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New York Times, Wednesday, August 7, 1957

10-Down : Make changes in interiors.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,962
Across
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Province of India. : ASSAM
6
Sound shortly and rapidly. : TOOT
10
Storm. : RAGE
14
Web-footed birds. : GEESE
15
Be borne on. : RIDE
16
Singer Fitzgerald. : ELLA
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Expunge. : ERASE
18
Baseball great. : ALEXANDER
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Welcomed officially. : SALUTED
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Natives of the South Pacific. : SAMOANS
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Flags. : IRISES
25
Mariner: Abbr. : NAV
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Napery. : LINENS
28
Parts of a printed context. : PASSAGES
33
Branch of mathematics: Abbr. : ALG
34
Lively dance. : GALOP
36
Tasteless. : STALE
37
Files. : ROWS
39
Bonds. : YOKES
41
Oriental prince. : EMIR
42
Growing out. : ENATE
44
Puts on cargo. : LADES
46
Summer: Fr. : ETE
47
Citizen of Dresden. : SAXONIAN
49
Sent out vapor. : REEKED
51
Catch. : NAB
52
Cancel. : EFFACE
54
Directed. : STEERED
58
Grooms of olden days. : OSTLERS
61
Shaving preliminary. : LATHERING
63
Finish lines. : TAPES
64
Forearm bone. : ULNA
65
Phrase of comprehension. : ISEE
66
Legal claims. : LIENS
67
Twentry quires. : REAM
68
See 57 Down. : ATTY
69
"To ___ human ... " : ERRIS
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Particular periods. : AGES
2
Evening: Ital. : SERA
3
"Of shoes and ships and ___." : SEALINGWAX
4
Free from uncertainty. : ASSURE
5
Convention. : MEETING
6
Commerce. : TRADE
7
Motor necessity. : OIL
8
Poems. : ODES
9
Characters in "Giant." : TEXANS
10
Make changes in interiors. : RENOVATE
11
Former opera singer. : ALDA
12
Secluded valley. : GLEN
13
Up to one's ___. : EARS
19
Gather in quantity. : AMASS
21
Emerson's forte. : ESSAY
24
City in Washington. : SPOKANE
26
Roman household gods. : LARES
27
Actress Massey. : ILONA
29
Imitated. : APED
30
Guardian of a hunting preserve. : GAMEKEEPER
31
Choicest part. : ELITE
32
Withered. : SERED
35
Girl in popular song. : LOLA
38
Giant President. : STONEHAM
40
Feudal bondsmen. : SERFS
43
Lake of northern Europe. : ENARE
45
City in Washington. : SEATTLE
48
Ancient name for Spain and Portugal. : IBERIA
50
Pastry. : ECLAIR
53
Person with old-fashioned ideas. : FOGEY
54
Insult. : SLUR
55
Story. : TALE
56
Heating device. : ETNA
57
Followed by 68 Across, a civic officer. : DIST
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Italian painter. : RENI
60
Prolonged sibilant sound. : SSSS
62
Trawl. : NET

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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