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New York Times, Friday, September 10, 1965

9-Down : Exactly right.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { F }, Scrabble score: 348 (avg 1.90)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6 Grid has duplicate clues.
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C
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M
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P
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K
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D
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Q
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G
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H
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O
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C
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R
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O
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W
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A
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K
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U
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,885
Across
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Lodge. : CAMP
5
Highway. : PIKE
9
Special quality. : TANG
13
Construction item. : IBAR
14
___ care (be wary). : HAVEA
15
Potpourri. : OLIO
16
Observe. : NOTE
17
Does as told. : OBEYS
18
Right-hand man: Abbr. : ASST
19
Guatemala's dollar. : QUETZAL
21
Make certain by taking action. : SEETOIT
23
First name on Broadway. : ZERO
24
Beauty shop offering. : DYE
25
Go ___ (become useless). : TOSEED
28
Cleaning tool. : SQUEEGEE
33
Sea in Asia. : ARAL
34
Chief: Ger. : HAUPT
35
Chemical prefix. : OXY
36
Poetic verb. : CANST
38
First name on Broadway. : ELI
39
Wax eloquent. : ORATE
41
Month: Abbr. : OCT
42
Popular dance. : WALTZ
44
Black: Prefix. : ATRO
45
Drastic reorganizations. : SHAKEUPS
47
Barley decoction. : PTISAN
49
Faultfind. : NAG
50
Mardi ___. : GRAS
51
Make oneself heard. : SPEAKUP
55
Discards. : REJECTS
59
City on the Dnieper. : KIEV
60
Hockey teams. : SIXES
62
Boat. : DORY
63
Concerning: Lat. : INRE
64
Gov. Connally's state. : TEXAS
65
Waikiki instruments. : UKES
66
Big name in baseball. : MAYS
67
___ were. : ASIT
68
Varmint. : PEST
Down
1
French numeral. : CINQ
2
Arab's name. : ABOU
3
Finis, in chess. : MATE
4
Bar snacks. : PRETZELS
5
Picasso. : PABLO
6
Common contraction. : IVE
7
Solutions. : KEYS
8
Relaxed. : EASEDUP
9
Exactly right. : TOATEE
10
Further. : ALSO
11
Unless: Lat. : NISI
12
___ sei Dank! : GOTT
14
Lay by. : HOARD
20
Letter. : ZEE
22
Have an ___ (watch out for). : EYETO
25
Tortilla snacks. : TACOS
26
Garden plant. : ORACH
27
___ Barbara. : SANTA
28
Mariners. : SALTS
29
School event. : QUIZ
30
Blameworthy ones: Slang. : GOATS
31
Spare. : EXTRA
32
Keep an ___ (watch). : EYEON
34
Be useful. : HELP
37
Sharp pinch. : TWEAK
40
Elevated. : RAISEDUP
43
Where the Masters is played. : AUGUSTA
46
Playing cards. : KNAVES
47
The fourth estate. : PRESS
48
___ Mahal. : TAJ
50
Dandy! : GREAT
51
Read superficially. : SKIM
52
Kind of cloth. : PINA
53
Ghostly. : EERY
54
Bakery offerings. : PIES
56
Kind of fuel. : COKE
57
Very: Fr. : TRES
58
Method: Abbr. : SYST
61
First century date. : XXI

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

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