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New York Times, Saturday, May 9, 1964

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 43, Avg Word Len: 4.67, Missing: { V }, Scrabble score: 339 (avg 1.86)
Open Squares: 48, Cheaters: 11, FITB: 8, XRef: 1, Spans: 4 (2 double stacks), Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11, Grid flow: 22.4
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,396
Across
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The gamut. : ATOZ
5
Partner of choose. : PICK
9
Macaw. : ARA
12
A condition of great temptation. : IRRESISTIBILITY
17
Familiar remonstrance. : MINDYOURPSANDQS
18
W.W. II region. : ETO
19
Liquid container. : CUP
20
Graduate degree. : PHD
21
Racket strings. : GUT
22
Binds anew. : RETIES
24
Meadow. : LEA
25
Always: Poet. : AYE
26
Gardener's aid. : HOE
27
Mistook. : ERRED
29
Epidermis. : SKIN
31
Used up. : DEPLETED
35
Coop dweller. : HEN
36
Hoover's realm. : FBI
39
Military medal. : DSM
40
What money ain't, sometimes. : HAY
41
Vegetable. : EGGPLANT
44
Roll call answer. : HERE
45
Do without. : FORGO
46
Bread spread. : JAM
47
Basic trio. : ABC
49
___ West. : KEY
50
Hydrocarbon. : BUTANE
53
Kind of shape. : ELL
54
Farm enclosure. : PEN
55
Pastime. : FUN
56
Roman goddess. : NOX
57
How to spell "why." : DOUBLEUAITCHWYE
61
"Put them all together, ___, a word that means the world to me." : THEYSPELLMOTHER
62
Dined. : ATE
63
Heraldic ornamentation. : SEME
64
Held, as a tone: Mus. abbr. : SOST
Down
1
To love: Fr. : AIMER
2
Stale. : TRITE
3
All ___. : ORNOTHING
4
Letter, British style. : ZED
5
Religious. : PIOUS
6
"The jig ___." : ISUP
7
Middle: Abbr. : CTR
8
Processed, as applied to fish. : KIPPERED
9
Swedish measure. : ALN
10
Having crests. : RIDGY
11
Ave ___ vale. : ATQUE
13
Silver, in ingots, used in India. : SYCEE
14
Identical to C sounds. : BSHARPS
15
The year one. : IAD
16
Youngest: Abbr. : YST
23
Electrically charged atom. : ION
24
Went before. : LED
25
Humorist George. : ADE
28
Tree. : ELM
29
Girl. : SHE
30
Container. : KEG
32
"___ Came to Dinner." : THEMANWHO
33
Grain-bearing spike. : EAR
34
Stain. : DYE
36
Ziegfeld. : FLO
37
Tavern man. : BARKEEP
38
Roles for young women. : INGENUES
42
Military rank: Abbr. : PFC
43
Bauble. : TOY
44
Bonnet. : HAT
46
American finch. : JUNCO
47
Salutation. : ALOHA
48
Flowering plant. : BLUET
50
"___ no buts." : BUTME
51
English poet. : NOYES
52
Put into action. : EXERT
53
Summer hours: Abbr. : EDT
54
Noun forms: Abbr. : PLS
55
Picture. : FILM
58
By the ___. : BYE
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Item sold by 37 Down. : ALE
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Elevations: Abbr. : HTS

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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