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New York Times, Wednesday, September 30, 1964

18-Across : American poet.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J }, Scrabble score: 336 (avg 1.78)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
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H
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K
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A
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R
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G
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L
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F
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N
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H
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C
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P
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P
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,540
Across
1
Rural walk. : HIKE
5
Strives violently. : WARS
9
Fun's partner. : GAMES
14
Bovine animals. : OXEN
15
Case for small articles. : ETUI
16
Greenish-yellow. : OLIVE
17
German song. : LIED
18
American poet. : LONGFELLOW
20
Barks sharply. : YAPS
21
___ paper. : LITMUS
22
Also, old style. : EKE
23
Have done with. : QUIT
25
Made over. : ALTERED
27
Small amounts. : SOUPCONS
31
Cape Kennedy fuel. : LOX
32
___ polloi. : HOI
33
Blue-pencils. : EDITS
35
Adult. : WOMAN
39
Verb ending. : IZE
40
Source of wealth: Colloq. : BONANZA
42
Medical group. : AMA
43
Blue ___, signal flag. : PETER
45
Zodiac sign. : ARIES
46
Low island. : KEY
47
Hack. : HEW
49
Falls in a shower. : SPATTERS
51
Yuletide bowl. : WASSAIL
55
Dregs. : LEES
56
Compass point. : ENE
57
___ oneself (be discreet). : KEEPTO
60
Island city of China. : AMOY
63
Initially. : ATTHESTART
65
French cleric. : CURE
66
Continental quart. : LITER
67
Consumer. : USER
68
Bruins' Alma Mater. : UCLA
69
Wallace's men. : SCOTS
70
Flower. : POSY
71
Member of 42 Across: Abbr. : PHYS
Down
1
Hallowed. : HOLY
2
Iris genus. : IXIA
3
Be discreet. : KEEPQUIET
4
Terminates. : ENDSUP
5
Prosperous. : WELLTODO
6
Thine: Fr. : ATOI
7
Shorty. : RUNT
8
Fraternity letter. : SIGMA
9
Is unused. : GOESTOWASTE
10
Quite. : ALL
11
Jim Beatty, for example. : MILER
12
Summon forth. : EVOKE
13
Mended. : SEWED
19
Occupied. : FULL
24
Party gimmicks, in a way. : ICEBREAKERS
26
Outside: Prefix. : EXO
27
See 29 Down. : SHIP
28
Escape slowly. : OOZE
29
Pinta's companion. : NINA
30
Is featured. : STARS
34
Cut short. : SNIP
36
Fusses over (with "of"). : MAKESMUCH
37
Our country: Abbr. : AMER
38
Dissents. : NAYS
41
Fanatical devotion. : ZEALOTRY
44
Querying sounds. : EHS
48
Letters. : WIES
50
Saucer's companion. : TEACUP
51
Ridges on the skin. : WEALS
52
Dido. : ANTIC
53
Imbroglio. : SETTO
54
Diminution. : LETUP
58
El ___. : PASO
59
Three: Sp. : TRES
61
Paris airfield. : ORLY
62
See 38 Down. : YEAS
64
___ up (excited). : HET

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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