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New York Times, Wednesday, November 25, 1964

16-Across : Word of invitation.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { B J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 15.5
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,596
Across
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Tangled mass. : SHOCK
6
Degree. : STEP
10
Get going. : SCAT
14
Vive ___! : LEROI
15
City on the Brazos River. : WACO
16
Word of invitation. : COME
17
Fabric. : ORLON
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Uttered vehemently. : EXCLAIMED
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Mistaken. : WRONG
21
Tool. : DIE
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Made special mention of. : NOTED
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English gun. : STEN
25
Sunday best. : FINERY
26
Enterprise. : SCHEME
30
Weights. : GRAMS
32
Parts of atoms. : PROTONS
34
Wood sorrel. : OCA
35
Common ailment. : FLU
38
Paint the town red. : CAROUSE
39
Fair town, 1904. : STLOUIS
41
Barley bristle. : AWN
42
Nothing. : NIL
43
Achmed of the Far East. : SUKARNO
44
Garment. : STOLE
46
Theater ramps. : AISLES
47
Monkey. : SIMIAN
50
Calcining furnace. : KILN
52
Nymph. : HOURI
53
100 pounds of nails. : KEG
54
Pasture grass. : GRAMA
59
Objective. : INTENTION
61
English surveyor in America. : DIXON
62
Air. : MIEN
63
Needle case. : ETUI
64
Herring pond. : OCEAN
65
Stewed fruit: Dial. : SASS
66
Trawls. : NETS
67
Famed hostess. : MESTA
Down
1
Behind the times. : SLOW
2
Masculine title. : HERR
3
Flat plinth. : ORLO
4
Fur animal, for short. : COON
5
South Carolina ridge, battle site of 1780. : KINGSMOUNTAIN
6
Rutabaga. : SWEDE
7
Demanding. : TAXING
8
Behold!: Lat. : ECCE
9
Where Lodz is: Abbr. : POL
10
Plant shoots. : SCIONS
11
French noble. : COMTE
12
Eastern title. : AMEER
13
Presidential nickname. : TEDDY
19
One of a basic trio. : ANIMALKINGDOM
24
Inner unrest. : TENSION
25
Real. : FACTUAL
26
Humane group. : SPCA
27
Bird's crop. : CRAW
28
Part of a dilemma. : HORN
29
Initials of 1943. : ETO
31
Betsy Griscom. : ROSS
33
Vend. : SELL
35
Roll up. : FURL
36
Item between hook and sinker. : LINE
37
Where G.I.'s get together. : USOS
40
Initials in the headlines. : OAS
44
Acoustical instruments. : SIRENS
45
Supplement. : EKEOUT
47
Leveling stones. : SHIMS
48
City in Michigan. : IONIA
49
Mufflers, in music. : MUTES
51
Fire: Lat. : IGNIS
53
Bird. : KITE
55
Paddy product. : RICE
56
Lengthwise central lines. : AXES
57
Ditch. : MOAT
58
Oriental coin. : ANNA
60
Card. : TEN

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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