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New York Times, Thursday, June 11, 1964

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 37.3
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,429
Across
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First principle. : SEED
5
Starting place. : BASE
9
Queen's land, of old. : SHEBA
14
Stow cargo. : LADE
15
Innsbruck's background. : ALPS
16
Of sound. : TONAL
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Auditory. : OTIC
18
___ pan. : FLASHINTHE
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Delay. : PUTOFF
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Men of the cloth, in a way. : TAILORS
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Arthur Train's Mr. Tutt. : EPHRAIM
25
Antung's river. : YALU
26
Relatives of rupees. : ANNAS
28
Styled. : TERMED
32
Cause of excitement for 21 Down. : SWATS
35
Mare's-tail, for one. : CLOUD
37
Forming a whole. : ONE
38
Conquer. : TAME
39
50-minute sessions. : HOURS
40
Mezza ___ (not loud): Mus. : VOCE
41
Flurry. : ADO
42
Compact. : DENSE
43
Country ways. : LANES
44
Structural piece. : GIRDER
46
___ hand. : HATIN
48
Culmination. : ACME
50
Pastry shop item. : DARIOLE
54
Go ___. : TOPRESS
57
Mummer. : MASKER
58
___ teapot. : TEMPESTINA
60
"Old MacDonald ___ farm." : HADA
61
Beam. : SMILE
62
Face shape. : OVAL
63
Series of epic events. : EPOS
64
Canape spreads. : PATES
65
Boy in livery. : PAGE
66
Feast. : DINE
Down
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The Pacific ___. : SLOPE
2
Gulp. : EATUP
3
Mrs. Wilson. : EDITH
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Festoon. : DECORATE
5
Arctic island. : BAFFIN
6
Partner of 37 Across. : ALL
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Mild dispute. : SPAT
8
Literary work. : ESSAY
9
Pacified. : STILLED
10
British award. : HONOUR
11
___'acte. : ENTR
12
Scrooge's exclamations. : BAHS
13
Brew. : ALE
19
Blank space. : HIATUS
21
Crowd at the ball game. : FANS
24
City SE of Atlanta. : MACON
27
Winter phenomenon. : SLUSH
29
Destination of a World's Fair voyage. : MOON
30
Noun suffix. : ENCE
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Letters. : DEES
32
Social of a sort. : STAG
33
Arroyo's cousin. : WADI
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Winged child, in art. : AMOR
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Echo, for one. : OREAD
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Olympian god. : HERMES
40
Fled. : VANISHED
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Commands. : DECREES
43
Via Corso coin. : LIRA
45
Mottled marking. : DAPPLE
47
Spicy dish. : TAMALE
49
Bar. : ESTOP
51
African animal. : OKAPI
52
Encouraged to continue. : LEDON
53
Blot out. : ERASE
54
Musical subject: It. : TEMA
55
Skip. : OMIT
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Hindu deity. : SIVA
58
Cook's measure. : TSP
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The old gray mare. : NAG

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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