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New York Times, Thursday, May 20, 1965

57-Down : P.T.A.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { K Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 59, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,772
Across
1
Sphere. : ORB
4
Slippered. : SHOD
8
Balmy. : DAFT
12
Brace. : PAIR
14
Forbidden. : TABOO
16
Louisville's river. : OHIO
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A kind of cake. : UPSIDEDOWN
19
Fence material. : WIRE
20
Accelerate. : STEPUP
21
International understandings. : ENTENTES
23
Enlivens (with "up"). : PEPS
25
Rational. : SANE
26
Quarters. : BILLETS
29
Puzzling person. : RIDDLE
33
Greens. : JADES
34
Like some transit. : RAPID
36
Fuel. : OIL
37
Individuals. : ONES
38
Place for a cookout. : PATIO
39
Uppish one. : SNOB
40
___ loss. : ATA
41
Force back. : REPEL
42
In agreement. : ATONE
43
Sweet. : DULCET
45
Sun ___, hobos of Australia. : DOWNERS
47
You love: Lat. : AMAS
49
Oriental weight. : TAEL
50
Plays. : DISPORTS
54
Grant's home for a time. : GALENA
58
Whether ___. : ORNO
59
Motorist's concern. : DOWNGRADES
61
Legal document. : WRIT
62
Barker's line. : SPIEL
63
Bellwethers. : RAMS
64
Neck part. : NAPE
65
Widgeon. : SMEE
66
Hoot, ___! : MON
Down
1
Work. : OPUS
2
Absorbed. : RAPT
3
Cold wind from Swiss Alps. : BISE
4
Asian plain. : STEPPE
5
Once owned. : HAD
6
Orchestral instrument. : OBOE
7
Football term. : DOWNS
8
Swallowed. : DOWNED
9
Make ___. : AHIT
10
Ardor. : FIRE
11
Digits. : TOES
13
Undulations. : RIPPLES
15
Canadian province. : ONTARIO
18
Pistols for two. : DUELS
22
Oklahoma city. : ENID
24
Shoulder ___. : STRAP
26
African language. : BANTU
27
Utopian. : IDEAL
28
Surfeited. : SATED
30
Generous one. : DONOR
31
Big cats. : LIONS
32
Dresden's river. : ELBE
33
Steinbeck character. : JOAD
35
Kind of fish. : PILOT
38
Explosives, old style : PETARDS
39
Astral. : STELLAR
41
San ___, Italy. : REMO
42
Close: Poet. : ANEAR
44
Long cloak with a hood. : CAPOTE
46
Swing to and fro. : WAGGLE
48
Tuned sets of organ pipes. : STOPS
50
Feathers. : DOWN
51
Singer Petina. : IRRA
52
Cut. : SNIP
53
In the ___. : SWIM
55
Kind of cheese. : EDAM
56
No one: Lat. : NEMO
57
P.T.A. : ASSN
60
Born. : NEE

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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