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New York Times, Saturday, December 18, 1965

1-Down : Football term.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { F J X }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 86, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 0, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 13.5 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,971
Across
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Puffy muffin. : POPOVER
8
Popular biscuit. : PRETZEL
15
Texas city. : ABILENE
16
One term for German measles. : ROSEOLA
17
Made a hit. : SINGLED
18
Expand. : OPENOUT
19
Word with farm or home. : STEADS
20
Current-type hero. : SPY
21
Faction. : SIDE
22
Porgy. : SCUP
24
Passover feast day. : SEDER
25
Yorkshire taverns. : PUBS
29
Not clear. : OPAQUE
32
Slip away to wed. : ELOPE
34
Dessert. : PRUNEWHIP
39
Girl's name. : ANNETTE
41
Famed flyer. : EARHART
42
Cattlemen of a kind. : RANCHEROS
44
Alaskan town. : SITKA
45
At rest: Lat. : INSITU
47
Engage, as gears. : MESH
48
Bewitchery. : MAGIC
52
Corn meal. : SAMP
54
Port in Scotland. : OBAN
55
Beseech. : SUE
57
Complexion problem. : PALLOR
62
Tahitian seaport. : PAPEETE
64
Streaked. : LINEATE
65
Forever: Fr. : ETERNEL
66
Religious recluse. : EREMITE
67
Legal forms and more forms. : REDTAPE
68
Relatives of Roosevelts. : DELANOS
Down
1
Football term. : PASS
2
Final notice, for short. : OBIT
3
Tree. : PINE
4
Girl's name. : OLGA
5
African grasslands. : VELDS
6
Romanian violinist of note. : ENESCO
7
Blushing. : RED
8
Support. : PROP
9
Viscous. : ROPY
10
Direction. : ESE
11
Present, for example. : TENSE
12
Colonial organism, such as coral. : ZOOID
13
Baffle. : ELUDE
14
Not so soon. : LATER
20
Shiny mineral. : SPAR
23
Shoe parts. : UPPERS
24
Viewers. : SEERS
25
Fruit. : PEAR
26
Companion of the radius. : ULNA
27
Where Erhard presides. : BONN
28
Draftsman's abbreviation. : SPEC
30
This: It. : QUESTA
31
Girl's name. : UNA
33
Moral. : ETHIC
35
Caprice. : WHIM
36
Wish to avoid. : HATE
37
Bores. : IRKS
38
God of ancient Egypt. : PTAH
40
One kind of strike. : TEN
43
Seine tributary. : OISE
46
Sports figure. : UMPIRE
48
Sulky one. : MOPER
49
Lessen. : ABATE
50
Yawned. : GAPED
51
Powerless to move. : INERT
53
Kind of TV show. : PANEL
55
Stair tread. : STEP
56
River of the Belgian Congo. : UELE
58
British Open champion, 1964. : LEMA
59
Reclined. : LAIN
60
Eight, in Italy. : OTTO
61
Arikaras. : REES
63
Name akin to Helena. : ENA
64
Started off. : LED

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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