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New York Times, Monday, December 20, 1965

66-Across : Lease.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,973
Across
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Tie fabric. : REPP
5
Unvarnished. : BALD
9
Minute difference. : SHADE
14
"As ___ as a painted ship ... " : IDLE
15
Sword. : EPEE
16
Wyandot. : HURON
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Recondite. : DEEP
18
Village. : SETTLEMENT
20
Pass. : ELAPSE
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Amphibian. : TOAD
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Hide ___ hair. : NOR
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Square accounts. : SETTLEUP
26
Midwestern city. : GARY
27
Color. : AZURE
29
Attain a worldly goal. : ARRIVE
31
Abalone shape. : EAR
32
Sacred bull. : APIS
34
Runs fast. : TEARS
37
Pitcher. : CREAMER
39
Architectural features. : TURRETS
41
Son of Jacob. : ASHER
42
Lacunae. : GAPS
43
Movie location. : SET
44
City ___. : EDITOR
46
Articles. : ITEMS
48
Country place. : FARM
51
Circulate. : GETABOUT
53
___ king. : ALA
54
Marshes. : FENS
55
___ with the times. : INSTEP
58
Lead a more routine life. : SETTLEDOWN
61
Wild plum. : SLOE
62
Instant. : TRICE
63
See 16 Across. : ERIE
64
"The Owl and the Pussycat." : LEAR
65
Feed a fire. : STOKE
66
Lease. : RENT
67
Name meaning "delight." : EDNA
Down
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Float. : RIDE
2
American biographer. : EDEL
3
Joys. : PLEASURES
4
Condiment. : PEPPER
5
Assail. : BESET
6
Simian. : APE
7
Man of ___. : LETTERS
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Motorist's bugaboo. : DETOUR
9
Spilled. : SHED
10
Sound of hesitation. : HUM
11
Stadium. : ARENA
12
Contributor. : DONOR
13
Small hall. : ENTRY
19
Take (something) in greedily: Colloq. : LAPITUP
21
Cooked in a certain way. : STEAMED
25
Den. : LAIR
26
Rigging: Naut. : GEAR
27
Washington initials. : AEC
28
Seaport of Yugoslavia. : ZARA
30
Account from one point of view. : VERSION
33
Space flight term. : PERIGEE
35
Took root again. : RESETTLED
36
Prow. : STEM
38
Throat-clearing sound. : AHEM
39
Irish hill. : TARA
40
City ways: Abbr. : STS
42
Was good and mad. : GOTSORE
45
Part of TLC. : TENDER
47
Struggle. : TUSSLE
48
Eats sparingly. : FASTS
49
Vigilant. : ALERT
50
Math term. : RATIO
52
Co-originator of the I.Q. : BINET
54
Run away. : FLEE
56
Of the dawn. : EOAN
57
Istanbul's foreign quarter. : PERA
59
Tongue-clucking sound. : TCK
60
Triumph. : WIN

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

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