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New York Times, Monday, May 25, 1964

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 29.0 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,412
Across
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Pan's instrument. : PIPE
5
___ of Staff. : CHIEF
10
Pace. : STEP
14
Of a poem. : ODIC
15
Movie name. : LORRE
16
Story. : TALE
17
Popular TV program (with "The"). : LIEUTENANT
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Handle: Lat. : ANSA
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Fortune. : LOT
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Part of a range. : OVEN
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Part of a range. : TARGET
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Clipped. : STAPLED
26
Ice afloat. : BERG
27
In medias ___. : RES
28
York, for one. : SERGEANT
32
Vocal passage in opera: Abbr. : RECIT
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Athel tree, Asian evergreen. : ATLE
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Riviera locale. : NICE
37
Norwegian king. : OLAV
38
Epic of old. : ILIAD
39
Name for Esau. : EDOM
40
Opera theme. : TEMA
41
Hero of Lover novel. : RORY
42
Firm hold. : GRASP
43
Ahab and others. : CAPTAINS
45
Formerly: It. : GIA
46
Facility. : EASE
47
Fishermen. : ANGLERS
51
Entangle. : ENMESH
54
Sea of Asia. : ARAL
55
Meadow. : LEA
56
Depend (on). : RELY
57
Pluralities. : MAJORITIES
60
High wind. : GALE
61
Help. : AVAIL
62
Weekly chore. : WASH
63
Galena and others. : ORES
64
Ointments. : NARDS
65
Afloat. : ASEA
Down
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Primary places. : POLLS
2
Goose. : IDIOT
3
Cynosure of the Fair. : PIETA
4
Old French coin. : ECU
5
Where Henry VIII's Anne came from. : CLEVES
6
Sharpened. : HONED
7
Asian land. : IRAN
8
Sea bird. : ERN
9
Chained. : FETTERED
10
Five ___. : STARGENERAL
11
Taste. : TANG
12
Otherwise. : ELSE
13
Fuel. : PEAT
18
Sign of a sort. : TOLET
23
S. American country: Abbr. : ARG
25
Whodunit heroes. : PRIVATEEYES
26
Hold fast: Naut. : BELAY
28
Commotions. : STIRS
29
Singer's role. : AIDA
30
Army men. : NCOS
31
Weather word: Abbr. : TEMP
32
Miltary group. : ROTC
33
Zeno's birthplace. : ELEA
34
Tenting place. : CAMP
35
Single-handed. : ALONE
38
Mulvaney of "Soldiers Three." : IRISHMAN
42
Famous tenor. : GIGLI
44
Scientific group. : AAS
45
Twists. : GNARLS
47
Type of plant. : AROID
48
Greek man's name. : ELIAS
49
Dodger great. : REESE
50
The bird in "Peter and the Wolf." : SASHA
51
Hence. : ERGO
52
Adjacent. : NEAR
53
Relative of Mme. : MLLE
54
Open. : AJAR
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Former capital of Burma. : AVA
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Scottish duo. : TWA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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