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New York Times, Friday, August 28, 1964

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.76, Missing: { J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 256 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 50, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 10, XRef: 5, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 14, Grid flow: 50.7 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,507
Across
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It falls every fall. : LEAF
5
Yeast. : BARM
9
"___ a boy!" : ITS
12
Esparto grass. : ALFA
13
Namesakes of the youth goddess. : HEBES
14
Brake power: Abbr. : SHP
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"Funny ___." : GIRL
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"All ___ day." : ONASUMMER
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Winter or summer time. : SOLSTICE
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Seated: Fr. : ASSIS
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Ending for super or poster. : IOR
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Ballad. : LAY
25
Last Spanish queen. : ENA
26
"___ Seasons." : AMANFORALL
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Seasonal symbol. : MAGI
32
Musical flourishes. : ROULADES
33
Down with: Fr. : ABAS
35
The opposition. : ANTIS
36
Summer time. : DST
38
___ Janeiro. : RIODE
41
Poetic preposition. : UNTO
43
Released from confinement. : UNPENNED
45
Lacking zest. : TAME
47
Kind of syllable. : UNSTRESSED
49
Barley beard. : AWN
50
Nice season. : ETE
51
Mental telepathy, for short. : ESP
52
Bird songs. : NOTES
54
Part of a Steinbeck title. : WINTEROF
59
Time for Shakespeare. : MIDSUMMER
61
"___ corny as Kansas in August ... " : IMAS
63
Pierrot (with 27 Down). : AMI
64
Give the syntax of. : PARSE
65
Lopez theme tune. : NOLA
66
Business term. : NET
67
French writer. : ANET
68
Autumn color. : GOLD
Down
1
Seasonal slowdown. : LAG
2
Ivy Leaguers. : ELIS
3
Word form for a continent. : AFRO
4
Comply as directed. : FALLINLINE
5
River in Bolivia. : BENI
6
Counting device: Var. : ABAC
7
Do business, in a way. : RESELL
8
Home of the Spartans. : MSU
9
Beliefs. : ISMS
10
Work by Haydn. : THESEASONS
11
Fount. : SPRING
13
Vehicle of sorts. : HOTROD
17
Spring time. : MAY
19
Not ___! : SOFAST
21
Capuchin monkey. : SAI
24
State: Abbr. : ALA
26
Parrot. : ARA
27
See 63 Across. : MON
28
When Indian summer comes. : AUTUMNTIME
29
See 68 Across. : RED
30
Ancient port near Troas. : ASSUS
31
Principal motive. : MAINSPRING
34
Samuel Finley ___ Morse. : BREESE
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Explosive. : TNT
39
Letter. : DEE
40
Educator's degree. : EDD
42
Baseball term. : OUT
44
Minister: Fr. : PRETRE
45
Summer shade. : TAN
46
"___ is a sometime thing ... " : AWOMAN
48
Famous English cardinal. : NEWMAN
50
Letter. : ESS
53
Blue-pencil. : EDIT
55
Hungarian name. : IMRE
56
What birds do in spring. : NEST
57
Sequel to "Typee." : OMOO
58
Camus topic. : FALL
60
___ tree. : UPA
62
Downcast. : SAD

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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