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New York Times, Saturday, March 12, 1966

4-Down : Month.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,055
Across
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Color. : SAND
5
Barley beards. : AWNS
9
Hurdle. : LEAP
13
Notion: Fr. : IDEE
14
Olive oil: Lat. : OLEUM
15
Goya's duchess. : ALBA
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With interruptions. : DISCONTINUOUSLY
19
Kind of decoration. : INTERIOR
20
Manumits. : FREES
21
Raincoats, in Soho. : MACS
22
Head man: Sp. : JEFE
24
High-pitched. : TREBLE
27
Manage. : GETALONG
31
Skep. : HIVE
32
Bearing no name: Abbr. : ANON
33
Kind of score. : TIE
34
Sporadically. : EVERYNOWANDTHEN
39
Half a score. : TEN
40
Barnyard sound: Colloq. : OINK
41
Dream: Fr. : REVE
42
With ingenuity. : ARTFULLY
44
Pinnacles. : SPIRES
46
Comply with. : OBEY
47
Black: Prefix. : MELA
48
Have ___. : ACARE
51
Louvre treasure. : MONALISA
55
See 34 Across. : BYFITSANDSTARTS
58
Gulf off Iran. : OMAN
59
Contend. : ARGUE
60
Greek temple. : NAOS
61
Skin excrescence. : WART
62
Man of war. : MARS
63
Cooperstown name. : DEAN
Down
1
African title. : SIDI
2
Deuce's cousin. : ADIN
3
___-ce pas. : NEST
4
Month. : DECEMBER
5
Choir group. : ALTOS
6
Milldam. : WEIR
7
Poor Clare. : NUN
8
Texas school. : SMU
9
Victory symbol. : LAUREL
10
Otherwise. : ELSE
11
Talented. : ABLE
12
French countryside. : PAYS
14
In reserve. : ONICE
17
Kind of school exam. : ORAL
18
___ on. : OFFAND
22
City on the Saale. : JENA
23
Harrow's rival. : ETON
24
Greek letter. : THETA
25
Rubicon. : RIVER
26
Contingency. : EVENT
27
Clumsy. : GAWKY
28
Additional. : OTHER
29
Snow, in Spain. : NIEVE
30
Fowler and others. : GENES
35
Slangy affirmation. : YOUBET
36
Yellow-green. : NILE
37
Finest. : ONLY
38
___ error. : TRIALAND
43
Coin of Hungary. : FORINT
44
Intelligence. : SENSE
45
Piece of land. : PLAT
47
___ vivendi. : MODUS
48
Take ___. : ABOW
49
Curved molding. : CYMA
50
Remote. : AFAR
51
Businessman: Abbr. : MNGR
52
___ caelestes (divine wrath): Lat. : IRAE
53
Portico of old. : STOA
54
Group: Abbr. : ASSN
56
Mr. Pickwick's man. : SAM
57
Constellation. : ARA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 8 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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