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New York Times, Monday, September 14, 1964

28-Down : Unfailing password.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q W Y }, Scrabble score: 312 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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H
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L
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B
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S
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M
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H
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M
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H
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,524
Across
1
Musical marvel. : HIFI
5
Craze. : RAGE
9
Up. : RISEN
14
Similar to. : AKIN
15
Out of balance. : ALOP
16
Oats: Lat. : AVENA
17
Whereabouts unknown. : LOST
18
Unpleasant consequences. : ILLEFFECTS
20
22
"A man ___ mouse." : ORA
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Nights before. : EVES
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One of the Barrymores. : LIONEL
26
Sounded loudly. : BOOMED
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___ board. : BEDAND
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Detective Arsène. : LUPIN
32
Bride-___. : TOBE
33
Not that. : THIS
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Not new. : USED
37
Dependent. : MINOR
38
Yarn supply. : HANK
39
Improve. : MEND
40
Utopian place. : EDEN
41
One of Spaak's names. : HENRI
42
Scheduled. : SLATED
44
Bring on the blues. : SADDEN
45
Sternutation. : SNEEZE
47
As far as. : UPTO
48
Greek letters. : PIS
49
Outdid: Slang. : TOOKTHECAKE
55
Embitter. : EXACERBATE
57
Draw together. : KNIT
58
Funny. : COMIC
59
Unusual thing: Slang. : ONER
60
Inner: Prefix. : ENTO
61
Bent pieces, as of wood. : KNEES
62
See 32 Across. : ETRE
63
Chosen: Poet. : TAEN
Down
1
Ring of light. : HALO
2
Representation. : IKON
3
Handwriting: Slang. : FIST
4
Halfway through. : INTHEMIDDLE
5
Increased. : RAISED
6
"___ calm ... " : ALLIS
7
___ flow, U.S. concern. : GOLD
8
Fencing weapon. : EPEE
9
Palm fiber. : RAFFIA
10
Common verbal contraction. : IVE
11
Watch part. : SECONDHAND
12
___ nous. : ENTRE
13
Of a sense organ. : NASAL
19
Filing adjunct. : FOLDER
21
Uniform. : EVEN
25
Scheduled, as for hearing. : ONTHEDOCKET
26
French Socialist statement. : BLUM
27
River into the Humber. : OUSE
28
Unfailing password. : OPENSESAME
29
Filleted. : BONED
30
Very dark. : EBON
32
Time's partner. : TIDE
34
Concerning. : INRE
35
Pachyderm's feature. : SKIN
37
Shooting star. : METEOR
41
Dislike utterly. : HATE
43
Mexican people. : AZTECS
44
Globe. : SPHERE
45
Mite. : SPECK
46
GOP name. : NIXON
47
Unqualified. : UTTER
50
Wind instrument. : OBOE
51
German philosopher. : KANT
52
Coin of India. : ANNA
53
Child's plaything. : KITE
54
English school. : ETON
56
French business abbreviation. : CIE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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