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New York Times, Saturday, July 6, 1963

51-Down : Riotous displays.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has duplicate clues.
David Steinberg notes:

Clue for 15-Across, IN LAW, was "Mother: ___." Changed this to "Mother-___."

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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,088
Across
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Unfermented grape juice. : STUM
5
Clusters. : TUFTS
10
Granular snow. : NEVE
14
Execrate. : HATE
15
Mother-___. : INLAW
16
Name akin to Sandy. : ALEX
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Draft animals. : OXEN
18
Earth. : GLOBE
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Western writer's first name. : ZANE
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Visual aid. : WINDSHIELDWIPER
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Theater-goers' concern. : SEATS
24
Poetic contraction. : EER
25
Coterie. : SET
26
Cloth. : TWILL
28
Loop and knot thread. : TAT
30
Water containers. : EWERS
32
Trouble. : AIL
33
Pronoun. : THEM
35
The same. : ONE
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Rolltop. : DESK
38
Scorched. : ADUST
40
Perceive. : ESPY
44
System. : ISM
46
Covered walk. : STOA
48
Digit. : TOE
49
Hundred-dollar bill: Colloq. : CNOTE
52
Grassy area. : LEA
53
Circumference. : GIRTH
55
Poetic contraction. : OER
56
Chinese name. : MAO
58
Long-necked bird. : GOOSE
60
Visual aid. : MAGNIFYINGGLASS
65
Oratorio number. : ARIA
66
Of musical quality. : TONAL
67
Nurse. : AMAH
68
Swarm. : TEEM
69
Best part. : ELITE
70
St. Philip ___. : NERI
71
Celtic. : ERSE
72
Chides. : RATES
73
Projecting part of a cornice. : DRIP
Down
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Any affair: Colloq. : SHOW
2
Transportation cry. : TAXI
3
Containers. : UTENSILS
4
Famous Austrian scientist. : MENDEL
5
Secure. : TIGHT
6
Not in the book. : UNLISTED
7
Arctic feature. : FLOE
8
Monument. : TABLET
9
European. : SWEDE
10
Former European. : NAZI
11
Slip away. : ELAPSE
12
Superficial appearance. : VENEER
13
Puts into action. : EXERTS
21
Pungent humor. : SALT
22
Long-billed bird. : WREN
26
Little one. : TAD
27
How: Ger. : WIE
29
Divert. : AMUSE
31
Minute. : WEE
34
Menu item. : HAM
35
Ear: Prefix. : OTO
37
Set of tools. : KIT
39
Become sluggish. : STAGNATE
41
Pennant. : STREAMER
42
Preserve. : POT
43
Slangy affirmative. : YEH
45
Half: Prefix. : SEMI
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Eager. : AGOG
49
Companion. : COMATE
50
More intimate. : NEARER
51
Riotous displays. : ORGIES
52
New Orleans university. : LOYOLA
54
Highway divider. : ISLAND
57
Fairy-tale ending. : AFTER
59
Eyes. : OGLES
61
Epithet. : NAME
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Type of letter: Abbr. : INIT
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Hindu garment. : SARI
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Aircraft. : SHIP

Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 1 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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