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New York Times, Wednesday, December 23, 1964

62-Across : Word on an air letter.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J X Z }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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S
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N
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,624
Across
1
Mailed. : SENT
5
Heights. : ALPS
9
Sea of the East Indies. : BANDA
14
Tenor's forte. : ARIA
15
Chops. : MEAT
16
Seething. : ABOIL
17
Degree of quality. : RANK
18
Drink. : SODA
19
Reader's choice. : NOVEL
20
Bear witness. : ATTEST
22
Omnipresence. : UBIQUITY
24
Expression of ennui. : HOHUM
25
Wood. : WALNUT
26
Elegant: Brit. slang. : POSH
28
Ties. : EVENSUP
32
That: It. : CHE
35
Equipment. : GEAR
37
Immediately. : ATONCE
38
Weather prediction. : COLD
40
Improve. : AMEND
42
Determination. : WILL
43
Moves slowly. : CREEPS
45
Ocean (with "the"). : DEEP
47
Timely. : PAT
48
Nullified. : INVALID
50
Stole. : WRAP
52
Parts of pedestals. : DADOES
54
Praises. : LAUDS
58
Environs. : PURLIEUS
61
Prepared. : ALLSET
62
Word on an air letter. : AVION
63
Thermal units. : BTUS
65
Product of Mauna Loa. : LAVA
66
Respond. : REACT
67
Bound. : LEAP
68
Stravinsky. : IGOR
69
Discourses. : TALKS
70
Slips up. : ERRS
71
Impression. : DENT
Down
1
Name meaning princess. : SARAH
2
Helicon dweller. : ERATO
3
Beethoven's ___. : NINTH
4
Become interested in. : TAKEUP
5
European city: Abbr. : AMST
6
Constellation. : LEO
7
Italian city. : PADUA
8
Manger's place. : STABLE
9
Christmas dinner. : BANQUET
10
Almost at this moment. : ABOUTNOW
11
Date, before Election Day. : NOVI
12
Tokyo assembly. : DIET
13
Associate. : ALLY
21
Weather word. : SMOG
23
Intruder. : INVADER
25
Bang. : WHAM
27
Shore. : SEASIDE
29
Cut. : SNIP
30
Western campus. : UCLA
31
Fur. : PELT
32
4th cen. date. : CCCI
33
Noisemaker. : HORN
34
Height: Abbr. : ELEV
36
Light color. : RED
39
Complete standstill. : DEADLOCK
41
Newport ___. : NEWS
44
Objections. : PLAINTS
46
Become insipid. : PALL
49
Bridge term. : DOUBLE
51
Ashy. : PALLID
53
Chemical compound. : ESTER
55
Custom. : USAGE
56
River in Scotland. : DEVON
57
Jump. : START
58
Section. : PART
59
Eye structure. : UVEA
60
100 dinars. : RIAL
61
Snakes. : ASPS
64
Nasser's concern. : UAR

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

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