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New York Times, Friday, October 8, 1965

14-Across : "___ in one's bonnet."

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 62.2 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,908
Across
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Plants. : SOWS
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Sticker. : LABEL
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Frightens. : AWES
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"___ in one's bonnet." : ABEE
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Adult insect. : IMAGO
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Prefix with final or formal. : SEMI
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Ancestor of the coast-to-coast jet. : WELLSFARGO
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Young and slender person. : SLIP
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Miss Francis. : ARLENE
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Biographers. : BOSWELLS
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Camp equipment. : COTS
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Under: Poet. : NEATH
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Mountain range in Idaho. : SAWTOOTH
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Some U.S. citizens. : NISEIS
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Cornered. : TREED
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Type of TV program. : RERUN
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City near Honolulu. : EWA
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Escutcheon border. : ORLE
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Dance. : GALOP
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"Pigeons in the grass, ___." : ALAS
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Close friend. : PAL
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In a demure manner. : COYLY
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Lock. : TRESS
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Besides. : ASWELL
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Time unit named for a Roman god. : SATURDAY
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Ancient Peoples of Rome. : ITALI
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Vega's constellation : LYRA
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Virago. : FISHWIFE
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British playwright. : PINERO
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Persian title. : AGHA
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New Zealand's capital. : WELLINGTON
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Suffix with four or nine. : TEEN
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Desert haven. : OASIS
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Common Latin abbreviation. : ETAL
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Being: Fr. : ETRE
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Hail. : GREET
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Say it isn't so. : DENY
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"I never ___ purple cow ... " : SAWA
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Upper: Ger. : OBER
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Dowser's objective. : WELL
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New G. I. : SELECTEE
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Give "___" (vitalize). : LIFETO
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G.P.'s group: Abbr. : AMA
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Sharp projection. : BARB
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Urge. : EGGON
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Relax. : LOOSENUP
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Banker's concern. : ASSETS
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Rich: Slang. : WELLHEELED
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Biographer Ludwig. : EMIL
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Tastes. : SIPS
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Relative of a babushka. : SNOOD
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Wagon, old style. : WAIN
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Alley cat, for one. : STRAY
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"A face that would ___ clock." : STOPA
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Predecessor of wallpaper. : ARRAS
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Kind friend. : WELLWISHER
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Places akin to limbo. : HELLS
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"___ King in Babylon ... " : IWASA
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Fresh. : SASSY
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Kind of palm. : ROYAL
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Grotesque doll. : GOLLIWOG
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Planned. : ARRANGED
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Scratch. : CLAW
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City on the Po. : TURIN
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Refrigerant. : ETHANE
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Secretary's helper. : TYPIST
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"___ nothing but danger." : IFEAR
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Clotho, for one. : FATE
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"___ carried away ... " : IGET
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Different. : ELSE
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Feminine suffix. : ETTE
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Equine color. : ROAN
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Merely. : ONLY
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Former U. N. name. : LIE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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