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New York Times, Monday, May 3, 1965

43-Across : Prefix with lead or play.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 4.89, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 304 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,755
Across
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Downs. : WOLDS
6
Egyptian. : COPT
10
Cougar. : PUMA
14
Courage. : HEART
15
Heraldic bearing. : ORLE
16
Tonkin's neighbor: Var. : ANAM
17
___ sanctum. : INNER
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Blatant. : LOUD
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Part of a check book. : STUB
20
Happy event. : GODSEND
22
Letter. : MISSIVE
24
Hero of many a costume novel. : SWASHBUCKLER
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Small fish. : GOBY
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___ word (briefly). : INA
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Man's nickname. : MOE
31
Cockney's residence. : OME
32
Tank. : VAT
33
Indian peasants. : RYOTS
37
Dance. : ONESTEP
40
Haircut of a sort. : TONSURE
42
Fraction. : FIFTH
43
Prefix with lead or play. : MIS
44
Prompter's word. : CUE
45
African title. : RAS
47
Date 135 years hence. : MMC
48
Molt. : SHED
49
Praise: Colloq. : PATONTHEBACK
54
Type of shoe. : OPENTOE
55
Animate. : ENLIVEN
59
Lullaby. : SONG
60
Oriental name. : OMAR
62
Give ___ understand. : ONETO
63
Suffix in chemistry. : ENOL
64
Plucky: Colloq. : GAME
65
Make one. : UNITE
66
Its zip code is 100. : NYNY
67
Wife of Geraint. : ENID
68
Units of force. : DYNES
Down
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Tory's rival. : WHIG
2
Wine: Prefix. : OENO
3
Suffix with high or low. : LAND
4
Ornate. : DRESSY
5
Scatter. : STREW
6
Weather phrase. : COLDSNAP
7
Gold, in Mexico. : ORO
8
Entirely: Colloq. : PLUMB
9
Monotony. : TEDIUM
10
Door openers. : PASSKEYS
11
Before. : UNTIL
12
Color. : MAUVE
13
Color. : AMBER
21
Unsophisticated. : NAIVE
23
Disdain. : SCORN
25
Edible item, at times. : HAT
26
Make a ___. : GOOF
27
All: Prefix. : OMNI
28
Chipped ___. : BEEF
34
Exclamation of pain. : OUCH
35
Faithful. : TRUE
36
Origin. : SEED
38
In emphatic manner. : STRONGLY
39
U. N. name. : THANT
40
Wooded. : TIMBERED
41
Ancient Italian. : OSCAN
43
Feminine title. : MME
46
Straight man. : STOOGE
48
Nickname for a thin man. : SKINNY
49
City on the Warta. : POSEN
50
"Riding on ___." : APONY
51
Carpenter's concern. : TENON
52
Hercules. : HEMAN
53
On ___ nine. : CLOUD
56
Mineral deposit. : VEIN
57
Diminutive suffix. : ETTE
58
Refusals. : NOES
61
"___ my brother's keeper?" : AMI

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

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