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New York Times, Thursday, May 30, 1963

25-Across : Dickens character.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Min Word Len: 4, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,051
Across
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Study for exams. : CRAM
5
Tennis units. : SETS
9
Dignity and pomp. : STATE
14
Eastern title. : RANI
15
Turn over ground. : PLOW
16
Slangy exclamation. : OHMAN
17
Girl's name. : AVIS
18
Prefix on air letters. : AERO
19
Thread: Prefix. : NEMAT
20
Donn Byrne character. : MESSERMARCOPOLO
23
Skirt parts. : PLEATS
24
Buzzy bug. : DORR
25
Dickens character. : HEEP
28
Carpenter. : NAILER
32
Rub out. : ERASE
36
Brown and gray. : ROAN
38
Zola character. : NANA
39
Shakespeare character. : MISTRESSQUICKLY
42
Where Georgia is: Abbr. : USSR
43
Stopover on USO itinerary. : ATTU
44
Baseball name. : REESE
45
Island of Malaya. : PENANG
47
Bazaar. : SALE
49
Moved violently. : TORE
51
All in one piece. : INTACT
56
Belasco-Long character. : MADAMEBUTTERFLY
61
End of an alphabet. : OMEGA
62
___ about. : ONOR
63
At the summit. : ATOP
64
Warning. : SIREN
65
Supreme Court. : NINE
66
Middle: Prefix. : MESO
67
Appears. : SEEMS
68
Actor Montand. : YVES
69
Near: Fr. : PRES
Down
1
Hamper. : CRAMP
2
"Bolero" creator. : RAVEL
3
Flavoring agent. : ANISE
4
"___ de Angelis." : MISSA
5
Few and far between. : SPARSE
6
Kind of school: Abbr. : ELEM
7
Pentateuch. : TORA
8
Military power. : SWORD
9
Its capital is Hermosillo. : SONORA
10
Machiavelli character. : THEPRINCE
11
Shot and shell. : AMMO
12
Dutch dialect. : TAAL
13
Inner: Prefix. : ENTO
21
The wild blue yonder. : ETHER
22
Known, in Rue de la Paix. : CONNU
26
Formerly formerly. : ERST
27
Rides a trotting horse. : POSTS
29
George or Geneva. : LAKE
30
Army hitches: Abbr. : ENLS
31
Comedienne Martha. : RAYE
32
"Stick ___!" : EMUP
33
Happen. : RISE
34
Club: Abbr. : ASSN
35
Miltary device. : STRATAGEM
37
Decorator's color. : AQUA
40
Tidal wave. : EAGRE
41
Galsworthy character. : IRENE
46
___ land. : NOMANS
48
Metric measures. : LITRES
50
Wood. : EBONY
52
Hike. : TRAMP
53
"___ the Ball." : AFTER
54
Part of a cathedral grounds. : CLOSE
55
Certain errors. : TYPOS
56
Plant. : MOSS
57
Girl from Amiens. : AMIE
58
"___ Mable." : DERE
59
School: Abbr. : UNIV
60
Color value. : TONE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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