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New York Times, Wednesday, January 1, 1964

37-Across : New Year's Day tradition.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 307 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,267
Across
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Cook. : STEW
5
Magpies. : PIETS
10
Hit hard. : SWAT
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Without: Ger. : OHNE
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Record: Var. : ENROL
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2.2046 pounds. : KILO
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___ majesty. : LESE
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Leave-taking. : ADIEU
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Don Juan's mother. : INEZ
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Poet's quaff to the old year. : CUPOKINDNESS
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___ sail to (bends a sail to its spar). : BRINGSA
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Complex. : KNOTTY
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Plant of the Southwest. : SOTOL
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Photographer's abbreviation. : NEG
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Conductor's concern. : SCORE
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Mixed emotion. : AWE
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___ of (responsible for). : INCARE
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Could recite. : KNEW
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New Year's Day tradition. : BOWLGAMES
39
Equal. : SAME
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Never ___ hair. : TURNSA
43
The Keydets' campus. : VMI
46
Confound. : ABASH
48
River part. : BED
49
Cry of approval. : GREAT
51
Plant of the Southwest. : CACTUS
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Rectangles. : OBLONGS
55
Symbol of a prosperous New Year. : HORNOFPLENTY
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Winged. : FLEW
60
Correspond. : AGREE
61
Twin. : DUAL
63
Roster. : ROTA
64
Compote favorites. : PEARS
65
Gives the wrong answer. : ERRS
66
Hero of Conrad's "Victory." : AXEL
67
Assail. : SETAT
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Final. : LAST
Down
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South American coin. : SOL
2
As ___ flies. : THECROW
3
In a series. : ENSUITE
4
"___ more ... " : WEEPNO
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Features of graphs. : PEAKS
6
Something to swing or juggle. : INDIANCLUB
7
Isle of song. : ERIN
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___ the line. : TOED
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Lurked. : SLUNK
10
Sportswear. : SKISOCKS
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Honored name of our time. : WINSTON
12
Brew. : ALE
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From A ___. : TOZ
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Po tributary. : OGLIO
22
Letters. : ENS
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Boys' group. : BSA
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Italian number. : TRE
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Conifer. : YEW
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Tidal phenomenon. : EAGRE
30
Popular art form. : GRANDOPERA
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Hudson Bay region: Abbr. : NWT
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Resort near Koblenz. : EMS
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Presentation. : BESTOWAL
38
Hole in one, sometimes. : EAGLE
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Algonquian. : SAC
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Fabric of goat's hair. : ABA
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Type of knife. : MACHETE
43
West coast city. : VENTURA
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Central Europeans. : MAGYARS
45
Pronoun. : ITS
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Part of a Wallace title. : HUR
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14-line poem. : RONDEL
52
Album paste-ups. : SNAPS
54
Made happy. : BLEST
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Cyma recta. : OGEE
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Social group. : FRAT
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Benedictine. : FRA
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Delicatessen purchase. : LOX
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Amphibious craft. : LST

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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