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New York Times, Wednesday, April 14, 1965

45-Down : Interrupt.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 4.75, Missing: { J V Z }, Scrabble score: 301 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,736
Across
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Philistine city. : GATH
5
Seeds. : PIPS
9
Portland's bay. : CASCO
14
Coin of Ankara. : LIRA
15
Vinegar: Prefix. : ACET
16
Obey. : ACTON
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Hub of the World's Fair. : UNISPHERE
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City in N. H. : KEENE
20
Lilacs. : BUSHES
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Restaurant. : CAFE
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Humpty Dumpty. : EGG
24
Noun suffix. : EER
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"___ but known ... " : HADI
26
Concept. : IDEA
27
Quadrants. : ARCS
29
Many-sided figure. : POLYGON
31
Where movies are made. : LOT
32
Situation. : CASE
33
One of Macbeth's victims. : BANQUO
37
Fastidious. : ELEGANT
39
Kind of Japanese pottery. : SATSUMA
40
Hat. : FEDORA
41
Individual: Abbr. : PERS
42
Condensed: Abbr. : ABR
43
Metric units. : DECARES
45
Hubbubs. : ADOS
46
Cry of Madame Defarge. : ABAS
49
Welsh boy's name. : EWAN
50
Timetable abbreviation. : ARR
51
Gallivant. : GAD
52
False god. : BAAL
53
Blackbeard. : PIRATE
56
Brazilian macaw. : ARARA
58
Metric unit. : KILOMETER
60
Pieces of music. : TRIOS
61
Sufficient: Poet. : ENOW
62
Numerical prefix. : SEXI
63
English circuit courts. : EYRES
64
"Man bites dog." : NEWS
65
Sibilant sounds. : TSTS
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Bubbling sound: Colloq. : GLUB
2
Aborigine of Hokkaido. : AINU
3
Divided, in a way. : TRISECTED
4
Dishes. : HASHES
5
Exclamations of disdain. : PAHS
6
Dessert. : ICE
7
Fabric. : PERCALE
8
Going ___. : STEADY
9
Dessert. : CAKE
10
Card. : ACE
11
Charger. : STEED
12
Dismissal. : CONGE
13
Large lake in N. Russia. : ONEGA
18
___ capita. : PER
22
Cookies. : FIGBARS
25
Large number. : HOST
26
Lodging places. : INNS
27
Hebrew letter. : ALEF
28
Part. : ROLE
29
Cure-all. : PANACEA
30
Farm crop. : OATS
32
Serious attention. : CARE
34
Squares. : QUADRATES
35
Knob on a shield. : UMBO
36
Dory gear. : OARS
38
Pan and others. : GODS
39
Witnessed. : SEEN
41
Candy. : PRALINE
44
Arouse. : AWAKEN
45
Interrupt. : ARREST
46
Stone. : AGATE
47
Famous name in politics. : BARRY
48
"Robin ___." : ADAIR
50
Design. : AIM
52
Fish dish. : BASS
53
Sounds of blows: Colloq. : POWS
54
Book. : TEXT
55
Greek goddess. : ERIS
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Fish dish. : ROE
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Moderate. : LOW

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 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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