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New York Times, Saturday, July 3, 1965

60-Across : Sweeten.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 15, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,816
Across
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Reposed. : LAIN
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Keep back. : DAMUP
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Call it ___. : ADAY
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Björnson hero. : ARNE
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Hole ___. : INONE
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Function. : ROLE
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Character in Parson Weems story. : WASHINGTON
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Wrinkle: Lat. : RUGA
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Great-uncle of Hugh Capet. : ODO
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City in Columbia. : CALI
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East Indian cedar. : DEODAR
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Festive day. : FOURTHOFJULY
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___ si (as if): Lat. : CEU
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Kind of design. : ALLOVER
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___ yarn. : SPINSA
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Grandfather: Lat. : AVUS
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___ de France. : ILE
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Dies ___. : IRAE
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Polite term of address. : MADAM
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Present ___. : ARMS
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Family member. : SON
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___ ex machina. : DEUS
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Faucet. : SPIGOT
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Fedora accessory. : HATBAND
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Wallach. : ELI
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A day to remember. : INDEPENDENCE
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Mussulman. : MOSLEM
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Cordelia's father. : LEAR
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"Just as ___ ... " : IAM
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Popular figure. : IDOL
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Sweeten. : EDULCORATE
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In the middle: Prefix. : MESO
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Christener. : NAMER
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___'acte. : ENTR
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___ now. : ASOF
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Thither. : THERE
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Part of Paris. : ISSY
Down
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___ the land. : LAWOF
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Plough: Sp. : ARADO
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Carefree. : INSOUCIANT
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Book of the Bible: Abbr. : NEH
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Alice's cat. : DINAH
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___-American. : ANGLO
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Theme, in music. : MOTIF
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1945 initials. : UNO
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Parts of metronomes. : PENDULUMS
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Watercourse. : ARROYO
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Mamie's maiden name. : DOUD
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Seaweed. : ALGA
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Four seasons. : YEAR
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Rhythmical accent. : ICTUS
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House parts. : ELLS
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Descartes. : RENE
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Where Solo is. : JAVA
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Washington and Jefferson. : VIRGINIANS
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Sailors' saint. : ELMO
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Remainder. : REST
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Fine slushy snow. : SISH
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Outrigger. : PROA
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An act of Congress. : AMENDMENT
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Public notices. : ADS
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Carcassonne is its capital. : AUDE
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Wing: Fr. : AILE
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King Canute, for one. : DANE
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Variety of seven-up. : PEDRO
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___ Rights. : BILLOF
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French pen. : PLUME
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Type of fisherman. : EELER
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Mother-of-pearl. : NACRE
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Carrie and family. : CATTS
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Carborundum. : EMERY
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Actress of a kind. : MIMA
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Verse forms. : ODES
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Middling. : SOSO
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Burmese knife. : DAH
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___ publicae (in matters of state): Lat. : REI

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 11 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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