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New York Times, Thursday, March 4, 1965

43-Down : Refrains from bothering.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 306 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,695
Across
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Presidential title: Abbr. : CINC
5
Ill will. : SPITE
10
Stint. : TASK
14
Inter ___. : ALIA
15
Widespread fear. : PANIC
16
Noun suffix. : ANCE
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Thief. : PICKPOCKET
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Commotion. : STIR
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Kind of "double" in bridge. : TAKEOUT
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State of being twisted. : TORSION
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Bring to bear. : PUT
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Agony. : THROES
25
Aircraft tracker. : RADAR
28
See 54 Down. : MAE
29
Composer Ernest. : BLOCH
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Bald ___ egg. : ASAN
33
Tiny fly. : PUNKIE
35
Bird sound. : COO
36
Hero of certain adventure tales. : SPY
37
Coins of Thailand. : SATANGS
38
Gambler's concern. : IOU
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One kind of money. : PIN
40
Region of Spain. : ARAGON
41
Bugle signal. : TAPS
42
Racing boat. : SCULL
44
Bouncing ___, flowering plant. : BET
45
Dance, in France. : VALSE
46
Au ___. : REVOIR
48
Nickname for a princess. : MEG
49
Relate erroneously. : MISTELL
51
Cutting tool. : BANDSAW
55
Olympian god. : ARES
56
Lover of the fine arts. : DILETTANTE
58
Clothing. : GARB
59
At an angle. : ATILT
60
Beasts of Asia. : YAKS
61
Hebrides isle. : SKYE
62
Irish poet. : SYNGE
63
Little quarrel. : SPAT
Down
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Navy man: Abbr. : CAPT
2
Dorsal bones. : ILIA
3
Small notch. : NICK
4
Kitchen utensil. : CAKEPAN
5
Part of a teapot. : SPOUT
6
Agreement. : PACT
7
Artist's medium. : INK
8
Get married. : TIETHEKNOT
9
King Arthur's foster father. : ECTOR
10
Pendant decoration. : TASSEL
11
Unfriendly. : ANTISOCIAL
12
I know: Lat. : SCIO
13
Popular composer. : KERN
18
Serve at tea. : POUR
22
Cassocks. : ROBES
24
Bird. : TANAGER
25
Speaks gratingly. : RASPS
26
Term in cookery. : ASPIC
27
Mother's concern. : DAYNURSERY
28
Quality of being prone to change. : MUTABILITY
30
Birds' homes. : COOPS
31
Washington group. : HOUSE
33
Golf term. : PAR
34
Car part: Abbr. : IGN
37
Soothing substance. : SALVE
41
Times for charity collections. : TAGDAYS
43
Refrains from bothering. : LETSBE
45
Air duct. : VENT
47
___ Methuselah. : OLDAS
48
Dull finish. : MATTE
49
Slicks or pulps. : MAGS
50
Where Basra is: Var. : IRAK
51
Native of Ghent: Abbr. : BELG
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Break off. : SNAP
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Aleutian isle. : ATKA
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With 28 Across, a life jacket. : WEST
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___ Yutang, Chinese author. : LIN

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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