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New York Times, Saturday, March 21, 1964

21-Across : Aggravate.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { X Z }, Scrabble score: 298 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry. Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,347
Across
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"Take ___ from me." : ATIP
5
Ship's crane. : DAVIT
10
Pointed tools. : AWLS
14
Point in planet's orbit. : NODE
15
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson. : EDITH
16
Mountain pass, in India. : GHAT
17
Dueling Carroll character. : TWEEDLEDEE
19
Opera. : AIDA
20
" ... baked ___." : INAPIE
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Aggravate. : EMBITTER
23
Extreme emotion. : HATE
25
No ___! : SIREE
26
Woman's wiles. : CAJOLERY
30
Slightly daring. : RISQUE
33
Exams. : ORALS
34
Source of Pan's pipes. : REEDS
36
Out, in South Africa. : UIT
37
Bumpkin. : RUBE
38
Checked items. : COATS
39
Noun suffix. : MENT
40
Type of tide. : EBB
41
A Firth. : FORTH
42
Great work of art. : PIETA
43
Guardian spirit. : DAEMON
45
Grasslands. : SAVANNAS
47
Lariat. : RIATA
49
Gains. : NETS
50
Slowpokes. : DAWDLERS
53
"___ Stranger." : NOTASA
57
¼ acre. : ROOD
58
Tearful Carroll character. : MOCKTURTLE
60
Letter's accompaniment: Abbr. : INCL
61
Revolutionary pamphleteer. : PAINE
62
Descendant of Fatima. : EMIR
63
Little dog. : PEKE
64
Races at Roosevelt. : TROTS
65
French naval officer and novelist. : LOTI
Down
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Con : ANTI
2
"All around the ___." : TOWN
3
Happy thought. : IDEA
4
Feature of a front door. : PEEPHOLE
5
Cross out. : DELETE
6
Noun suffix. : ADE
7
See: Lat. : VIDE
8
Parts of gossip columns. : ITEMS
9
Hitchcock movie. : THEBIRDS
10
Stones. : AGATES
11
Credulous Carroll character. : WHITEQUEEN
12
Put on cargo. : LADE
13
Excel. : STAR
18
Some rotund faces. : DIALS
22
Greek goddess. : IRIS
24
Booted grounder, for one. : ERROR
26
Sampled by drilling. : CORED
27
Island of Dutch West Indies. : ARUBA
28
Whiffling Carroll character. : JABBERWOCK
29
Irish poet. : YEATS
31
Range of the Rockies. : UINTA
32
Diminutives on girls' names. : ETTAS
35
Wharton character. : ETHAN
38
Disrespect for authority. : CONTEMPT
39
Lay singer. : MINSTREL
41
Paddock animal. : FOAL
42
Paris name antedating Dior. : PATOU
44
Road part. : MIDDLE
46
Sales, in Paris. : VENTES
48
Cheering. : AROAR
50
Dry's companion. : DRIP
51
Outstanding: Colloq. : AONE
52
I know: Lat. : SCIO
54
Vapor: Prefix. : ATMO
55
Open, as an envelope. : SLIT
56
Air: Prefix. : AERI
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Chess piece: Abbr. : KNT

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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