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New York Times, Thursday, March 26, 1964

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.40, Missing: { F J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 57.3 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,352
Across
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Boutiques. : SHOPS
6
Admission. : ACCESS
12
Jumped. : STARTED
14
Cousin of a clock watcher. : SLACKER
16
Cotton cloth. : PERCALE
17
Divided. : PARTITE
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Requisition: Abbr. : ORD
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Scale. : ASCEND
21
Small dog. : PUG
22
Skier's conveyance. : TOW
23
Asian leader. : CHIANG
24
Become listless. : MOPE
25
One of the seven deadly sins. : SLOTH
27
Women with caps. : RNS
28
Claw. : TALON
29
Pried: Colloq. : SNOOPED
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Common verbal contraction. : WERENT
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Taylor or Grant. : PRESIDENT
34
Military engineer. : SAPPER
37
Thickness. : DENSITY
40
Twisted strands of yarn. : PLIES
41
___ cut bill. : TAX
42
Register. : ENROL
44
Winter Olympics winner. : USSR
45
Fast talk. : PATTER
47
Chemical suffix. : ANE
48
Fabulous biped. : ROC
49
P.O. equipment. : DATERS
50
Former 32 Across. : IKE
51
Neptune's symbol. : TRIDENT
53
Made harmonious. : ATTUNED
56
Island off Florida, shell hunters' haunt. : SANIBEL
57
Certain horseshoes. : LEANERS
58
Settle cozily. : NESTLE
59
Mixes. : STIRS
Down
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Solid alcohols. : STEROLS
2
Difficult. : HARDWON
3
Marine mammal. : ORC
4
Parents' concern. : PTA
5
Word in Psalms. : SELAH
6
Poplars. : ASPENS
7
Harsh noise. : CLANG
8
Program. : CARD
9
Outside: Prefix. : ECT
10
Sports accessory. : SKIPOLE
11
Attack. : SETUPON
12
Civet's decor. : SPOTS
13
Longings. : DESIRES
15
University officer. : REGENT
20
Lodge? : CANDIDATE
23
Daily routine. : CHORES
24
Swallow. : MARTIN
26
Best hat. : TOPPER
28
Less relaxed. : TENSER
30
___ piacere (please): It. : PER
31
Skin excrescence. : WEN
33
Right-handed. : DEXTRAL
34
Bursts of energy. : SPURTS
35
Smith or Willkie. : ALSORAN
36
Resembling fish. : PISCINE
38
Instructor. : TRAINER
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It's next to the largest city in U. S. : YONKERS
41
Tell tales. : TATTLE
43
Yorkshire city. : LEEDS
45
Lengthwise strip in a dress. : PANEL
46
Colorado park. : ESTES
49
National ___. : DEBT
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Roman counterpart of Pluto. : DIS
54
Use a kind of shuttle. : TAT
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Numerical prefix. : UNI

Answer summary:
5 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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