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New York Times, Monday, May 30, 1966

5-Down : Holy.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,134
Across
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Fraction. : HALF
5
Bland. : SOFT
9
French psychologist. : BINET
14
Of an age. : ERAL
15
Melody. : ARIA
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Wind: Prefix. : ANEMO
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___ die. : SINE
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Peddler of Bibles, tracts, etc. : COLPORTEUR
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Military district. : SECTOR
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Readers, as in churches. : LECTORS
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Chosen. : ELECTED
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British gun. : STEN
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Pelts. : HIDES
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Sets up. : ERECTS
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Bob of "The Rivals." : ACRES
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Harbor sights. : MASTS
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Tint. : HUE
38
Time. : HOUR
39
Goes boating. : PUNTS
40
Nobelist author. : MANN
41
Unit of work. : ERG
42
More simple. : BARER
43
Engages. : HIRES
44
"___ Marco Polo." : MESSER
46
Bird. : RAVEN
48
Pronoun. : THAT
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Archaic term for "weaver." : WEBSTER
54
Scrapes. : ABRADES
57
Part of the eye. : RETINA
58
Archaic term for "clerks." : SCRIVENERS
60
Sticks. : RODS
61
Get ___ on. : AMOVE
62
Correct. : TRUE
63
Alter ___. : EGOS
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English writer. : LEWES
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Pullets. : HENS
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Maiden ___. : LANE
Down
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West German state. : HESSE
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Satellite of Uranus. : ARIEL
3
Ancient weapon. : LANCE
4
Archaic maker of arrows. : FLETCHER
5
Holy. : SACRED
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Mountain: Prefix. : ORO
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Pervade. : FILL
8
Records in a certain way. : TAPES
9
Trades. : BARTERS
10
Vocalize. : INTONE
11
___-do-well. : NEER
12
Ratite birds. : EMUS
13
Rocky pinnacle. : TOR
19
Double quartets. : OCTETS
21
Inventor Elisha. : OTIS
24
Object. : DEMUR
27
More reasonable. : SANER
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Scorch. : CHAR
30
Melody. : TUNE
31
French city. : SENS
32
Throaty noise. : AHEM
33
Central part. : CORE
34
Lap robes. : RUGS
36
Hollow stem. : STRAW
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Procession. : PARADE
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Medieval singer. : MINSTREL
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Conducts oneself. : BEHAVES
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Youth goddess. : HEBE
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Contend. : STRIVE
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Quatrains. : VERSES
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Fraction. : TENTH
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N. Y. county. : TIOGA
52
Not sideways. : ENDON
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Civet. : RASSE
54
Peak. : ACME
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Forehead. : BROW
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Dry. : SERE
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"My gal." : SAL
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Go. : RUN

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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