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New York Times, Friday, February 19, 1965

19-Across : Wandered.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.37, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,682
Across
1
Certain annual awards. : OSCARS
7
Out of line. : AMISS
12
Prejudiced. : NARROW
13
Distribute. : ALLOCATE
16
Fateful symbol from 400 B.C. : SWORDOFDAMOCLES
18
___ Hassan, in the "Arabian Nights." : ABU
19
Wandered. : STRAYED
20
Duct: Anat. : VAS
21
Stringed instrument. : LUTE
23
Story of heroic deeds. : SAGA
24
Velvety surface. : PILE
25
___ des Beaux-Arts. : ECOLE
27
Trees. : YEWS
29
Balderdash! : RATS
30
Worshiped. : KNELT
32
Large sharklike ray. : SAWFISH
34
Opinion. : VIEW
36
Shade of blue. : YALE
37
Clipped. : SHEARED
40
Squalls. : GUSTS
43
Talk, in a way. : CHIN
44
Aperture. : SLOT
46
Character of a people. : ETHOS
48
Feast of ___. : LOTS
49
Uncles in Spain. : TIOS
51
Biblical country. : SEBA
52
Away from: Prefix. : APH
53
Slender rod. : SPINDLE
56
Dwelling: Abbr. : RES
57
Talking with intent to hurt. : SPEAKINGDAGGERS
60
Alewives' cousins. : HERRINGS
61
Dishevel: Colloq. : TOUSLE
62
Unhesitant. : READY
63
E. B. White's forte. : ESSAYS
Down
1
At marked-down prices. : ONSALE
2
Piece of folding money. : SAWBUCK
3
Small piece of toasted bread. : CROUTON
4
Classified: Abbr. : ARR
5
Sticks. : RODS
6
Hits hard: Var. : SWOTS
7
Egyptian dancing girl. : ALME
8
Particular state of mind. : MOOD
9
Govt. group. : ICC
10
Flowering plants. : SALVIAS
11
Clandestine action. : STEALTH
13
Proverbs. : ADAGES
14
A popular buying plan. : LAYAWAY
15
Letters. : ESSES
17
Skirmish. : FRAY
22
Numbers. : ELEVENS
24
Men of the cloth. : PRIESTS
26
Famous pen name. : ELIA
28
Booty. : SWAG
31
Subdivisions of a country: Abbr. : TERS
33
Pipe of a sort. : FLUE
35
Quilted edging. : WELTING
37
Department store employe. : SHOPPER
38
Colloquial greeting. : HITHERE
39
Events. : DOINGS
41
"Where ___ will ... " : THERESA
42
Seriously. : SOBERLY
43
Fail to harmonize. : CLASH
45
Actor Duncan. : TODD
47
Is impudent to: Dial. : SASSES
50
Shade of blue. : SLATE
53
Sideslip. : SKID
54
Having a woodsy fragrance. : PINY
55
Selves. : EGOS
58
Constellation. : ARA
59
Man's nickname. : GUS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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