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New York Times, Monday, November 18, 1963

25-Down : Dozed.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,223
Across
1
Piece of wood. : SLAB
5
Clawed. : PAWED
10
Pet. : FIDO
14
Sheer. : PURE
15
Helen, in Italy. : ELENA
16
Make level. : EVEN
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Botanical angle. : AXIL
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Abrupt, sharp sound. : CLACK
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Plaything. : DOLL
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Editor. : REDACTOR
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Too much. : OVERLY
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Street sound. : TOOT
25
Alpha Centauri. : STAR
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Materialize. : APPEAR
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Appeases. : PLACATES
33
Game appurtenance. : CARDTABLE
35
Ascent. : SLOPE
36
Popular cruise port. : RIO
37
Jumped: Poet. : LEAPT
39
Chart. : MAP
40
Thoughts. : IDEAS
43
Hors d'oeuvre. : ANTIPASTO
46
Home. : DOMICILE
48
Beast of burden. : DONKEY
49
Sign in Teutonic alphabet. : RUNE
50
Remainder. : REST
51
Italian brandy. : GRAPPA
54
Temporary dwelling place of sorts. : DOGHOUSE
58
Prefix for a continent. : EURO
59
Tropical fruit. : GUAVA
61
Adjective suffix. : ICAL
62
Split. : TEAR
63
Bird. : EGRET
64
Invalid. : NULL
65
Helper: Abbr. : ASST
66
___ Khan. : SHERE
67
Feminine suffix. : ETTE
Down
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Lustrous mineral. : SPAR
2
De ___. : LUXE
3
Dry. : ARID
4
Tardy. : BELATED
5
Worn on the chest. : PECTORAL
6
Parcel out. : ALLOT
7
Sign of use. : WEAR
8
Typist's notation. : ENC
9
Indian. : DAKOTA
10
National. : FEDERAL
11
Man's name. : IVOR
12
Rural spot. : DELL
13
Exclusively. : ONLY
21
Prince Albert. : COAT
23
Sweepers: Slang. : VACS
25
Dozed. : SLEPT
26
Pungent. : ACRID
27
Child: Prefix. : PAIDO
28
Preface. : PROEM
29
Sycamore tree. : PLANE
30
Siberian city. : TOMSK
31
Amazed: Fr. : EPATE
32
Indian soldier. : SEPOY
34
Famous street of song. : BEALE
38
Water channel. : TIDEGATE
41
Friendship, in Baltimore. : AIRPORT
42
Porgy. : SCUP
44
Swanky: Slang. : POSH
45
French man's name. : ANTOINE
47
For a long time. : INAGES
50
Friend of 10 Across. : ROVER
51
"___ horse!" : GETA
52
Regrets. : RUES
53
Macaws. : ARAS
54
Challenge. : DARE
55
Shape of a pocket. : UCUT
56
Grocery item. : SALT
57
French pronoun. : ELLE
60
Exclamation of disgust. : UGH

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 4 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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