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New York Times, Saturday, April 17, 1965

23-Across : One of a Kipling trio.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 2, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 40.0
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,739
Across
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Sharp stimulus. : STING
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Beloved: Fr. : CHER
10
Suffixes in chemistry. : ASES
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Proprietor. : OWNER
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Filigreed. : LACY
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Army man: Abbr. : GENL
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Fell in love with. : LOSTONESHEARTTO
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Part of i.e. : EST
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Defense alliance. : SEATO
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Rhythm. : METRE
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One of a Kipling trio. : ABONE
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White poplars. : ABELES
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Korea, to the Japanese. : CHOSEN
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Member of the wedding. : BRIDE
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Ancient district of Asia Minor. : IONIA
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Washington operatives. : TMEN
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Name. : DUB
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Lenoir song. : SPEAKTOMEOFLOVE
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Poetic contraction. : TIS
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End of the marriage service. : AMEN
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Sculled. : ROWED
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October birthstones. : OPALS
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Doone and others. : LORNAS
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Also. : ASWELL
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"Oh, give me ___ ... " : AHOME
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___ Delgada. : PONTA
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Goddess of flowers. : FLORA
52
Mason ___. : JAR
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Catalan, for instance. : ROMANCELANGUAGE
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And elsewhere: Lat. abbr. : ETAL
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Love, in Toledo. : AMOR
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Pixies. : ELVES
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Roget entries: Abbr. : SYNS
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Challenge. : DEFY
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Town: Ger. : STADT
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One and only. : SOLE
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"___ company ... " : TWOS
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Business letter abbreviation. : INST
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Trawl. : NET
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Finchlike bird. : GROSBEAK
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Perform a household chore. : CLEAN
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"Marry in ___ ... " : HASTE
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Admirer of Narcissus. : ECHO
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Grain. : RYE
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At one. : AGREED
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Relax. : SETTLEDOWN
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___ nous. : ENTRE
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Shrubs bearing blackish fruit. : SLOES
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Kind of gas. : NEON
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Both: Prefix. : AMBI
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Where 25 Across is. : ASIA
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River into the Ligurian Sea. : ARNO
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Ancient Greek reliquary. : CIST
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Pueblo. : HOPI
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Be ___ (cut the apron strings). : ONESOWNMAN
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Existed. : BEEN
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Certain turkeys. : TOMS
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Mrs. in Marseilles. : MME
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Part of the eye. : UVEA
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Garden plots. : BEDS
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High. : TALL
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French cheeses. : FROMAGES
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Traditional knowledge. : LORE
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Features of orange blossoms. : PETALS
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Sherwood Forest minstrel. : ALAN
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Unlucky in love. : LORN
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___-midi. : APRES
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Black. : SOOTY
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___ a sudden. : ALLOF
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Grayish. : HOARY
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Wife, in law. : FEME
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Coffee: Colloq. : JAVA
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Ancient. : AGED
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Musical sign. : REST
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One who kisses and tells. : CAD
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See 3 Down. : ULT

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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