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New York Times, Tuesday, October 3, 1967

9-Down : Defames.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J K Q X Y }, Scrabble score: 310 (avg 1.64)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,625
Across
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Play a game. : GOLF
5
Part of L. A. : WATTS
10
Exclamation of fatigue. : HIHO
14
Winged child, in art. : AMOR
15
Archetype. : IDEAL
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Mountain: Prefix. : OREO
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___ Morgana. : FATA
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Camel's relative. : LLAMA
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Light. : LAMP
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Crimp. : FRIZZLE
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Eternal. : ENDLESS
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Zoo favorite. : ZEBRA
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Across: Prefix. : DIA
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Screen. : GRILLE
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Like certain waltzes. : VIENNESE
35
Sped. : RACED
36
Man's title. : HERR
37
Small amount. : DRAM
38
Old verb ending. : ETH
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Like chaff. : ACEROSE
42
Gist. : NUB
43
Lollobrigida. : GINA
45
Legal claim. : LIEN
46
Expression. : VOICE
48
Business asset. : GOODWILL
50
Lifework. : CAREER
51
Sta. : DEP
52
___ behold! : LOAND
54
Emend. : CORRECT
58
Military bag. : MUSETTE
62
Hurt. : ACHE
63
Innocents. : LAMBS
65
Erect. : REAR
66
"The liner ___ a lady ... " : SHES
67
Performing art. : OPERA
68
Stew pot. : OLLA
69
Ten digits. : TOES
70
Jurors. : PANEL
71
Believe. : FEEL
Down
1
Barbed spear. : GAFF
2
Caliph's name. : OMAR
3
French writer. : LOTI
4
Tire out: Colloq. : FRAZZLE
5
"Thy ___ done ... " : WILLBE
6
Psychoanalyst after Freud. : ADLER
7
Social. : TEA
8
Docile. : TAME
9
Defames. : SLANDERS
10
One of the Low Countries. : HOLLAND
11
Dies ___. : IRAE
12
Does needlework. : HEMS
13
Slangy exclamation. : OOPS
21
Mrs. Fitzgerald. : ZELDA
23
Clamor. : DIN
25
Harriman. : AVERELL
27
Shorthand name. : GREGG
28
Proportion. : RATIO
29
Footprint: Prefix. : ICHNO
31
Firm. : IRON
32
Man's nickname. : ERNIE
33
Hollandaise. : SAUCE
34
Campfire feature. : EMBER
36
German greeting. : HEIL
40
Street sound, once. : CLIPCLOP
41
Dame Edith. : EVANS
44
Speak to. : ADDRESS
47
On the ___ (similar to). : ORDEROF
49
Tiny. : WEE
50
Providing a motive. : CAUSAL
53
Card game. : OMBRE
54
Distribute. : CAST
55
Eight: Sp. : OCHO
56
Korean name. : RHEE
57
Mulberry cloth. : TAPA
59
Prefix with 54 Down. : TELE
60
A fiction. : TALE
61
Of time. : ERAL
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Certain workers. : MEN

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

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