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New York Times, Monday, October 4, 1965

9-Down : Fairyland creature.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
David Steinberg notes:

Original 18-Across clue had "ponoun"; corrected it to "pronoun." Original 6-Down clue had "Gardenn"; corrected it to "Garden."

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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,904
Across
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Fish bait. : CHUM
5
Small barracuda. : SPET
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Rested. : SLEPT
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Isolated. : LONE
15
Inquiring interjections. : EHEH
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Impish. : PIXIE
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Send out. : EMIT
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French pronoun. : ELLE
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Halyards. : ROPES
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Free as air. : FOOTLOOSE
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Like some gases. : INERT
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Products of Cologne: Fr. : EAUX
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Believer: Suffix. : IST
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Lifeguards' group. : LSS
27
Longing: Colloq. : THIRST
30
Gravelly ridge. : ESKER
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Does enough to deserve. : EARNS
33
French cheese. : BRIE
34
Movable mountain. : OSSA
38
Jai ___. : ALAI
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Epernay's river. : MARNE
40
E pluribus ___. : UNUM
41
Abbreviation in grammar. : MASC
42
Eager. : AGOG
43
Album paste-ups. : SNAPS
44
Abraham's Egyptian concubine. : HAGAR
46
Schedule. : BUDGET
47
"Fleurs du ___." : MAL
50
Set against. : PIT
51
Cause of harm. : BANE
52
Bouquet. : AROMA
54
Swampy place. : EVERGLADE
59
Coin in Shylock's pocket. : DUCAT
60
Famous beach. : LIDO
61
Military term. : AWOL
62
Disconcert. : ABASH
63
Lamb chop. : LOIN
64
Asian river. : YALU
65
Like beer. : MALTY
66
Abounding in certain trees. : ELMY
67
Word part: Abbr. : SYLL
Down
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Roman a ___. : CLEF
2
Alike: Prefix. : HOMO
3
Genus of mussels. : UNIO
4
Historic Austrian statesman. : METTERNICH
5
Go through with. : SEEOUT
6
Garden flower. : PHLOX
7
Smorgasbord delicacy. : EELS
8
"Of ___," hit of 1931. : THEEISING
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Fairyland creature. : SPRITE
10
Symbol of courage. : LION
11
Deprive of membership. : EXPEL
12
Arch supports. : PIERS
13
School events. : TESTS
21
Miss. : LASS
25
Sun Valley item: Var. : SKEE
27
Astros, for one. : TEAM
28
Pacific pine. : HALA
29
Gershwin and others. : IRAS
30
Fielder's bugaboo. : ERROR
31
Certain songs. : ROUNDELAYS
33
Mere trifle. : BAGATELLE
35
Hidden difficulty. : SNAG
36
Actor in a mob scene: Slang. : SUPE
37
European capital: Abbr. : AMST
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Wise men. : MAGI
43
Like some church services. : SUNG
45
Lack of interest. : APATHY
46
Nobleman's land. : BARONY
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Feminine title. : MADAM
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Island of Dutch West Indies. : ARUBA
49
Narrow. : LOCAL
51
Becloud. : BEDIM
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Trolley pole. : MAST
55
Musical instrument. : VIOL
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Continuously. : AWAY
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Toy baby. : DOLL
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Hebrew month. : ELUL

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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