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New York Times, Wednesday, September 15, 1965

48-Across : Commonplace.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { J K Q }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,890
Across
1
Bridge term. : NOBID
6
Noun suffixes. : ADES
10
Split. : RIVE
14
Tree. : ABELE
15
In case. : LEST
16
Entranceway. : ADIT
17
Sing in a way. : YODEL
18
Affirm. : AVER
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Job. : POST
20
Place for a splashdown. : SEA
21
Noteworthy events. : MEMORABILIA
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Enthusiast. : ZEALOT
26
Take (from) by force. : WREST
27
Genius. : WIZARD
29
Rice. : ELMER
31
Map abbreviation. : ISLS
32
Thoughts. : IDEAS
33
Two ___ kind. : OFA
36
Directed. : STEERED
39
Disease of cattle. : ANTHRAX
41
Wooden trough. : HOD
42
Vegetable. : ONION
44
Brink. : EDGE
45
City in Georgia. : MACON
46
Force. : DURESS
48
Commonplace. : PROSY
50
One of the Wylies. : ELINOR
52
Fault. : SHORTCOMING
54
Youngster. : LAD
57
Shipshape. : TAUT
58
Bird. : LOON
59
Practical. : UTILE
61
Movie dog. : ASTA
62
Regarding. : INRE
63
Belgian city. : LIEGE
64
Part of a tape recorder. : REEL
65
French city. : CAEN
66
Where Shillong is. : ASSAM
Down
1
Negatives. : NAYS
2
Orchestral instrument. : OBOE
3
Confused. : BEDAZZLED
4
See 31 Across. : ILE
5
Town near San Diego. : DELMAR
6
A fort to remember. : ALAMO
7
Ardent. : DEVOTED
8
Weights of Denmark. : ESER
9
Cousin of a paper tiger. : STRAWMAN
10
Sword. : RAPIER
11
Esteemed persons. : IDOLS
12
Pay a call. : VISIT
13
Girl's name. : ETTA
22
Antiquity: Poet. : ELD
23
French seaport. : BREST
25
Naturalness. : EASE
27
Expression of good will. : WISH
28
That ___ say. : ISTO
30
Slender. : LEAN
32
Individual: Prefix. : IDIO
33
Servitors of a sort. : ORDERLIES
34
Wearies. : FAGS
35
Forestry tools. : AXES
37
Cut of meat. : ROAST
38
Papal message. : ENCYCLIC
40
Protagonist. : HERO
43
What there's always room for. : ONEMORE
45
Human. : MORTAL
46
Clamor. : DIN
47
Hoof. : UNGULA
48
Stage. : PHASE
49
Road. : ROUTE
51
Towels. : LINEN
52
Something to wish on. : STAR
53
One of the O'Neills. : OONA
55
Ocean vegetation. : ALGA
56
Judge. : DEEM
60
Poetic contraction. : TIS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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