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New York Times, Wednesday, October 30, 1957

65-Across : Lock.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { F K P Q X }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 58, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
David Steinberg notes:

Original 20-Across had "or"; corrected it to "of."

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B
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E
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L
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C
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J
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U
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D
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A
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O
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D
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 3,046
Across
1
Shape of a cloche. : BELL
5
Cubicle. : CELL
9
Traitor. : JUDAS
14
Ashtabula's lake. : ERIE
15
Et ___. : ALII
16
Call to arms. : ALARM
17
Ancient town of Palestine. : GAZA
18
Douglas S. Freeman subject. : ROBERTELEE
20
Lincoln's Secretary of War. : STANTON
22
___ volente (God willing). : DEO
23
Hindu cymbals. : TAL
24
Hung loosely. : DANGLED
26
Army. : HOST
27
One trick over a book. : SEVEN
30
Breeze. : AIR
31
Brown shade. : DUN
32
Coiffure aids. : HAIRNETS
34
Looses. : LETSGO
37
Raw material. : ORE
38
Annual, as winds. : ETESIAN
40
Minstrel's air. : LAY
41
Of one piece. : ENTIRE
43
Kiss. : OSCULATE
45
Refusal. : NAY
46
I love: Lat. : AMO
47
Natural talent. : DOWER
48
Biggers' sleuth. : CHAN
50
Workshop. : ATELIER
52
Be busy: Colloq. : HUM
53
Time. : AGE
54
Part of a fort. : ARSENAL
58
Improve. : AMELIORATE
61
Contemporary of Seneca. : NERO
62
Snooped. : NOSED
63
Appearance. : MIEN
64
Energy: Slang. : ZING
65
Lock. : TRESS
66
Other. : ELSE
67
On ___ own. : ONES
Down
1
Asks as a favor. : BEGS
2
Part of Q. E. D. : ERAT
3
Young Miss Todd. : LIZA
4
Hero's beloved. : LEANDER
5
Dancer Leslie. : CARON
6
Stretched. : ELONGATE
7
Ad ___. : LIB
8
Recitalist's program. : LIEDER
9
Early form of jet power. : JATO
10
Diminutive suffix. : ULE
11
Fundamental principal of the behavior of gases. : DALTONSLAW
12
Regions. : AREAS
13
Fish. : SMELT
19
Flaming. : RED
21
Leather factory. : TANNERY
25
Supple. : LISSOME
26
Shanty. : HUT
27
Part of a brake. : SHOE
28
Work for a living. : EARN
29
Citizens of Saigon. : VIETNAMESE
31
Bares. : DENUDES
33
French summer. : ETE
34
Fond du ___, Wis. : LAC
35
Way out. : GATE
36
___ and terminer, old court term. : OYER
39
Puts in a kind of booth. : ISOLATES
42
One of the Hunters. : IAN
44
One of the Medici. : LORENZO
46
Type of sale on the Paris Bourse. : ATERME
48
Intonation. : CHANT
49
Comicality. : HUMOR
50
Time past. : AGO
51
Netherlands Princess. : IRENE
53
Assistants. : AIDS
55
No, in Berlin. : NEIN
56
English composer. : ARNE
57
Certain record books. : LOGS
59
"___ Girls." : LES
60
Trouble. : AIL

Answer summary:
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