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New York Times, Tuesday, May 25, 1965

41-Across : Year in Pliny's day.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 4.77, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,777
Across
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Waffles. : CAKES
6
Pack away. : STOW
10
Jotting. : MEMO
14
Deft and active. : AGILE
15
Because of, for short. : THRO
16
In a line. : AROW
17
Scale syllables. : SOLFA
18
Abstruse. : RECONDITE
20
Elevation: Abbr. : HGT
21
Damsons. : PLUMS
23
Curved. : ARCED
24
Tuscan city. : SIENA
25
Opera role. : AMAHL
26
California and Florida vistas. : ORANGEGROVES
30
___ Raton, Fla. : BOCA
31
Senator Mundt. : KARL
32
Sports group. : PGA
35
Surpass in speed. : OUTPACE
39
Fox in beast epic. : REYNARD
41
Year in Pliny's day. : LXI
42
Carried away. : RAPT
44
Norse name. : OLAV
45
Astronomical figure of a sort. : NATIONALDEBT
49
Raspings of ivory, metal, etc. : SCOBS
51
Money in 10 Down. : RUPEE
52
Native of Muscat. : OMANI
53
Mobile and others. : PORTS
54
Slope. : DIP
57
Collectors' items. : RARECOINS
59
Kegler's concern. : SPARE
61
Decayed spot in fruit. : BLET
62
Diminutive suffix. : ETTE
63
Fragrant plant. : ORRIS
64
Fixed rules: Abbr. : STDS
65
Greek letters. : RHOS
66
Untrue. : NOTSO
Down
1
Silver. : CASH
2
Eager. : AGOG
3
Filibeg. : KILT
4
Folklore being. : ELF
5
Porpoise. : SEAPIG
6
Like beads. : STRUNG
7
Wide of ___. : THEMARK
8
Grampuses. : ORCS
9
Court. : WOO
10
City in India. : MADRAS
11
Remarque. : ERICH
12
Highway sign. : MOTEL
13
Was beholden to. : OWED
19
That is to say. : NAMELY
22
C.S.A. name. : LEE
24
Photo. : SNAP
25
Short river into the Somme. : AVRE
26
Agora coin. : OBOL
27
Cook's mixture. : ROUX
28
Drama section. : ACTI
29
Galley item. : OAR
32
Faint. : PALE
33
Take hold. : GRAB
34
Handbill: Abbr. : ADVT
36
Language. : ARABIC
37
Jazz players: Slang. : CATS
38
Finial. : EPI
40
Central point. : NODE
43
Ontario port. : TORONTO
45
Musical compositions. : NONETS
46
Important workers. : NURSES
47
Fitting. : APT
48
Exercise. : LESSON
49
Deep-blue glass. : SMALT
50
Minded. : CARED
52
Heavenly bodies. : ORBS
53
Substance. : PITH
54
Type of missile. : DART
55
Flower. : IRIS
56
Coin. : PESO
58
Poetic contraction. : OER
60
Member of 32 Across. : PRO

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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