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New York Times, Monday, April 12, 1965

67-Across : Smaller.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry. Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,734
Across
1
Perform. : PLAY
5
Child's toy. : BALL
9
From now until midnight. : TODAY
14
River bank. : RIPA
15
Cruising. : ASEA
16
Hot spots. : OVENS
17
Asian gulf. : OMAN
18
Sand ___. : TRAP
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Verb form. : TENSE
20
Fenced in, in a way. : PICKETED
22
Mongol tribesman. : TARTAR
23
Took the helm. : STEERED
24
School vacation: Brit. slang. : HOLS
25
Fruiting spike. : EAR
26
See 29 Down. : HOMETEAM
30
Racket. : BAT
33
Potato. : TUBER
35
Compact. : DENSE
36
Hanging unevenly. : ALOP
38
Feature of 51 Across. : PLATE
40
Size of paper. : POTT
41
Tasty. : SAPID
43
Ape. : ORANG
45
Family member. : SIS
46
Bulldog, city, etc. : EDITIONS
48
Part of India. : GOA
50
Dressed. : CLAD
51
Cullinan or Jonker. : DIAMOND
55
For example. : SUCHAS
58
Stoop. : BENDOVER
59
Not tenanted. : UNLET
60
Useful animal. : MULE
61
Increase. : RISE
62
Laissez ___. : FAIRE
63
Stake. : ANTE
64
Hymenoptera. : ANTS
65
Silk of maize. : FLOSS
66
All ___. : STAR
67
Smaller. : LESS
Down
1
Stage manager's concern. : PROPS
2
Farthest edge. : LIMIT
3
Swiftly. : APACE
4
Man sometimes told to "go home." : YANKEE
5
Game starter. : BATTERUP
6
___ as fire. : ASRED
7
Part in 1 Across. : LEAD
8
One round. : LAP
9
Amounted to. : TOTALED
10
Exceed. : OVERSTEP
11
Hollow. : DENT
12
Handle: Lat. : ANSA
13
Belgian river. : YSER
21
He was: Lat. : ERAT
22
One of the Joneses. : TOM
24
Azores port. : HORTA
26
Is informed of. : HEARS
27
Biblical patriarch. : ENOS
28
Italian wine city. : ASTI
29
Popular "cellar-dwellers." : METS
30
Feature of 51 Across. : BASE
31
"When I was ___ ... " : ALAD
32
Pith sun helmet. : TOPI
34
Fair. : BLOND
37
Members of batteries. : PITCHERS
39
Manage cleverly. : ENGINEER
42
Widens. : DILATES
44
Stimulus. : GOAD
47
Hemisphere org. : OAS
49
"To point ___ ... " : AMORAL
51
Gamma follower. : DELTA
52
Like sheep. : OVINE
53
Hennery items. : NESTS
54
Apparel. : DRESS
55
Enough: Abbr. : SUFF
56
Single. : UNAL
57
History's Muse. : CLIO
58
Sacrifice play, usually. : BUNT
60
Graduate degrees. : MAS

Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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