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New York Times, Wednesday, December 9, 1964

4-Down : Ornamentation.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,610
Across
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Rip. : REND
5
Microscopic animal. : AMEBA
10
Warp yarns. : ABBS
14
Orchestral instrument. : OBOE
15
Augured. : BODED
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Indian peasant. : RYOT
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Uncertain. : TOUCHANDGO
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Merry making. : GALA
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Pester. : ANNOY
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Gaze. : EYE
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Large bay of Canada. : FUNDY
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Trust (with "on"). : RELY
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True's companion. : TRIED
27
"Where ___?" : AMI
30
Retributions. : NEMESES
32
Move slowly. : LAG
35
Less than deadly. : NONFATAL
37
"___ You?" : WHOARE
39
Unless: Lat. : NISI
40
Drone. : IDLER
42
One of triplets. : TRIN
43
Historic mountain : ARARAT
45
Finale. : EPILOGUE
47
People. : MEN
48
Brown coal. : LIGNITE
50
Letters. : EMS
51
Bleak. : DREAR
53
Group. : TEAM
55
Joke: Slang. : SPOOF
57
Verbal suffix, old style. : ETH
59
Laughing. : RIANT
63
Catch, as of fish. : HAUL
64
This minute. : HEREANDNOW
66
Little: Suffix. : ETTE
67
Agreement. : UNITY
68
Dissenter. : ANTI
69
Confusion. : MESS
70
Nobelist poet. : HESSE
71
Noted. : SEEN
Down
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Ecclesiastical court. : ROTA
2
Color. : EBON
3
Collective word. : NOUN
4
Ornamentation. : DECOR
5
Arabian garment. : ABA
6
Avaricious. : MONEYMAD
7
Whirlpool. : EDDY
8
Sires. : BEGETS
9
Commotion. : ADO
10
Debate. : ARGUE
11
Generally. : BYANDLARGE
12
Fearless. : BOLD
13
Tarry. : STAY
18
Carnivorous mammal. : HYENA
22
Angle. : FISH
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Girl's name meaning joy. : LETITIA
26
Do a newspaper job. : REWRITE
27
Part of Indo-China. : ANNAM
28
Silk fabric. : MOIRE
29
Details. : INSANDOUTS
31
Scott heroine. : ELLEN
33
Suffix with planet. : ARIUM
34
Biologist's concern. : GENES
36
Tree. : FIR
38
Indian. : OTO
41
"The Terrible," "The Good," etc. : EPITHETS
44
Hebrew letter. : ALEF
46
Come to know. : LEARN
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English novelist. : GREENE
52
Parts. : ROLES
54
Legendary king. : MIDAS
55
Son of Noah. : SHEM
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Head. : PATE
58
Speaker. : TRIS
60
Scott heroine. : ANNE
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Importance. : NOTE
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Dromio, for one. : TWIN
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Surprised sound. : HUH
65
Affirmative. : AYE

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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