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New York Times, Tuesday, October 20, 1964

45-Across : Makes happen.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { Q W X }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 2, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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C
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B
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,560
Across
1
Contemporary of Scipio. : CATO
5
Neckwear. : ASCOT
10
Colorless. : DRAB
14
Word of assent. : AMEN
15
Mrs. Arrowsmith. : LEORA
16
Distinctive. : RARE
17
Pershing's home. : LINCOLNNEBRASKA
20
Family member. : STEPSON
21
Nautical word. : AVAST
22
Suffix with election. : EER
23
Kafka character. : OLGA
25
City near Denison Dam, Okla. : DURANT
29
Mild expletive. : DRAT
30
Army man: Abbr. : MAJ
33
Arabic "father." : ABOU
34
Slavic girl's name. : SONIA
35
Alter ___. : EGO
36
HQ of a U.S. fleet. : NORFOLKVIRGINIA
40
Part of a Chinese name. : KAI
41
Former popular singer. : BAYES
42
Famous James. : BOND
43
See 55 Down. : ETC
44
Row. : TIER
45
Makes happen. : BRINGS
47
Minorcas. : HENS
48
Calendar abbreviation. : FRI
49
City of ancient Greece. : ARGOS
52
People of Asia. : SIAMESE
56
Site of Aerial Lift Bridge. : DULUTHMINNESOTA
60
Danube tributary. : ISAR
61
Percolated. : OOZED
62
See 37 Down. : PRAY
63
Wicked ones (with "the"). : BADS
64
Corundum. : EMERY
65
Famous Elihu. : YALE
Down
1
Name from 1923. : CAL
2
"Lucky Jim" author. : AMIS
3
Pavilion. : TENT
4
Quondam. : ONCE
5
Ready. : ALLSET
6
Man's title. : SENOR
7
State: Abbr. : CONN
8
Raw material. : ORE
9
Reckoning: Colloq. : TAB
10
Tributary of the Danube. : DRAVA
11
Tabula ___. : RASA
12
Large flatboats. : ARKS
13
Outdo. : BEAT
18
Frank. : OPEN
19
Motley crowd. : RAGTAG
23
The avifauna. : ORNIS
24
Resting place. : LAIR
25
Relative of "Bitte." : DANKE
26
1917 phenomenon. : UBOAT
27
Dewy. : RORIC
28
On: Ger. : AUF
29
State capital. : DOVER
30
___ horseback. : MENON
31
Maturing. : AGING
32
Steinbeck's "Okies." : JOADS
34
Certain dogs. : SKYES
37
Beseech. : OBTEST
38
Reclined. : LAIN
39
There: Lat. : IBI
45
Eau de vie. : BRANDY
46
Poetic work. : RIME
47
Nine to five. : HOURS
48
More subtle. : FINER
49
Star in Draco. : ADIB
50
Deer genus. : RUSA
51
Quite content. : GLAD
52
Glaze. : SIZE
53
Spot. : ESPY
54
Rail. : SORA
55
And others: Lat. abbr. : ETAL
57
Kind of cake. : HOE
58
Feminine title. : MOM
59
Forever. : AYE

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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