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New York Times, Friday, March 19, 1965

47-Across : Pocket piece.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 51, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,710
Across
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School subject, for short. : TRIG
5
Type of time: Abbr. : DST
8
___ in one's bonnet. : ABEE
12
Cicada call. : CHIRR
13
Live ___. : ITUP
15
Coat styles. : CUTS
16
Presidential power. : POCKETVETO
18
Article. : ITEM
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Dovekie. : AUK
20
Of the dawn. : EOAN
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African pest. : TSETSE
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Men of Portugal: Abbr. : SNRS
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Coil: Prefix. : SPIRO
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Brown shade. : TOAST
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Coat of ___. : MAIL
28
1933 initials. : NRA
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Very great: Colloq. : AWFUL
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Desert region of Israel. : NEGEV
33
___ pocket. : HIP
34
Springfield, for one. : RIFLE
35
Cakes' companion. : ALE
36
Eat away. : ERODE
38
Directors: Abbr. : MGT
39
Lake tribe. : ERIES
41
Code of conduct. : RULES
42
Silence! : SSH
43
Earth: Poet. : VALE
44
Reckless gamble: Slang. : FLIER
45
Earl of Avon and family. : EDENS
47
Pocket piece. : COIN
48
Approach. : ACCESS
50
European capital. : BONN
51
Buttons. : RED
54
Individual. : SOUL
55
Unctuous. : OLEAGINOUS
58
Former Chief Justice. : TAFT
59
Shoulder of lamb, for example. : MEAT
60
Explosive, for short. : NITRO
61
Esparto grass. : ALFA
62
Approves: Colloq. : OKS
63
Kind of club. : GLEE
Down
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Pronoun: Poet. : THOU
2
Haystack. : RICK
3
Bother. : IRK
4
English love song, 16th cen. : GREENSLEEVES
5
Personages in music. : DIVAS
6
British gun. : STEN
7
Impatient exclamation. : TUT
8
Steel: Fr. : ACIER
9
Corner for conversation. : BUTTONHOLE
10
Vous ___. : ETES
11
Salinger heroine. : ESME
12
Tax man. : CPA
14
Meat dish. : POTPIE
17
Docket entry. : TORT
22
Bright prospect. : SILVERLINING
23
Man from Tarsus. : SAUL
24
Nestors. : SAGES
25
Shoots. : TWIGS
26
Spontaneous: Colloq. : OFFTHECUFF
27
Fray. : MELEE
29
Man in jodhpurs. : RIDER
30
Barbary beasts. : APES
31
Coat of ___. : ARMS
32
Spikes. : NAILS
37
Downfall. : RUIN
40
Redemption of a kind. : RANSOM
44
Senator of Hawaii. : FONG
46
Greek letter. : DELTA
47
Layers of paint. : COATS
48
Fictional canine. : ASTA
49
Fuel. : COAL
50
Horn of an anvil. : BEAK
51
Means of memorization. : ROTE
52
Seine tributary. : EURE
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Service medal. : DSO
56
Constellation. : LEO
57
Nothing. : NIL

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

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