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New York Times, Wednesday, July 28, 1965

26-Across : Purposeful.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { F J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,841
Across
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U.S. outpost. : GUAM
5
Platter. : DISC
9
One of the Cyclades. : MELOS
14
Biblical preposition. : UNTO
15
Jacta est ___ (the die is cast). : ALEA
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Cottonwood. : ALAMO
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Satellite. : EARLYBIRD
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Native of Asia. : TATAR
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Detective Sam. : SPADE
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Dwelling of sorts. : TENEMENT
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Heavenly gatekeeper. : STPETER
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Purposeful. : TELIC
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Marriages, for example. : RITES
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Published. : GOTOUT
32
Warp yarns. : ABBS
35
One kind of joint. : CLIP
37
Andante, for example. : TEMPO
38
Excited and merry. : GAY
39
Guessing game. : CHARADE
41
Corn holder. : EAR
42
Phrase used in blackjack. : HITME
44
Strange: Prefix. : XENO
45
Bear: Lat. : URSA
46
European capital. : ATHENS
48
When the alarm rings. : SEVEN
50
Diminutive endings. : ETTES
52
Tars. : SEADOGS
56
Calls to arms. : ORDERSUP
59
Rope halter: Sp. : RAMAL
60
American author. : OHARA
61
Late. : NOTONTIME
64
Kind of post. : NEWEL
65
Leonard Marks' new post. : USIA
66
Arthurian lady. : ENID
67
Manages. : TENDS
68
High point. : PEAK
69
Dapper ___. : DANS
Down
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Estimate. : GUESS
2
Not disposed. : UNAPT
3
Set ___. : ATRAP
4
Crumbles away. : MOLDERS
5
Soupçon. : DAB
6
Sinkiang river. : ILI
7
Spanish painter. : SERT
8
Student. : CADET
9
Fish dish with wine, etc. : MATELOTE
10
Ancient Asian. : ELAMITE
11
Theatergoer of a kind. : LATECOMER
12
Part of Arabia. : OMAN
13
Separate and itemize. : SORT
18
Snow man of Nepal. : YETI
22
Photographic plate: Abbr. : NEG
24
Do art work. : ETCH
25
Loosen. : RELAX
28
Stud horses. : SIRES
30
Poison tree. : UPAS
31
The Pentateuch. : TORA
32
Eastern title. : AGHA
33
Angler's purchase. : BAIT
34
"___'s early light ... " : BYTHEDAWN
36
Facets. : PANES
39
Certain switchboards. : CENTRALS
40
Controversial Picasso picture. : DOVE
43
Measured. : METERED
45
Like some mail. : UNDATED
47
French possessive. : SES
49
Get. : EARN
51
Early time. : SUNUP
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Auguries: Lat. : OMINA
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Child on the loose. : GAMIN
55
Aleut transportation. : SLEDS
56
Camel, Kipling style. : OONT
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Korean name. : RHEE
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Baffle. : POSE
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Older woman: Sp. : TIA
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Wood. : OAK

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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