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New York Times, Friday, May 13, 1960

64-Across : Letters.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 57, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7 Grid has duplicate clues.
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C
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A
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K
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N
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C
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M
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W
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P
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O
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N
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P
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C
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 3,955
Across
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Woman's headdress. : COIF
5
Glacial ridges. : OSAR
9
Unite. : KNIT
13
Phrase promising accomplishment. : CANDO
14
Good: Ital. : BENE
15
Observe carefully. : NOTE
16
Parting word. : ADIEU
17
Start of a counting-out rhyme. : EENY
18
Town in Utah. : OREM
19
Gumshoe. : TEC
20
"The Luck of ___." : ROARINGCAMP
23
Furtiveness. : STEALTH
25
Type of boat. : ARK
26
Letter. : CEE
27
Symbols for the superstitious. : MIRRORS
31
Lost. : ATSEA
34
Magic rod. : WAND
35
"Lady Luck," for instance. : NAME
37
Evidence. : PROOF
38
Catchall abbreviation. : ETC
39
Proprietor. : OWNER
40
Spat. : TIFF
41
Wife of ___. : BATH
42
Memory aids. : NOTES
43
Graze. : PASTURE
45
___ Paulo. : SAO
46
Animal in clover. : PIG
47
Dull. : HUMDRUM
51
Spell to ward off evil. : ABRACADABRA
56
Collectanea. : ANA
57
Royal ___ (a way made easy). : ROAD
58
Gaucho's weapon. : BOLA
59
Aggregate. : TOTAL
61
Golliwogg. : OGRE
62
Man ___. : OWAR
63
Good luck piece. : CHARM
64
Letters. : WYES
65
Little ___. : ONES
66
Evergreen oak. : HOLM
Down
1
Younger brother. : CADET
2
Refrigerated. : ONICE
3
Suffix in chemistry. : IDE
4
Kind of clover. : FOURLEAF
5
Sorcery. : OBEAH
6
Fortuneteller. : SEER
7
Years: Lat. : ANNI
8
Fox. : REYNARD
9
Way to ward off evil. : KNOCKONWOOD
10
Mrs. Helmer. : NORA
11
Article. : ITEM
12
Not lasting: Abbr. : TEMP
13
Black ___. : CATS
21
Native of: Suffix. : OTE
22
Dog's warning. : GRR
24
Bad luck, in cartomancy. : ACEOFSPADES
27
Dull finish. : MATTE
28
"Ay, every ___ a King." : INCH
29
Declaim. : RANT
30
Character in "Peter Pan." : SMEE
31
Type of residence: Abbr. : APT
32
False step. : TRIP
33
Couch. : SOFA
34
Tear's partner. : WEAR
36
Hesitatory sounds. : ERS
39
Three ___. : ONAMATCH
41
Hobgoblin. : BUGABOO
44
Twitching. : TIC
45
On: Fr. : SUR
47
Certain beams. : HBARS
48
Amount of assessment. : RATAL
49
Render powerless. : UNARM
50
Clayey soil. : MALM
51
Lined up. : AROW
52
Hobgoblin. : BOGY
53
Friday the 13th is. : RARE
54
Out's partner. : DOWN
55
Wings, in zoology. : ALAE
60
Exclamation. : OHO

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

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