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New York Times, Monday, July 12, 1965

24-Down : Midge.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { F J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,825
Across
1
Computer's intake. : DATA
5
Relevant. : APT
8
Glance over. : SCAN
12
Desserts. : ICES
13
Political groups. : BLOCS
15
Attenuated. : THIN
16
Remain steadfast: Colloq. : STICKITOUT
18
It was not built in a day. : ROME
19
Desk appurtenance. : CALENDAR
20
Gathers. : REAPS
22
Poetic contraction. : NEER
23
Certain literati. : POETS
24
Forest clearing. : GLADE
27
Radiating from a center. : STELLATE
30
Fiction. : NOVELS
32
Deserving reverence. : HOLY
33
Here: Fr. : ICI
35
Where lazybones is. : ABED
36
One of the Castles. : IRENE
38
Kiltie. : SCOT
39
Thrice: Lat. : TER
40
___ Penh. : PNOM
41
Irritate. : RANKLE
43
Made obeisance. : SALAAMED
46
"The Subject Was ___." : ROSES
47
Encircles. : GIRTS
48
Ruler. : AMIR
50
See 22 Across. : NEVER
51
Robberies of a sort. : STICKUPS
55
British statesman. : HOME
56
Exactly opposite. : ANTITHETIC
58
Seaweed product. : AGAR
59
Rouen's river. : SEINE
60
"Mighty ___ Rose." : LAKA
61
Nag. : PONY
62
Society: Abbr. : ORG
63
Outbuilding. : SHED
Down
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Platter. : DISC
2
Deeds: Lat. : ACTA
3
Lime tree. : TEIL
4
Rose. : ASCENDED
5
Chancel tables. : ALTARS
6
Adjective for Butterfly. : POOR
7
Texas campus. : TCU
8
Layers. : STRATA
9
What anybody can play. : CHOPSTICKS
10
Goals. : AIMS
11
Compass point. : NNE
13
___ one's time. : BIDE
14
Child's vehicle. : STROLLER
17
Genuflect. : KNEEL
21
Slippery. : EELY
23
Toiler. : PEON
24
Midge. : GNAT
25
Divisions of the brain. : LOBES
26
Statisticians love him. : AVERAGEMAN
28
___ song. : THEME
29
French school. : ECOLE
31
Frank and son. : SINATRAS
34
Followers: Suffix. : ITES
37
Gypsies. : ROMS
38
Plastic breathing tubes. : SNORKELS
40
Peel. : PARE
42
"___ man's joke is always funny." : ARICH
44
Distinctive dress. : LIVERY
45
Teen-ager's preoccupation. : DATING
49
Small child. : MITE
50
Not possible: Colloq. : NOGO
51
Flurry. : STIR
52
Where Provo is. : UTAH
53
Road. : PIKE
54
Horse mackerel. : SCAD
55
Chance, old style. : HAP
57
Recent: Prefix. : NEO

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

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