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New York Times, Wednesday, December 2, 1964

5-Down : Slips.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.49, Missing: { J Q X Y }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,603
Across
1
Business figure. : COST
5
One kind of talk. : SHOP
9
Turning: Prefix. : ROTO
13
Acknowledge. : AVOW
14
___ Kum, large Asian desert. : KARA
15
African animal. : ELAND
17
Composes. : MELODIZES
19
Quatrain. : VERSE
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Cockney's "present." : ERE
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That is: Lat. : IDEST
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Available. : ONTAP
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Ancient Italians. : OSCANS
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Row of strips over R.R. track, as low-bridge warning. : TELLTALE
27
Pretense. : FEINT
28
Contradict. : REBUT
29
Fresh. : NEW
30
Firm. : FAST
31
Repairs shoes. : RESOLES
33
Vincent Youmans song. : SMILES
35
C.P.A.'s concern. : AUDITS
38
Pins. : COTTERS
40
Unsophisticated. : NAIF
42
Smith and others. : ALS
45
Imposing. : GRAND
46
Surprised exclamation. : HELLO
47
Circulated, as news. : GOTABOUT
49
Whiner. : MEWLER
50
Bell town of fiction. : ADANO
51
Develop. : RIPEN
53
Pronoun. : ONE
54
Horse show of a kind. : RODEO
55
Theater problem. : ACOUSTICS
57
Wassail, for one. : DRINK
58
Suffix with red, white or blue. : NESS
59
Robert ___. : ELEE
60
Picnic provender. : EATS
61
Royal poinciana. : TREE
62
In ___ (actually). : ESSE
Down
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Occurred. : CAMEOFF
2
Abroad. : OVERSEAS
3
Substandard use of words. : SOLECISM
4
Company, so they say. : TWO
5
Slips. : SKIDS
6
Atmospheric phenomenon. : HAZE
7
Electra's brother. : ORESTES
8
Flimsy. : PASTEBOARD
9
Mutinied. : REVOLTED
10
Fragrant. : OLENT
11
Patterned wool. : TARTAN
12
Counter sign. : ONSALE
16
Chauncey. : DEPEW
18
Force. : DINT
24
Caper. : ANTIC
26
Humdingers. : LULUS
28
Chophouse. : RESTAURANT
31
Kind of rocket. : RETRO
32
Strength. : SINEW
34
Certain records. : LOGBOOKS
36
Varnish constituents. : TALLOILS
37
Represses. : SILENCES
39
Lorelei. : ENTICER
41
Envision. : FORESEE
42
Middle name of a Vice President. : AGARD
43
Celebrated waterfalls of Cumberland. : LODORE
44
Ancient running tracks. : STADIA
46
Layers. : HENS
48
With reference to. : ANENT
49
River into the North Sea. : MEUSE
52
Attitude. : POSE
56
Letter. : TEE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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