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New York Times, Monday, September 21, 1964

27-Down : Dickens character.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 300 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,531
Across
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Perplexed. : LOST
5
"Paper" money. : SCRIP
10
Yankee star. : FORD
14
Giant slain by Odin. : YMIR
15
Contemporary novelist. : OHARA
16
Frenchman's name. : ELIE
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Miller, for one. : REPUBLICAN
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Unexciting. : TAME
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Fleet animal. : ANTELOPE
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Tee man. : DRIVER
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Times of day. : AMS
24
Weeding tools. : HOES
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Great name in music. : CARUSO
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Disgruntled loser: Colloq. : SOREHEAD
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French possessive. : LEUR
34
Pretty good. : NOTBAD
36
Ham's father: Var. : NOE
37
Law's partner. : ORDER
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___ Hill. : NOB
40
Weather word. : STORM
42
Unforged metal bar. : PIG
43
Ancient ___. : OFDAYS
46
Deed: Sp. : ACTO
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Makes sure something is done. : SEESTOIT
49
Knitted blanket. : AFGHAN
51
Postprandial treat. : PORT
52
Vessel: Abbr. : STR
53
Common saying. : BYWORD
56
Trifling. : PICAYUNE
61
Sound of traffic. : ROAR
62
Savage of Borneo. : HEADHUNTER
64
Normandy river. : ORNE
65
Sprightly. : AGILE
66
"___ Nome." : CARO
67
Letters. : ZEES
68
Cover girl. : MODEL
69
Gleeful cries. : AHAS
Down
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Northern constellation. : LYRA
2
Augury. : OMEN
3
Tasted: Poet. : SIPT
4
Constant. : TRUE
5
___ Islands. : SOLOMON
6
Small diamonds. : CHIPS
7
Longchamp event. : RACE
8
Anger: Lat. : IRA
9
Wife of Epimetheus. : PANDORA
10
Fixation. : FETISH
11
King of Norway. : OLAV
12
Poem. : RIME
13
Pronghorn. : DEER
18
Ruy ___, Hugo hero. : BLAS
22
Section of a symphony. : REEDS
24
Kind of horse. : HOBBY
25
Hoofbeats. : CLOPS
26
Clifftop home. : AERIE
27
Dickens character. : RUDGE
28
Yorkshire river. : URE
29
Brown ermine. : STOAT
30
One of the Ardens. : ENOCH
31
Vital artery. : AORTA
32
Energetic one. : DEMON
35
Bit of gossip: Fr. : ONDIT
38
Dynamo part. : ROTOR
41
Loose end. : TAG
44
New York university. : FORDHAM
45
Bag. : SATCHEL
48
Reproductive cells. : SPORES
50
Feminine title. : FRAU
52
Edge forward. : SIDLE
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Yugoslav leader. : BROZ
54
Days beyond recall: Poet. : YORE
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Lose power. : WANE
56
Made (a visit). : PAID
57
Peruvian Indian: Var. : YNCA
58
State. : UTAH
59
Tiber tributary. : NERA
60
Statue in Piccadilly Circus. : EROS
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Part of the psyche. : EGO

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

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