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New York Times, Monday, August 28, 1967

5-Down : Mystery writer.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,589
Across
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Bairn. : LASS
5
Cottonwood. : ALAMO
10
Burden. : ONUS
14
Fragrance. : ODOR
15
Mère. : MAMAN
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Uncommon. : RARE
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Shoot the works. : GOFORBROKE
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Girl's name. : INGA
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U.S.A., French style. : EUA
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Coeur d'___. : ALENE
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Dwelling. : HOTEL
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Moves forward. : STRIDES
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Town near Philadelphia. : PAOLI
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Exclude. : BAR
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Holds in high regard. : RESPECTS
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Presiding officer. : CHAIR
34
Stop. : CEASE
35
Wartime initials. : OWI
36
Drove. : HERD
37
Heaven on earth. : PEACE
38
Playlet. : SKIT
39
Verb used with "thou." : ART
40
He wrote "De Profundis." : WILDE
41
Sports events. : MEETS
42
Churchmen. : PRIMATES
44
Siamese. : CAT
45
Supermarket items. : CARTS
46
New Jersey bay. : RARITAN
50
Dumas character. : ATHOS
52
Minute: Colloq. : TEENY
54
Betake (oneself). : HIE
55
Lout. : BOOR
56
Chancy purchase. : PIGINAPOKE
58
Norse god. : LOKI
59
Pineapple. : ANANA
60
Vanished. : FLED
61
Pieces (out). : EKES
62
Where Swansea is. : WALES
63
Repudiate. : DENY
Down
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Theater locales. : LOGES
2
Tennis score. : ADOUT
3
Up to now. : SOFAR
4
Rialto sign. : SRO
5
Mystery writer. : AMBLER
6
Guardian spirits of anc. Rome. : LARES
7
Sun god of Thebes. : AMON
8
Literary middle name. : MAKEPEACE
9
Pronoun. : ONE
10
Firebird. : ORIOLE
11
City on the Susquehanna. : NANTICOKE
12
Exhort. : URGE
13
Fur. : SEAL
18
Guide for plane pilots. : RADAR
22
Trust. : HOPE
24
In the same place: Lat. : IBID
26
Hartebeest. : ASSE
28
Peruses. : READS
29
Taunt. : TWIT
30
Holds a session. : SITS
31
Guy. : CHAP
32
Man of Mainz. : HERR
33
Vegetable. : ARTICHOKE
34
Flutelike organ stop. : CELESTINA
37
Historic P. M. : PITT
38
Bristle: Prefix. : SETI
40
Front page news. : WARS
41
Author Mannes. : MARYA
43
New Zealanders. : MAORIS
44
Garden plants. : CANNAS
46
Queen: Fr. : REINE
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Nautical pin. : THOLE
48
South Carolina resort. : AIKEN
49
In want. : NEEDY
50
Qualified. : ABLE
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Accepted. : TOOK
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Equal: Fr. : EGAL
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Rabbit's foot. : PAW
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Wall St. term. : PFD

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 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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