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New York Times, Saturday, November 25, 1967

53-Down : Kind of ruler.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.31, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,678
Across
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Kind of hairdo. : TOPKNOT
8
Ann and May. : CAPES
13
Music-makers. : CALLIOPES
15
Scented, old style. : OLENT
16
Everybody. : ONEANDALL
17
Holiday pie. : MINCE
18
Small tables. : STANDS
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Type of tide. : EBB
21
Coin in Soho. : SOV
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Conferences. : TALKS
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Sonny's singing partner. : CHER
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Bog. : MIRE
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Continue to be. : ARE
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Guise. : SHAPE
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Serene. : EVEN
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Novel by Samuel Johnson. : RASSELAS
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"Gunsmoke" star. : ARNESS
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Catches up with. : OVERTAKES
36
Narrative song. : BALLAD
39
Worthy of copying. : IMITABLE
43
Butter's rival. : OLEO
44
Part of a golf course. : GREEN
46
Chaney. : LON
47
Scottish group. : CLAN
48
Deserve. : EARN
49
Searcher for rare things. : SCOUT
51
See 8 Across. : COD
52
Doctrine or cult. : ISM
53
Flourished. : THROVE
54
States positively. : AVOWS
56
Fog, London style. : PEASOUPER
59
Supply again. : REFIT
60
Cable-making machines. : STRANDERS
61
Monteverdi opera. : ORFEO
62
Vocations. : CAREERS
Down
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Fanfare. : TANTARA
2
Order of woody plants. : OLEALES
3
Diving board. : PLANK
4
Categories. : KINDS
5
Becomes drowsy. : NODS
6
W. W. II agency. : OPA
7
___ Aviv. : TEL
8
Purse item. : COMB
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Muhammed ___. : ALI
10
Moodily thoughtful. : PENSIVE
11
Further appearances. : ENCORES
12
Institute in New Jersey. : STEVENS
13
Sharer of top billing. : COSTAR
14
Sleeve-knitter, symbolically. : SLEEP
20
Interrupt. : BREAKIN
23
English domestic. : CHAR
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Rasher. : HASTIER
25
Club for brainy ones. : MENSA
27
Arctic vehicles. : SLEDGES
30
Statesman. : SOLON
31
Child of fiction. : EVA
33
Soak, as flax. : RET
35
Liturgical word. : AMEN
36
Reddish-yellow pottery from China. : BOCCARO
37
Everywhere. : ALLOVER
38
Begin. : LEADOFF
40
Fly ball, barely beyond the outfield. : BLOOPER
41
Vents. : LOUVERS
42
Makes a record of. : ENTERS
45
Subway features. : RAMPS
49
Gleamed. : SHONE
50
Primitive. : CRUDE
52
That ___ say. : ISTO
53
Kind of ruler. : TSAR
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___ geht's? (how are you?): Ger. : WIE
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Common Latin abbreviation. : ETC
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Macaw. : ARA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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