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New York Times, Tuesday, October 27, 1964

40-Down : Conversation of a sort.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 4.75, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 313 (avg 1.65)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 10, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,567
Across
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Wavers. : HALTS
6
Aleutian isle. : ADAK
10
Braces. : TWOS
14
Approximately. : ABOUT
15
Fictional carpenter. : BEDE
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All the ___. : RAGE
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Beaumarchais comedy. : BARBEROFSEVILLE
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"A Woman ___ Sometime Thing." : ISA
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Kind of star. : NOVA
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Ceramics worker. : POTTER
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Sawbucks. : TENS
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Kind of leather: Abbr. : MOR
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City of Egypt. : SUEZ
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Cake shape. : CUP
29
Receives. : GETS
31
___ lamb. : EWE
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The "hands up" man. : SIMON
37
Fraternity letter. : BETA
38
"An apple ___ ... " : ADAY
39
Pop the question. : PROPOSE
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Cryptic. : OBSCURE
43
Adduce. : CITE
44
Felled, as trees. : HEWN
46
Companion of fears. : HOPES
47
Tree. : ASH
48
Nonsense. : BOSH
49
German article. : DER
50
Western figure. : EARP
52
Equal: Prefix. : ISO
54
Okinawa port. : NAHA
58
Turkish inn. : IMARET
60
___ Stadium. : SHEA
62
Sine qua ___. : NON
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Popular orchestral work. : NUTCRACKERSUITE
66
Kind of club. : GLEE
67
German song. : LIED
68
Great dramatist. : IBSEN
69
Cause to go. : SEND
70
A flat and others. : KEYS
71
Scene of action. : FIELD
Down
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Apparel. : HABIT
2
Humble. : ABASE
3
Navigation system. : LORAN
4
Slow-moving vessel. : TUB
5
Narrow: Prefix. : STEN
6
From the beginning: Lat. : ABOVO
7
Dickens' demon knitter. : DEFARGE
8
Exhortations to buy. : ADS
9
___ on (checks). : KEEPSTAB
10
Overused. : TRITE
11
Approached boldly (with "to"). : WALTZEDUP
12
Amorous look. : OGLE
13
Nostradamus. : SEER
18
Frolic. : ROMP
19
Part of RSVP. : VOUS
24
Extent. : SCOPE
28
___, due, tre. : UNO
30
Type of jacket. : ETON
32
Product of 22 Across. : WARE
33
Looks at. : EYES
34
Animal-lovers' group. : SPCA
35
Flower. : IRIS
36
Outdated. : MOTHEATEN
37
Neighborly gatherings. : BEES
38
Would-be oak. : ACORN
40
Conversation of a sort. : SHOPTALK
42
Ship or plane. : SHE
45
Product of Scotland. : WHISKEY
48
___ Rabbit. : BRER
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Active one. : DOER
51
Curved. : ARCED
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Casts off. : SHEDS
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Carrot's relative. : ANISE
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Type of dwelling. : HOTEL
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Put ___ to. : ANEND
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Common endings. : INGS
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Stubborn one. : MULE
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As though. : ASIF
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French business abbreviation. : CIE
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Where: Lat. : UBI

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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