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New York Times, Monday, December 7, 1964

57-Down : About: Abbr.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,608
Across
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Minnows. : BAIT
5
Force. : IMPEL
10
Davenport. : SOFA
14
Part of A.D. : ANNO
15
North woods prey. : MOOSE
16
Campus area: Colloq. : QUAD
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Persuasive. : SOFTSPOKEN
19
Heavenly bear. : URSA
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Affirmative phrase. : IDO
21
Roll call response. : HERE
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Comfortably warmed. : TOASTY
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Niebuhr's forte. : SERMONS
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Speakers' forte. : DAIS
27
Grassland: Poet. : MEAD
28
Awning. : SUNSHADE
32
Deep-blue glass. : SMALT
34
Ancient Iranian. : MEDE
35
___ Moines. : DES
36
Common solecism. : AINT
37
S. American capital. : QUITO
39
Relative of ibidem. : IDEM
40
Railroad abbreviation. : FRT
41
Potential baby sitter. : AUNT
42
Wading birds. : SNIPE
43
Start of an old-time campaign song. : EASTSIDE
45
Quips. : MOTS
46
Increase. : RISE
47
Ancient Cretans. : MINOANS
50
Spread out. : UNFURL
53
___ soit qui mal y pense. : HONI
54
Neckwear. : BOA
55
African republic. : MALI
56
Mencken, for one. : ICONOCLAST
59
Reduces to a state of confusion. : PIES
60
Saltpeter. : NITER
61
Rose's husband. : ABIE
62
Bridge bid. : SLAM
63
Jane and Zane. : GREYS
64
Poet. : BARD
Down
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Groundwork. : BASIS
2
Electrical term. : ANODE
3
Notifiers. : INFORMANTS
4
Kid. : TOT
5
Be near at hand. : IMPEND
6
North Africans. : MOORS
7
Part of a bonnet. : POKE
8
Native: Suffix. : ESE
9
Becoming slower, in music. : LENTANDO
10
Game. : SQUASH
11
French version of 19 Across. : OURS
12
Expeditious. : FAST
13
Call it ___. : ADAY
18
Young pig. : SHOAT
23
Seine tributary. : OISE
25
Blend. : MELT
26
Kind of song. : DUET
28
Strike with force. : SMITE
29
African capital. : ADDISABABA
30
Abstruse. : DEEP
31
Girl's name. : ESME
32
Jewel case of a sort. : SAFE
33
Star in Cetus. : MIRA
37
Vidkun of Norway. : QUISLING
38
Wavy, in heraldry. : UNDE
39
Toward the center. : INTO
41
District in Saudi Arabia. : ASIR
42
___ boom. : SONIC
44
Axiom. : TRUISM
45
Ball clubs of a sort. : MINORS
47
Fives and tens. : MONEY
48
Opposite of 20 Across. : NOSIR
49
Made replete. : SATED
50
Arbiters: Colloq. : UMPS
51
Much-polished object. : NAIL
52
Chigger. : FLEA
53
Table d'___. : HOTE
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About: Abbr. : CIR
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Student's workroom. : LAB

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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