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New York Times, Thursday, December 23, 1965

59-Across : Fastener.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { B J X }, Scrabble score: 320 (avg 1.68)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 31.1
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,976
Across
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Smoke plus fog. : SMOG
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Newsman's prize. : SCOOP
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Exclamations of disgust. : UGHS
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Cry of pain. : OUCH
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City in Italy. : PARMA
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Sticky substance: Colloq. : GOOP
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Habitué. : FREQUENTER
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Asian river. : LENA
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Constellation. : ARA
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Son of Eve. : SETH
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Neighbor: Fr. : VOISIN
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Let. : RENTED
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Began. : OPENED
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Teacher: Abbr. : EDUC
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Held by a responsible party. : INTRUST
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Ruined city in Iran. : SUSA
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Quid ___. : PROQUO
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Rocky peak. : TOR
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Well, then: Fr. : ALORS
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"This means ___!" : YOU
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Pocket: Fr. : POCHE
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American Leaguer. : NAT
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Gehenna. : TOPHET
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Greeting, asea. : AHOY
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Current school problem. : DROPOUT
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Clout. : SWAT
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___ the earth. : SALTOF
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In stock. : ONHAND
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Fastener. : ZIPPER
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___ example. : ASAN
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Ruler of a kind. : ROI
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Greek Hosea. : OSEE
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Military man. : AIDEDECAMP
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Ananias. : LIAR
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First name in movie lore. : GRETA
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Not care ___. : ARAP
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Inquires of. : ASKS
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Literary work. : ESSAY
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Numerous. : MANY
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Up to now. : SOFAR
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Razorbill or auk. : MURRE
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Watery expanse. : OCEAN
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Military base. : GHQ
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Accelerate. : SPEEDUP
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Idiom. : CANT
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Right: Prefix. : ORTHO
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Cockney's flat. : OME
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Upstart. : PARVENU
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More disagreeable. : UGLIER
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Pays one's share. : GOESDUTCH
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"___ soit ... " : HONI
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Extend over. : SPAN
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Second-hand. : USED
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Triumphant. : ONTOP
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Pull apart. : TEAR
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Cotton fabrics. : PIQUES
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Hidden: Prefix. : CRYPTO
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Part of London. : SOHO
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Playing card. : TREY
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Word with box or lot. : SAND
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Adjective ending. : ULAR
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As it were. : SOTOSPEAK
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Intensified exclamation. : OOH
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Fur piece. : STOLE
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Expletive. : OATH
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Offend deeply. : OUTRAGE
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Certain vaudeville shows. : TWOADAY
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Indentifying documents. : PAPERS
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British princess. : ANNE
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Dims. : FADES
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Macaw. : ARARA
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___'s land. : NOMAN
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Cuckoo. : DIPPY
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French writer. : ZOLA
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Mother of Horus. : ISIS
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___ precedent. : SETA
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Income tax outfit. : IRS
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Machine wheel. : CAM

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3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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