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New York Times, Monday, June 7, 1965

55-Across : The children's favorite.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 27.6 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,790
Across
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Sudden, successful move. : COUP
5
Stravinsky. : IGOR
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Garment. : APRON
14
Narrow way. : LANE
15
Odd: Scot. : ORRA
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___ rule. : SLIDE
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Ryukyu islanders. : OKINAWANS
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French novelist. : SAGAN
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Old hand. : VET
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Moving troops from one front to another. : REDEPLOYING
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Inherent power. : ENERGY
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Dry. : SERE
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Bunk. : HOOEY
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Court of ancient Roman house. : ATRIUM
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Front page news. : REVOLUTIONS
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2nd cen. date. : CVI
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Cards. : ACES
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Number. : TEN
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Prophet. : SEER
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Lady of the house. : MRS
42
Plastic earth left by a glacier. : BOULDERCLAY
46
Sound of a small engine. : PUTPUT
48
City of P. I. : DAVAO
49
Plum of India. : AMRA
51
One or the other (of two). : EITHER
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The children's favorite. : MARYPOPPINS
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Suffix in chemistry. : OLE
61
Matchless. : ALONE
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Order of frogs and toads. : SALIENTIA
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Flight of steps. : STAIR
65
Put ___ writing. : ITIN
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Pearl. : BEAD
67
Navy men: Abbr. : COMMS
68
Rough nap. : SHAG
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Otherwise. : ELSE
Down
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Dried flower bud. : CLOVE
2
Made of wood. : OAKEN
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Become one. : UNITE
4
Enclosure. : PEN
5
Phrase familiar in short form. : IOWEYOU
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College man: Colloq. : GRAD
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Department of France. : ORNE
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Irritates. : RASPS
9
Classifies. : ASSORTS
10
Big name in golf. : PLAYER
11
Swiss peak. : RIGI
12
Norse tongue: Abbr. : ODAN
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Part of U. S. : NENG
18
Tartar in its natural form. : ARGOL
22
Spare. : LEAN
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Greek letters. : RHOS
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And you: Lat. : ETTU
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Produce. : YIELD
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Island nation: Abbr. : ICEL
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Part of the eye. : UVEA
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Muddy. : MIRY
33
Passage. : RAMP
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Color. : ECRU
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Garment. : VEST
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Wave: Sp. : ONDA
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Highlander. : SCOT
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Car parts. : BUMPERS
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Another: Sp. : OTRO
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Part of the day. : EVENING
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Leaven, as bread. : RAISE
47
Heathen, old style. : PAYNIM
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Orbit point. : APSIS
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Vacation place. : HOTEL
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Disney's middle name. : ELIAS
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English novelist, 1814–84. : READE
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Abbreviation in grammar. : MASC
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Vocal part. : ALTO
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Wander. : ROAM
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Way. : PATH
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Dorsal bones. : ILIA
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Helmsman's course. : NBE

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

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