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New York Times, Monday, June 1, 1964

65-Across : Float for a fishing line.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { Q }, Scrabble score: 302 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,419
Across
1
Evian and others. : SPAS
5
Shoe shapes. : LASTS
10
Unruffled. : EVEN
14
American hero. : HALE
15
Mexican. : AZTEC
16
Kind of TV show. : LIVE
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Dieter's problem. : SWEETTOOTH
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Over. : ANEW
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Woodworking machine. : LATHE
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Chiefs. : PREMIERS
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Certain party members. : HENS
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With. : AMONG
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Supported. : ASSISTED
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Dreams. : IDEALS
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Mother of Aphrodite. : DIONE
34
Dumas heroine. : DIANE
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___ publicae. : REI
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Medicament. : DRUG
38
Enough: Ger. : GENUG
39
Son of Telamon. : AJAX
40
Gael seagod. : LER
41
Word used with sea and way. : FARER
42
Tea cake. : SCONE
43
Finale, à la Macbeth. : ENDALL
45
Toothed wheels. : RATCHETS
47
Tests. : ORALS
49
Moselle tributary. : SAAR
50
Speak impulsively. : BLURTOUT
53
Chap. : BLOKE
56
Baltic gulf. : RIGA
57
Dessert. : PIEALAMODE
60
Pale. : ASHY
61
Floor of a château. : ETAGE
62
Namesakes of D.D.E. : IKES
63
State: Abbr. : MASS
64
Cyclades isle. : DELOS
65
Float for a fishing line. : CORK
Down
1
Curtain-going-up sounds. : SHS
2
Mechanical device. : PAWL
3
Jacta est ___ (the die is cast). : ALEA
4
Angry. : SEETHING
5
Hidden. : LATENT
6
Containing nitrogen: Prefix. : AZO
7
"___ the World ... " : STOP
8
Relative of penta. : TETRA
9
Crafty. : SCHEMING
10
Contemporary of Guinevere. : ELAINE
11
General Stilwell. : VINEGARJOE
12
Repeatedly. : EVER
13
TV program. : NEWS
18
Pronoun. : THESE
22
See 57 Across. : MODE
24
Hebrew festival. : SEDER
26
Confuse. : ADDLE
27
Lorelei. : SIREN
28
Veteran inhabitants of Alaska. : SOURDOUGHS
29
Highway sign. : DINER
31
Inclined. : LEANT
32
At ___ and sevens. : SIXES
35
Distinctive appearances. : AURAS
38
Ran like Northern Dancer. : GALLOPED
39
Colorless. : ACHROMIC
41
Piece of scenery. : FLAT
42
La ___. : SCALA
44
Marshals. : ARRAYS
46
Furniture. : TABLES
48
Train. : SUITE
50
Author Stoker. : BRAM
51
Jurgen's wife. : LISA
52
Duck. : TEAL
54
G & S role. : KOKO
55
River into the Fulda. : EDER
58
Make ___ of. : AGO
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River of Scotland. : ESK

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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