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New York Times, Monday, June 3, 1963

9-Down : Lessened.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,055
Across
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Mountain site. : CRAG
5
Part of A.D.C. : AIDE
9
Once more. : ANEW
13
Charter. : HIRE
14
Capital of 43 Across. : ADDISABABA
16
Honeybee genus. : APIS
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Exaggerated. : OVERSTATED
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Intends. : DESTINES
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___ time. : ATONE
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Jerusalem artichoke. : TUBER
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Famous nickname. : BABE
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Old-time shopping center. : AGORA
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Poetic forms. : BALLADES
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Officials, in Scotland. : MACERS
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Sprawl. : LOLL
33
Part of a poem: Abbr. : VER
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Cold weather sounds. : BRRS
36
Flower. : ELITE
38
Thin: Fr. : TENU
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Crete's high point. : IDA
40
Try: Colloq. : STAB
41
Garment. : SHORTS
43
Hot country. : ETHIOPIA
46
Water growth. : ALGAE
47
Tourist meccas. : INNS
48
French composer. : RAVEL
50
"Not with ___ ... " : ABANG
53
Electrical measurement. : AMPERAGE
56
Basswood. : LINDENTREE
59
Call it ___. : ADAY
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Worked upon each other. : INTERACTED
61
Part of TV. : TELE
62
Cape of N.C.. : FEAR
63
Feline. : PUSS
64
Common suffixes. : ESTS
Down
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African lake. : CHAD
2
___ olives. : RIPE
3
Tumbrel passenger, 1792. : ARISTOCRAT
4
Actor's concern. : GESTURES
5
Part of speech. : ADVERB
6
Fatal day. : IDES
7
Manager: Abbr. : DIR
8
Letter. : ESS
9
Lessened. : ABATED
10
Contemporary pact. : NATO
11
Bacheller hero. : EBEN
12
Play at the beach. : WADE
14
Lloyd's rating. : AONE
15
Kettledrum. : ATABAL
19
Building beam. : IBAR
22
Stigma. : BLOT
23
Word in title of German national hymn. : ALLES
24
Both: Prefix. : AMBI
25
En ___. : GARDE
27
Excuse. : ALIBI
28
Only tropical national park in U. S. : EVERGLADES
29
Wagner role. : SENTA
31
Attack. : SETON
34
"Wool over the eyes" gambit. : RUSE
37
Splashes against. : LAPS
38
Be forbearing. : TOLERATE
40
TV performer. : SINGER
42
Experience. : HAVE
44
Keep back. : HINDER
45
Napoleon's hosts. : ARMEES
49
Imitated. : APED
50
Arabic letter. : ALIF
51
Tendril. : BINE
52
Door column. : ANTA
53
Bachelor of ___. : ARTS
54
City in Canada. : GALT
55
Specialty of Argus. : EYES
57
Villous surface. : NAP
58
Texas school. : TCU

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

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