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New York Times, Monday, July 12, 1965

30-Across : Fiction.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { F J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 40.9
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,825
Across
1
Computer's intake. : DATA
5
Relevant. : APT
8
Glance over. : SCAN
12
Desserts. : ICES
13
Political groups. : BLOCS
15
Attenuated. : THIN
16
Remain steadfast: Colloq. : STICKITOUT
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It was not built in a day. : ROME
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Desk appurtenance. : CALENDAR
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Gathers. : REAPS
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Poetic contraction. : NEER
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Certain literati. : POETS
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Forest clearing. : GLADE
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Radiating from a center. : STELLATE
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Fiction. : NOVELS
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Deserving reverence. : HOLY
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Here: Fr. : ICI
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Where lazybones is. : ABED
36
One of the Castles. : IRENE
38
Kiltie. : SCOT
39
Thrice: Lat. : TER
40
___ Penh. : PNOM
41
Irritate. : RANKLE
43
Made obeisance. : SALAAMED
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"The Subject Was ___." : ROSES
47
Encircles. : GIRTS
48
Ruler. : AMIR
50
See 22 Across. : NEVER
51
Robberies of a sort. : STICKUPS
55
British statesman. : HOME
56
Exactly opposite. : ANTITHETIC
58
Seaweed product. : AGAR
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Rouen's river. : SEINE
60
"Mighty ___ Rose." : LAKA
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Nag. : PONY
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Society: Abbr. : ORG
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Outbuilding. : SHED
Down
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Platter. : DISC
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Deeds: Lat. : ACTA
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Lime tree. : TEIL
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Rose. : ASCENDED
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Chancel tables. : ALTARS
6
Adjective for Butterfly. : POOR
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Texas campus. : TCU
8
Layers. : STRATA
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What anybody can play. : CHOPSTICKS
10
Goals. : AIMS
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Compass point. : NNE
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___ one's time. : BIDE
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Child's vehicle. : STROLLER
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Genuflect. : KNEEL
21
Slippery. : EELY
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Toiler. : PEON
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Midge. : GNAT
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Divisions of the brain. : LOBES
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Statisticians love him. : AVERAGEMAN
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___ song. : THEME
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French school. : ECOLE
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Frank and son. : SINATRAS
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Followers: Suffix. : ITES
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Gypsies. : ROMS
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Plastic breathing tubes. : SNORKELS
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Peel. : PARE
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"___ man's joke is always funny." : ARICH
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Distinctive dress. : LIVERY
45
Teen-ager's preoccupation. : DATING
49
Small child. : MITE
50
Not possible: Colloq. : NOGO
51
Flurry. : STIR
52
Where Provo is. : UTAH
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Road. : PIKE
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Horse mackerel. : SCAD
55
Chance, old style. : HAP
57
Recent: Prefix. : NEO

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

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