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New York Times, Tuesday, August 7, 1962

21-Down : Twists.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { F J Q X Y }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,771
Across
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Term of address. : MADAM
6
Biblical kingdom. : EDOM
10
Foolhardy. : RASH
14
Exclusively. : ALONE
15
TV appurtenance. : MIKE
16
Numerical prefix. : OCTO
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Italian city. : TURIN
18
Breakfast food. : BRAN
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Kind of golf shot. : CHIP
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Asian gulf. : SIAM
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Miniscule. : WEE
22
Some bettors. : TAKERS
24
Chinese gelatin. : AGAR
26
Bog. : MORASS
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Sir: Colloq. : MISTER
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Mother Machree's land. : ERIN
31
Appropriated. : PREEMPTED
34
Carpenter's tool. : ADZE
37
Unfeeling. : HARD
38
Rich fabric. : SATIN
40
Unusually good. : RARE
42
Part of a bottle. : NECK
44
Italian dishes. : MACARONIS
46
Staff member. : AIDE
48
Most despicable. : VILEST
49
Item on the range. : BURNER
51
Ancient deity. : BAAL
52
Shelf of a sort. : MANTEL
53
Small: Dial. : LIL
54
Prophet. : SEER
58
Palindromic man's name. : OTTO
59
Bolster. : PROP
61
Rib: Lat. : COSTA
62
Kentucky's neighbor. : OHIO
63
Popular comedian. : HOPE
64
Briefly. : INSUM
65
Suffix on numbers. : TEEN
66
Frappé. : ICED
67
Atlas-___, booster rocket. : AGENA
Down
1
Table decor. : MATS
2
His: Fr : ALUI
3
Theo's relative. : DORA
4
Type of entertainment. : ANIMATEDCARTOON
5
Beaux. : MEN
6
Glowing coal. : EMBER
7
Dreadful. : DIRE
8
Volga tributary. : OKA
9
Wise adviser. : MENTOR
10
Type of recording. : ROCKANDROLLSONG
11
Growing pains. : ACHES
12
Agitates. : STIRS
13
Dances: Colloq. : HOPS
21
Twists. : WARPS
23
Concert number. : ARIA
25
Sapphire or beryl. : GEM
26
Army corpsman. : MEDIC
27
Speed initials. : MPH
28
Queen Farah's land. : IRAN
29
Dried up: Poet. : SERE
32
Circus performer. : TAMER
33
Greek letter. : ETA
35
Grey of Westerns. : ZANE
36
Sister of Ares. : ERIS
39
Kind of battle. : NAVAL
41
Superlative suffix. : EST
43
Cattle: Poet. : KINE
45
Estuary: Sp. : RIA
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Oracle's location. : DELPHI
49
Wash. : BATHE
50
Free. : UNTIE
51
Man is one. : BIPED
52
Debatable. : MOOT
53
Easy gait. : LOPE
55
To be: Lat. : ESSE
56
Vingt-___ (twenty-one): Fr. : ETUN
57
Vishnu incarnation. : RAMA
60
Mythical bird. : ROC
61
Agency in the news. : CIA

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

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