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New York Times, Monday, March 2, 1964

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 323 (avg 1.69)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 26.9 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,328
Across
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Labyrinth. : MAZE
5
Casts off capriciously. : JILTS
10
Call's partner. : BECK
14
Symbol of power. : IRON
15
Ammonia compound. : AMINE
16
"___ after his own heart." : AMAN
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Big-money race horse of 1963. : CANDYSPOTS
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Troubadour instrument. : LUTE
20
Sandburg hero. : ABE
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Make way for. : OPEN
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Animal fat. : TALLOW
24
Pulitzer winner, 1963. : EDEL
25
Copters. : GIROS
26
Piece of furniture. : ROCKER
29
Beneficial. : SANATIVE
32
Merman. : ETHEL
33
The same. : EQUAL
34
Predicament: Colloq. : FIX
35
Lake, in Africa. : CHAD
36
Shirt adjuncts. : STUDS
37
13 Down, old style. : WIST
38
At the age of: Lat. : AET
39
Caverns in Virginia. : LURAY
40
Possessive pronoun. : THEIR
41
Chaired. : PRESIDED
43
A kind of daisy. : SHASTA
44
Upholder of the heavens. : ATLAS
45
Surfeit. : GLUT
46
Independence name. : TRUMAN
48
Twice the radius: Abbr. : DIAM
49
Greek letter. : TAU
52
Capital of Latvia. : RIGA
53
Opportunists' cousins. : EARLYBIRDS
56
Adjective suffix. : ICAL
57
Card. : SPADE
58
Droop. : FADE
59
Irish county. : MAYO
60
English composer (1857–1934). : ELGAR
61
Miner's nail. : SPAD
Down
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Silicate. : MICA
2
Bedouin. : ARAB
3
City area. : ZONE
4
Omega. : END
5
Opaque quartz. : JASPER
6
Force. : IMPEL
7
Symbol of power. : LION
8
Explosive. : TNT
9
Poems. : SESTINAS
10
Vote. : BALLOT
11
Combines, as oil and water. : EMULSIFIES
12
Famous Roman. : CATO
13
Was aware of. : KNEW
18
Sing. : YODEL
23
Salt lake of Asia. : ARAL
24
Stretched (with "out"). : EKED
25
Colorful. : GAUDY
26
Summary: Colloq. : RECAP
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Else. : OTHER
28
Kentucky Derby winner, 1963. : CHATEAUGAY
29
Subdivision of a platoon. : SQUAD
30
Social call. : VISIT
31
Bit player. : EXTRA
33
Beings: Fr. : ETRES
36
African people. : SUDANESE
37
Exclamation of surprise. : WHAT
39
Girl's name. : LILA
40
Digit. : THUMB
42
Seaport in Brittany. : STMALO
43
"The Deer ___." : SLAYER
45
Rigoletto's daughter. : GILDA
46
Window dressing. : TRIM
47
Costa ___. : RICA
48
Lag behind. : DRAG
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Stratagem. : TRAP
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Po tributary. : ADDA
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Made to serve. : USED
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Month: Abbr. : APL
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Suppositions. : IFS

Answer summary:
6 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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