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New York Times, Friday, November 13, 1964

9-Down : Trail of the 1800's.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,584
Across
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Collegian's concern. : CUTS
5
Biblical gardener. : ADAM
9
Thralls. : SERFS
14
Upolu city. : APIA
15
Delightful. : NICE
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Babylonian nether world. : ARALU
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November VIP's. : BALLOTERS
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Maritime. : NAVAL
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Goggling. : ASTARE
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___ Germany. : EAST
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Trouble. : IRK
24
Word in the writing on the wall. : MENE
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Red wines of France. : BEAUNES
28
Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse. : INDIANCHIEFS
32
Literary light. : POE
33
Brave. : DARE
34
Ruler of a kind. : DESPOT
38
Mining pit. : SUMP
40
Shoshonean. : UTE
42
Starchy substance. : SAGO
43
Endow with spiritual force. : ENSOUL
46
Celestial bear. : URSA
49
Stage of a journey. : LEG
50
Big event in Tokyo. : OLYMPICGAMES
53
___-wear. : READYTO
56
Gem stone. : SARD
57
Shape of a shell. : EAR
58
Forward. : SEND
60
Bank book. : LEDGER
64
Rugged rocks. : CRAGS
66
Heed, as advice. : GIVEEARTO
68
Current playwright. : ALBEE
69
Valhalla name. : ODIN
70
Star in Cetus. : MIRA
71
Money. : PESOS
72
By itself. : LONE
73
Went fast. : SPED
Down
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Woman's workbasket. : CABA
2
Tree of the mulberry family. : UPAS
3
Awning. : TILT
4
Sausage. : SALAMI
5
TV adjunct. : ANTENNA
6
Sine ___. : DIE
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Tract of land. : ACRE
8
Minnesota's iron-ore range. : MESABI
9
Trail of the 1800's. : SANTAFE
10
Time. : ERA
11
Prey or plunder. : RAVIN
12
Signal light. : FLARE
13
Nurses a grievance. : SULKS
18
Mythical being. : OREAD
22
Nutmeg. : SEED
25
Color. : ECRU
27
Sea-going initials. : USSS
28
Latin pronoun. : IPSE
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Proper ___. : NOUN
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Reps.' relatives. : DEMS
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Angry: Dial. : HETUP
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Tropical tree. : PALM
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Type of molding. : OGEE
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Clothes: Colloq. : TOGS
39
Russian weight. : POOD
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Greek goddess. : ERIS
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Novel of 1922. : ULYSSES
45
Author of "Abide With Me." : LYTE
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Kind of triangle. : SCALENE
48
Correspond. : AGREE
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Genghis Khan. : MONGOL
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Current cartoonist. : ADDAMS
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Type of tire. : RECAP
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Man's name. : EARLE
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Men of Yemen. : ARABS
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Legendary queen. : DIDO
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Vise hold. : GRIP
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Bien-___ (well-being): Fr. : ETRE
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Freeway. : ROAD
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Earth: Prefix. : GEO
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One of 26 Across. : VIN

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

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