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New York Times, Monday, July 1, 1963

23-Across : Digging device.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.68, Missing: { J K Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 301 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,083
Across
1
Guise. : SHAPE
6
Although: Lat. : ETSI
10
Family member. : BABY
14
Indian. : HURON
15
Hamlet. : TOWN
16
Look. : OGLE
17
Con ___. : AMORE
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Custom. : TRADITION
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Eglantine. : ROSE
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Equal. : PEER
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Packs. : STOWS
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Digging device. : DREDGE
25
Toy. : DOLL
27
Definitely anti. : AGIN
30
Waver. : TEETER
34
Signs, in printing. : FISTS
38
Western alliance. : NATO
40
Legend. : TALE
41
Feeling great. : ONTOPOFTHEWORLD
44
Barnyard enclosure. : COOP
45
By ___. : ROTE
46
Church recesses. : APSES
47
Bewildered. : INAFOG
49
Shout. : YELL
51
Short poems. : LAYS
53
Not quite. : ALMOST
58
Travel in circles. : ORBIT
61
Fraud. : HOAX
64
Indian. : INCA
65
Elevates. : HEIGHTENS
67
Saying. : AXIOM
68
School subject: Abbr. : MATH
69
Qualified. : ABLE
70
Monetary gain. : LUCRE
71
Barracuda. : SPET
72
Indian. : MAYA
73
Pass, as time. : SPEND
Down
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Fragment. : SHARD
2
Comicality. : HUMOR
3
Loomed. : AROSE
4
Read (over) attentively. : PORED
5
Compass point. : ENE
6
Suffix with room, kitchen, etc. : ETTE
7
Raced. : TORE
8
Turf. : SWARD
9
State: Abbr. : IND
10
Cap. : BOTTLETOP
11
Fee for money exchange. : AGIO
12
Sound the horn. : BLOW
13
Longings: Colloq. : YENS
19
Man, for one. : ISLE
21
Degree. : PEG
24
Sound of surprise. : GASP
26
Indian. : OTOE
28
Lowdown. : INFO
29
Dapper. : NATTY
31
Hearties. : TARS
32
French pronoun. : ELLE
33
Certain wines. : REDS
34
Centers of activity. : FOCI
35
Look ___. : INON
36
Portico. : STOA
37
Best: Colloq. : TOPFLIGHT
39
Biblical pronoun. : THEE
42
Carousal. : ORGY
43
Barrier. : WALL
48
Pledge. : OATH
50
Careless. : LAX
52
Biblical land. : SHEBA
54
Confuse. : MIXUP
55
In reserve. : ONICE
56
Disdain. : SCORN
57
Softened. : TAMED
58
Electrical units. : OHMS
59
Garner. : REAP
60
Morsel. : BITE
62
Exclusively. : ONLY
63
Voyaging. : ASEA
66
Chapeau of a sort. : TAM
67
Than: Ger. : ALS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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