
46
Poetic work. : RIME
47
Nine to five. : HOURS
48
More subtle. : FINER
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Star in Draco. : ADIB
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Deer genus. : RUSA
51
Quite content. : GLAD
52
Glaze. : SIZE
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Spot. : ESPY
54
Rail. : SORA
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And others: Lat. abbr. : ETAL
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Kind of cake. : HOE
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Feminine title. : MOM
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Forever. : AYE

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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