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New York Times, Saturday, September 12, 1964

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,522
Across
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Geometry, for instance. : COURSE
7
Capital of Laconia. : SPARTA
13
Certain court suits. : APPEALS
15
Hesitates. : FALTERS
16
Man with both feet on the ground. : REALIST
17
Geographical feature of Asia. : ARALSEA
18
Banking abbreviation. : INT
19
Save. : LAYAWAY
21
On ___. : TAP
22
Nonstop talkers. : BORES
24
Part of a Tom Collins. : GIN
25
Musical instrument. : AMATI
27
Tallow ingredient. : SUET
28
Preferably. : FIRST
30
Egyptian symbol. : ATEN
31
Server. : TEATRAY
33
___ potatoes. : RICED
35
Legal claim. : LIEN
36
Kid. : JOSH
37
Farewell. : ADIEU
39
Wading bird. : BITTERN
42
Pitcher's plate: Slang. : SLAB
43
Small amounts. : DRAMS
45
Connected. : TIED
47
Permitted. : LICIT
49
Flu shot: Abbr. : INJ
50
Adventure. : GESTE
51
I love: Lat. : AMO
52
Optimistic. : ROSEATE
55
Relatives of Rds. : STS
56
Blood vessel. : VEINULE
58
Part of the street scene. : MANHOLE
60
Lorelei. : ENTICER
61
Footballer from Pittsburgh. : STEELER
62
Artistic expressions. : STYLES
63
Under the most favorable conditions. : ATBEST
Down
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Early West Indians. : CARIBS
2
Disclose to view. : OPENOUT
3
Trapped: Colloq. : UPATREE
4
Kinsman: Abbr. : REL
5
Departs. : SAILS
6
Gottfried's sister. : ELSA
7
One of the Delanos. : SARA
8
Dried-up lake basin. : PLAYA
9
Ocean: Abbr. : ATL
10
Paraphrase. : RESTATE
11
Dealt with. : TREATED
12
Neat ___. : ASAPIN
14
Infernal. : STYGIAN
15
Bambi's playmates. : FAWNS
20
Vivacious. : AIRY
23
And elsewhere: Lat. : ETALIBI
26
Knife for cutting sugar cane. : MACHETE
28
Sigmund of Austria. : FREUD
29
Gaits. : TROTS
32
Foulard. : TIE
34
Suffix with violin or guitar. : IST
36
The jitters. : JIMJAMS
37
Food. : ALIMENT
38
Robbery, in India or Burma. : DACOITY
39
Deadly harm: Poet. : BANE
40
Browned in deep fat. : RISSOLE
41
Briers. : NETTLES
42
Drudges. : SLAVES
44
Stair part. : RISER
46
Forsake. : DESERT
48
Respite of a sort. : TRUCE
50
Spotted African cat. : GENET
53
Shouts from the redondel. : OLES
54
See 37 Across. : TATA
57
___ desperandum. : NIL
59
Ancient language: Abbr. : HEB

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

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