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New York Times, Saturday, December 19, 1964

12-Down : Washed.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 313 (avg 1.67)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,620
Across
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Give-away. : TIPOFF
7
Siesta. : NAP
10
Sea: Fr. : MER
13
Mountain range of California. : DIABLO
14
Suffix with two or three. : SOME
15
"Here ___ ... " : AMI
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Argent. : SILVER
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Whereas. : WHEN
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Card game. : GIN
19
Baseball overtime. : EXTRAINNINGS
22
Affording entry. : AJAR
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Bridge hand. : WEST
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Spoon, for one. : LURE
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In truth. : FORSOOTH
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Quieted. : CALMED
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Exotic. : ALIEN
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Certain craft. : UBOATS
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Free (of). : RID
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Qualm. : SCRUPLE
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Speck. : DOT
40
Group activity. : SEANCE
41
Sojourn. : TARRY
43
Equivalence. : PARITY
46
Submerged to a certain depth. : KNEEDEEP
48
Willingly. : LIEF
49
Islands: Fr. : ILES
50
Kind of novel, old style. : DIME
51
Global area. : ARCTICCIRCLE
55
Prefix with light and night. : TWI
56
Climb, in a way. : SHIN
57
Delay. : HINDER
61
Draw off. : TAP
62
Chinese dynasty. : MING
63
Salad ingredient. : ENDIVE
64
Scrutinize. : EYE
65
Silver standard: Abbr. : STG
66
Zigzags. : WEAVES
Down
1
Football scores. : TDS
2
Dial numeral. : III
3
Chum. : PAL
4
Of a coin, "heads." : OBVERSE
5
Bend. : FLEX
6
"Tea ___." : FORTWO
7
Kind of baseball game. : NOHIT
8
Hymn ending. : AMEN
9
Commonwealth founder. : PENN
10
Two-quart bottle. : MAGNUM
11
Political refugee. : EMIGRE
12
Washed. : RINSED
14
Describing heroes of costume novels. : SWASHBUCKLING
20
Profit. : RETURN
21
Misfortunes. : ILLS
22
At a distance. : AFAR
23
Pretty: Fr. : JOLI
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Parched. : ARID
28
Start. : ONSET
29
Presidential nickname. : CAL
30
Tête___. : ATETE
33
Essential kitchen tool. : OPENER
36
Coral reef. : CAY
37
See 2 Down. : DREI
38
Town in Utah. : OREM
39
Pearl, agate, etc. : TYPE
40
Examine closely. : SIFT
42
Supplements. : ADDENDA
43
River in Nebraska. : PLATTE
44
Traffic lane of a kind. : AIRWAY
45
Prescription. : RECIPE
47
Shun. : ESCHEW
49
Cake topping. : ICING
52
Beliefs. : ISMS
53
Memo. : CHIT
54
Football term. : LINE
58
Sum of money: Abbr. : DIV
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Poetic time. : EVE
60
Thing: Lat. : RES

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

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