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New York Times, Thursday, August 1, 1963

8-Down : Wind instrument.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 56, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,114
Across
1
Unit of weight: Abbr. : CWT
4
"Hamlet" character. : GHOST
9
Farm enclosure. : STY
12
Passed quickly. : FLEW
13
Rent. : LEASE
14
Every-Spring occurrence. : THAW
16
Emilia's spouse. : IAGO
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Consumed. : EATEN
18
Irish expletive. : ARRA
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Proverbially, they're better than one. : TWOHEADS
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Belgian resort. : OSTEND
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Part of A.D. : ANNO
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Man's nickname. : ARTIE
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Unfeeling. : STONY
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A not-so-young woman: Slang. : NOCHICKEN
32
Sincerity. : CANDOR
34
Norse god. : THOR
35
Rage, in Italy. : IRA
36
21, and others. : AGES
37
Clear sky. : ETHER
39
Cuckoo birds. : ANIS
40
Cheer. : RAH
41
Piece of land. : ACRE
42
Lump of precious metal. : NUGGET
44
Early golf costume. : PLUSFOURS
47
Fresh. : SASSY
48
Bête ___. : NOIRE
49
Ancient Hebrew measure. : OMER
51
"The ___ the Black." : REDAND
53
A winning hand. : FOURACES
57
Yeast. : BARM
58
Noted actor. : EVANS
60
Left. : GONE
61
Conversational cliché. : ISEE
62
Remove the upper deck (of a ship). : RAZEE
63
"The Bell Song." : ARIA
64
Certain scores. : TDS
65
Bergen's Mortimer. : SNERD
66
England's airmen. : RAF
Down
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Talon. : CLAW
2
"And away ___!" : WEGO
3
"I've only got ___." : TWOHANDS
4
Reap. : GLEAN
5
Kind of collision. : HEADON
6
Important crop. : OATS
7
Compass point. : SSE
8
Wind instrument. : TENORHORN
9
Quiescent. : STATIC
10
Christmas pageant figures. : THREEKINGS
11
Tale. : YARN
12
Proper. : FIT
15
Roll of papers. : WAD
20
Greek goddess of war. : ENYO
22
Furor. : STIR
24
Pain. : ACHE
25
Steep hill. : SCARP
26
Language of the Philippines. : TAGAL
27
Pounds in 1 Across. : ONEHUNDRED
29
Different. : OTHER
30
Indians. : ERIES
31
Unpleasant, as weather. : NASTY
33
Musical instruments. : RECORDERS
38
Factual. : TRUE
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Gelatinous product. : AGARAGAR
41
___ de (in order to): Fr. : AFIN
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Consumer. : USER
45
One of the Forsytes. : SOAMES
46
Oklahoman. : SOONER
50
Meditated. : MUSED
51
Baseball category. : RBI
52
___ Indian. : EAST
53
Disconcert: Colloq. : FAZE
54
Cooper heroine. : CORA
55
Star in Pegasus. : ENIF
56
Guppies' habitat. : SEA
59
Vehicle. : VAN

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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