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New York Times, Thursday, May 26, 1966

25-Across : Cleft.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { B F G Q Z }, Scrabble score: 301 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,130
Across
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Grandma of fame. : MOSES
6
Speaking of. : ASTO
10
Arizona city. : MESA
14
Circumvent. : ELUDE
15
Be up and about. : STIR
16
"___ and out." : OVER
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Nemesis of some students. : REPORTCARD
19
Olympian. : JOVE
20
Part of a hurricane. : EYE
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"Green Berets" author. : MOORE
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Japanese drinks. : SAKES
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Sleeping places. : ROOSTS
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Cleft. : RIVEN
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Altercations: Colloq. : RUNINS
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Lacking sense. : INANE
30
Psyche's beloved. : EROS
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One of the missiles. : SNARK
32
Weather word. : RAW
35
Romantic idea of the good old days. : LIVEONLOVEALONE
39
Performer Sumac. : YMA
40
Fragrant flower. : PEONY
41
York's river. : OUSE
42
Cook. : SAUTE
43
City where Thebes stood. : KARNAK
45
Proverbially, a kind of milk. : SPILT
47
Held (off). : STAVED
49
Parts of legs. : SHINS
50
Asian treaty group. : SEATO
51
Marble. : TAW
54
Literary figure. : MANN
55
Theatrical name of the past. : DOYLYCARTE
57
Lo!: Lat. : ECCE
58
First name in acting. : ALEC
59
Peron, for example. : EXILE
60
Scraped along (with "out"). : EKED
61
Shade of green. : MOSS
62
Not hot. : TEPID
Down
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No more than. : MERE
2
Composer Speaks. : OLEY
3
Stellar spectacle. : SUPERNOVA
4
Tokyo, formerly. : EDO
5
Moral lecture. : SERMON
6
Famous Berkshire village. : ASCOT
7
Sure sign of romance. : STARSINONESEYES
8
Auto part. : TIRE
9
Arizona peak, 7,155 ft. : ORD
10
Desert S of Death Valley. : MOJAVE
11
Summon forth. : EVOKE
12
"Morning's at ___." : SEVEN
13
Son of 19 Across. : ARES
18
Prepare, as salad. : TOSS
22
___ putt. : SINKA
24
River in Ile-de-France. : OISE
25
Way to cook meat. : RARE
26
Depend (on). : RELY
27
Companion of Thummim. : URIM
29
Nitze's concern. : NAVY
31
Kind of machine. : SLOT
32
Type of plane ticket. : ROUNDTRIP
33
Handle: Lat. : ANSA
34
Part of a fortnight. : WEEK
36
Girasols. : OPALS
37
Abbreviation in grammar. : NEUT
38
Knowledge. : LORE
42
Indulged in pride, envy, etc. : SINNED
43
Musical miss. : KATY
44
Snipe's relative. : AVOCET
45
Abode of a kind. : SHACK
46
___-nez. : PINCE
48
Dusting powders. : TALCS
49
Pintail. : SMEE
50
TV Napoleon. : SOLO
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King of Norse saga. : ATLI
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Work in garden. : WEED
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High Aswan, for example. : DAM
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Camper's tool. : AXE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later.

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