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New York Times, Tuesday, September 14, 1965

24-Down : Orpheus' instrument.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,889
Across
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Four-armed Hindu deity. : YAMA
5
Not care ___. : AHANG
10
Stern deck. : POOP
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Give vent to. : EMIT
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Sign, in music. : SEGNO
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Man's name. : ERNO
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Financial center. : WALLSTREET
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Sprint. : RACE
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Brewing vessels. : TEAPOTS
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Section of N.Y.C. : HARLEM
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Estuary of the Thames. : NORE
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Eliza, for one. : LADY
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Fracas. : SETTO
28
Jingle. : RHYME
30
Traffic sign, for short. : SLO
33
Duty. : TARIFF
35
The old sod. : ERIN
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___ allegro (more lively): Mus. : PIU
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___ plaisir. : AVEC
38
Sports surprise. : UPSET
40
Barrel cork. : BUNG
41
Green parrot. : KEA
42
African antelopes. : GNUS
43
Greek governor. : EPARCH
45
N.Y.C. time zone. : EST
46
Sound, for one. : INLET
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Man's name. : ERNST
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Pastoral poem. : IDYL
50
Jezebel's spouse. : AHAB
52
Berber tribesman. : TUAREG
55
Manhattan scene. : SKYLINE
58
Bell town in Longfellow poem. : ATRI
59
Part of I.C.C. : INTERSTATE
62
Platform. : DAIS
63
Ranch in a Ferber novel. : REATA
64
Southern constellation. : APUS
65
Ruler. : SHAH
66
Resort town in the Berkshires. : LENOX
67
Rangy. : LANK
Down
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Mourning tree. : YEW
2
He loves: Lat. : AMAT
3
Eight furlongs. : MILE
4
New York's waterfront. : ATLANTIC
5
Famous New York hotel. : ASTOR
6
Eisenhower's Sec. of State. : HERTER
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An eternity. : AGES
8
Compass reading. : NNE
9
New Yorker. : GOTHAMITE
10
Mason. : PERRY
11
Viva-voce. : ORAL
12
In other times. : ONCE
13
Work of art. : POEM
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Hoax. : SPOOF
22
Red Sea port. : ADEN
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Orpheus' instrument. : LYRE
25
Palisade. : STAKE
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Mansard's extension. : EAVES
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Special delight. : TREAT
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Nobel prize author. : HESSE
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Refuse with disdain. : SPURN
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Short for an English shire. : LINCS
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Nothing. : OUGHT
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Current Broadway hit. : FUNNYGIRL
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Influence: Colloq. : PULL
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Hypnotic drug. : BARBITAL
42
Nobel prize author. : GIDE
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Rings out. : PEALS
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Be fond of. : TAKETO
49
Notre Dame eleven. : IRISH
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Rock rabbit. : HYRAX
52
Urchins. : TADS
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Bryce Canyon state. : UTAH
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Highlight at the Met. : ARIA
55
T. Williams hero. : STAN
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California wine city. : NAPA
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Vingt-___. : ETUN
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Born: Fr. : NEE
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River of Scotland. : ESK

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

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