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New York Times, Friday, April 30, 1965

61-Across : Spring flower.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 61, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,752
Across
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Namely. : TOWIT
6
Young elephant. : CALF
10
Small boy: Colloq. : TAD
13
Swedish island. : OLAND
14
Hebrew month. : ADAR
15
Jai ___. : ALAI
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Beautifies superficially. : GILDS
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Prototype of the spy hero. : JAMESBOND
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Musical compositions. : SOLI
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___ laude. : CUM
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Dog of the greyhound family. : SALUKI
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Exultant song. : PAEAN
25
Agreed (to). : ACCEDED
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Intend: Colloq. : PLANON
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Word of greeting. : ALOHA
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Heel part. : TAP
30
Crisis. : STORM
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African land. : SUDAN
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Cruising. : ASEA
38
Abalone. : ORMER
40
Long story. : SAGA
41
Kind of gait. : STRUT
43
Dye. : EOSIN
45
Department of France. : VAR
46
Crimean native. : TATAR
48
Fraud. : DUPERY
50
Confounded: Colloq. : FLOORED
53
___ horseback. : MENON
54
Type of verse. : IAMBIC
55
Uncomplimentary epithet. : CUR
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See: Colloq. : SPOT
59
Winter need. : STEAMHEAT
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Spring flower. : PEONY
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Excellent. : HIGH
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Not a bit. : NONE
64
Bobble. : ERROR
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Girl's nickname. : NAN
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Keep ___ head. : ONES
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Houston player. : ASTRO
Down
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Duds. : TOGS
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Mixture. : OLIO
3
Decorator's concern. : WALLPAPER
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Early American. : INDIAN
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Q.B.'s concern. : TDS
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Acadian. : CAJUN
7
One of the Smiths. : ADAM
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O.T. book: Abbr. : LAM
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Wall decoration. : FRESCO
10
Striking scenes. : TABLEAUS
11
Audibly. : ALOUD
12
Thank you: Ger. : DANKE
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"And ___ eat." : IDID
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Hans of opera. : SACHS
21
Part of a poem. : CANTO
24
Dawn goddess. : EOS
25
Dancing girls of Cairo: Var. : ALMES
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Parents' concerns. : PTAS
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Eventual. : LAST
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Metal sheath. : ARMOR
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Mountain nymph. : OREAD
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Furniture item. : DAVENPORT
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Seaweed derivative. : AGAR
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Not one: Dial. : NARY
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Berlin corridor. : AUTOBAHN
39
Author Haggard. : RIDER
42
Chinese river. : TARIM
44
Sister. : NUN
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Science: Prefix. : TECHNO
49
Difficult questions. : POSERS
50
Flounder. : FISH
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___ Quarter. : LATIN
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Greek letter. : OMEGA
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Musicians' needs. : MUTES
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Jointed stem. : CANE
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___ about. : ONOR
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Novice. : TYRO
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Eternity. : EON
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Leguminous vine. : PEA

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

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