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New York Times, Friday, March 26, 1965

28-Down : Sports figure.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F Q X }, Scrabble score: 315 (avg 1.65)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,717
Across
1
Hebrew letter. : BETH
5
Real estate. : LAND
9
Merman. : ETHEL
14
Mine: Fr. : AMOI
15
Mountain: Prefix. : OREO
16
Musical syllables. : TRALA
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Be effective. : TELL
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Inevitably. : WILLYNILLY
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Uproar. : HULLABALLOO
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Date in Claudius I's reign. : LII
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Stick of a fan. : BRIN
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Most agreeable. : NICEST
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Indulged. : BABIED
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Geometrical suffix. : HEDRAL
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Eurasian range. : URALS
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Connect. : YOKE
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Large saxhorn. : TUBA
36
Factory. : MILL
37
Office machine. : DATER
38
Open. : AJAR
39
Ancient language of India. : PALI
40
Father of Priam. : ILUS
41
Sacred song. : PSALM
42
Stimulates: Colloq. : PEPSUP
44
Immerses. : BATHES
45
Fir, for one. : BALSAM
47
Legato effect. : SLUR
48
Pulpy fruit. : UVA
49
Outstanding example: Slang. : LALAPALOOZA
55
Sees. : LAYSEYESON
57
Type of school. : PREP
58
Genuflect. : KNEEL
59
One of a well-known trio. : DICK
60
What "hic" means. : HERE
61
Lost one. : STRAY
62
Certain boats. : ARKS
63
Personalities. : EGOS
Down
1
City on the Avon. : BATH
2
Big bird. : EMEU
3
Service charge. : TOLL
4
Popular TV figures. : HILLBILLIES
5
What gets the contract. : LOWBID
6
Adjective and noun suffix. : ARIAN
7
Dickens character. : NELL
8
Girl, often living. : DOLL
9
Rouge ___ (gambling game). : ETNOIR
10
Numerical prefix. : TRI
11
Song of praise. : HALLELUJAH
12
N. Y. Harbor island. : ELLIS
13
___ on (exaggerate): Colloq. : LAYIT
19
Not 60 Across. : YONDER
21
Bellicose god. : ARES
25
Great misfortune. : CATASTROPHE
26
___ into (encounter). : BUMP
27
Tenor's specialty. : ARIA
28
Sports figure. : BALLPLAYER
29
Make livelier: Slang. : HOTUP
30
___ out (stretches). : EKES
32
River in Korea. : YALU
34
Large bundle. : BALE
35
Military science. : ARMS
37
Daunt. : DISMAY
41
Gauguin. : PAUL
43
Faintly. : PALELY
44
Shuts out. : BLANKS
45
Looms large. : BULKS
46
___ garde. : AVANT
47
Mother's favorite author. : SPOCK
50
Swan's maiden. : LEDA
51
Part of Saudi Arabia. : ASIR
52
State: Abbr. : OREG
53
Aught. : ZERO
54
Copies. : APES
56
Large swell. : SEA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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